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John Legend lands role portraying Harry Belafonte in new Graceland biopic

The singer and EGOT winner has joined the cast of The Road Home, a film exploring the artists and activists behind Paul Simon's landmark Graceland album during apartheid-era South Africa.

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John Legend to play Harry Belafonte in apartheid-era film The Road Home

The singer, 47, will star in the film alongside Thabo Rametsi, Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce and Johnny Flynn.

Evening Standard

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Nobel laureates and human rights abuses

Brief letters: Abiy Ahmed | AI job losses | Deer ruminations | Harry Belafonte | Stephen Yaxley‑Lennon

The Guardian - UK

Germany's Kessler twins, who became dance stars in the 50s and 60s, die at 89

Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their international career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte, have died, police in Germany said

The Independent UK

Bono says U2 are ‘still a work in progress’ after new film gets 7-minute standing ovation at Cannes

‘Stories of Surrender’ captures the U2 frontman’s one-man show at New York’s Beacon Theatre

The Independent UK

Abbott Elementary star: "Dream bigger"

The veteran actress on her commitment to teaching, her favorite classic movies and a message for today's youth

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‘Why shouldn’t power be Black’? How Miriam Makeba won and lost the US

The Black South African singer defied the odds to become a household name in the US. Then she was cancelled.

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What James Earl Jones can teach us about activism and art in times of crisis

The death of James Earl Jones has forced me to consider the end of an era.

The Conversation

50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance

In 1974, Harlem’s deserted streets told the story of a neighborhood left behind

The Independent UK

‘He craved an Oscar’: James Baldwin’s long campaign to crack Hollywood

He pitched slave-ship dramas to Ingmar Bergman, cast Marlon Brando as a bisexual man and wrote a Malcolm X screenplay that horrified the FBI. Why was this cinephile spurned by Hollywood?

The Guardian - UK

Bill De Blasio And Chirlane Mccray Attend A-List NYC Event.

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray attend A-list event post-separation, honoring Harry Belafonte with Spike Lee anecdotes and Wynton ...

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Shari Belafonte Advocates For Heart Health Awareness At SAG Awards

Shari Belafonte raises awareness about heart disease at the 2024 SAG Awards, advocating for heart health initiatives and inspiring others to prioritize the...

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Harry Belafonte's daughters critique the Grammys for not honoring him

Harry Belafonte's daughters call out the Grammys for not giving their late father a special tribute during the 2024 awards ceremony. Belafonte, a legendary...

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Garrett Morris, SNL pioneer, reveals encounters with racism and success

Garrett Morris, the iconic comedian and first Black cast member on Saturday Night Live, shares his experiences with racism and perseverance in the entertai...

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“Check your ego at the door”: The story of USA for Africa’s We Are The World (and why Prince and Madonna aren’t on it)

A new Netflix documentary is set to shed light on the making of the US chart’s fastest-selling hit. We look back at the making of song, and ask why two of the biggest stars of the ‘80s weren’t at the party

The Guardian - UK

Norman Jewison obituary

Director best known for In the Heat of the Night, who saw film not only as entertainment but as a vehicle to confront racism and other socio-political issues

The Conversation

Is America enduring a 'slow civil war'? Jeff Sharlet visits Trump rallies, a celebrity megachurch and the manosphere to find out

In these days of the 24-hour news cycle, one can never know in advance, but Donald J. Trump seems likely to be the Republican Party candidate for president of the United States in 2024.

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Celebrity deaths in 2023: Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck among the notables we lost this year

Locally, Chicago mourned the loss of Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati, Dick Butkus, Harry Porterfield, Bill Zehme and more.

WEKU

Actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2023

Giants of the arts world left us this year: We look back on the legacies of Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), Richard Roundtree, Norman Lear and more.

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte remembered by David Lammy

Tottenham’s Labour MP remembers the singer, actor and activist as a pioneering figure who brought joy to his and his parents’ lives

Marie Claire

32 of the Most Iconic Hollywood Friendships

Some have been going strong for decades.

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He helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Now he reflects on change in the U.S.

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.

Daily Mirror

Jane Fonda announces her plan for a lengthy break from acting for an important reason

Jane Fonda shared her plans whilst in attendance at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this weekend, where she was honoured with the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award

Salon

Hope and loss on Memorial Day

White supremacy and Trumpism are not in retreat — but with our somber spring holiday comes hope and inspiration

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