Billie Holiday
Music is never out of fashion as a gift idea. Here are some outstanding vinyl box sets for lovers of Neil Young, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Iron Maiden and a certain ex-Beatle, a book about the beginning of rock at Sun Records and another about The Byrds, some tough-looking boots made in co
An award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books whose mission to offer candid and positive images of Black history included subjects ranging from Frederick Douglass and the civil rights movement to Venus and Serena Williams has died.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Complete list of nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards:
Best picture: “The Father”; “Judas and the Black Messiah”; “Mank”; “Minari”; “Nomadland”; “Promising Young Woman”; “Sound of Metal”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
Best picture: “The Father”; “Judas and the Black Messiah”; “Mank”; “Minari”; “Nomadland”; “Promising Young Woman”; “Sound of Metal”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” “Minari,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “One Night in Miami” are among the films AARP is honoring at its annual Movies for Grownups Awards, the nonprofit organization said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Complete list of winners at the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards:
MOVIES:
Best motion picture, drama: “Nomadland”
MOVIES:
Best motion picture, drama: “Nomadland”
Billie Holiday has always been a monster of a role. Diana Ross tackled her on film and Audra McDonald did it on stage.
Lee Daniels didn’t want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. “Lady Sings the Blues” already existed after all.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Golden Globe nominations for best original song are full of Black Girl Magic, with nominees including R&B singers H.E.R., Celeste and Andra Day, who also earned an acting nod for her portrayal of Billie Holiday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Complete list of nominees for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards:
Best motion picture, drama: “The Father”; “Mank”; “Nomadland”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7”; “Promising Young Woman.”
Best motion picture, drama: “The Father”; “Mank”; “Nomadland”; “The Trial of the Chicago 7”; “Promising Young Woman.”
Bettye LaVette, “Blackbirds” (Verve)
The wise intuition and emotional commitment of Bettye LaVette’s interpretative skills find an ideal setting on “Blackbirds,” a collection of songs mostly associated with Black women, from Nina Simone to Billie Holiday.
The wise intuition and emotional commitment of Bettye LaVette’s interpretative skills find an ideal setting on “Blackbirds,” a collection of songs mostly associated with Black women, from Nina Simone to Billie Holiday.
In 1939 the legendary female jazz vocalist, Billie Holiday, recorded the classic song “Strange Fruit.”
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet.
If Audra McDonald could win a Tony Award for her celebrated 2014 portrayal of jazz icon Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” then what does Twin Cities singer-actor Thomasina Petrus deserve for her more fully realized turn?
“The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath” (Little, Brown and Co.), by Leslie Jamison
With a somber tone, intricate detail and multilayered storytelling, Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath” lays bare the myths surrounding artists and addiction.
With a somber tone, intricate detail and multilayered storytelling, Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath” lays bare the myths surrounding artists and addiction.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A pair of exhibits opening at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown highlight the work of American artist Andrew Wyeth and photographer Herman Leonard.
Melvina E. Brinson, a retired registered nurse, died on Dec. 20, 1916. She was 75.
She was born on Sept. 30, 1941 to the late Otis Brinson and the late Mary Martin.
She was born on Sept. 30, 1941 to the late Otis Brinson and the late Mary Martin.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A section of a South Carolina motel frequented by black entertainers during the days of segregation has been demolished although there are plans to create a museum in some of the remaining rooms on the Myrtle Beach property.
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the supreme honors this Broadway season is to go to Circle in the Square, close your eyes and hear a ghost.