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The first glimpse of Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson as the late Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is here. MGM released the first teaser trailer for Respect, the upcoming Franklin biopic starring Hudson, who Franklin personally chose to portray her in a biopic before her death last August of pancreatic cancer. Directed by Liesel Tommy, the first […]
Kathy Taylor is a veteran gospel singer and songwriter. She is also the worship leader at Windsor Village. About five years ago, Taylor went through the process of adopting two young girls, age 2 and 3. Before adopting them, she had been a foster parent and helping a family member with them. Taylor is an […]
In the film Remember The Titans, Coach Herman Boone, played by Denzel Washington helped lead a group of young men at an Alexandria, Virginia high school not only come face to face with integration but also become winners. The film, which celebrated the transformation of race relations in the city in the context of the civil rights movement […]
Google has narrowed down what are the most popular Christmas toys in America for 2019, well more like Reviews.org but the online review website has mapped out where the most sought after holiday toys are for each of the 50 states. While some of us want Baby Yodas, everybody else will have to seek out […]
Backstage at the Inspiration Celebration in Houston, AV catches up with 13-time Grammy award winner and BET Sunday Best host Kirk Franklin and discuss some of his album favorites and the sense of renewal (1:04), the advice he’d give to artists starting out in gospel (2:15), his upcoming gospel series (3:24), his family (3:58) and […]
The Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour came to Houston with an all-star lineup including Sir the Baptist, Tye Tribbett, Donald Lawrence, Keke Wyatt, Kierra Sheard, and Kirk Franklin.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5i53WThnPH/ In an address to his congregation during Sunday morning worship, The Rev. Howard John Wesley announced his need to take a Ministry Sabbatical from his duties as Pastor at the historic, Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, VA. Wesley has been the pastor of Alfred Street for the past 11 years, leading four […]
The sage of Surviving R. Kelly is not over as Lifetime has announced a second installment of the docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning is hitting airwaves in January. Watch the trailer below. https://youtu.be/56pVpqS0Bgs The first half of the two-night, four-hour docuseries will air on January 3rd and the second half will air on […]
Congrats to Lizzo! On Wednesday, the singer and Grammy nominee was named TIME’s Entertainer of the Year for 2019. https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1204767261447331842 The announcement comes as TIME rolls out its year-end lists, including naming Person of the Year, Athlete of the Year and more. In her feature interview, the “Truth Hurts” singer discusses her decade long grind to […]
How’s that for a little history? When South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi was crowned Miss Universe during last night’s Miss Universe pageant, she added to a unique kind of pageant history. For the first time ever, four of the top pageants titles in the world all belong to black women. Tunzi joins 2019 Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, 2019 […]
