By Janice Malone JOHNSON CITY, TN — “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the fiercest competition on primetime has returned with a historic 10th season. Hosted by Emmy® Award-winning master of everything in the drag world, superstar RuPaul. Each supersized, 90-minute episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” gives fans of the show exactly what they want– more fashion, lip-syncs and drag than ever before. The show airs Thursday nights at 8/7c on VH1 and is followed by the popular, Emmy® Award-nominated after-show “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” at 9:30/8:30c, which gives viewers an uncensored, behind-the-scenes look at each episode of the main competition.[G1] The show…
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By Janice Malone NASHVILLE, TN — Last week, April 18 and 19, Ambassador Andrew Young and Environmental Attorney and Activist, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were both in Nashville for two key historical events. The International Black Film Festival had a screening of the award-winning film “Andrew Young’s Making of Modern Atlanta.” Ambassador Young was in attendance for a Q&A session moderated by journalist and television personality Karla Winfrey, who served as the film’s researcher. “Since I worked on the film, I was elated to be the moderator,” Ms. Winfrey stated after the event. “It was wonderful to see the audience…
By Janice Malone It’s the ultimate night of Gershwin, with a mix of classic hits and orchestral works spotlighting the singular genius of this great American composer, as Nashville’s own Melinda Doolittle performs these legendary songs in concert, the Marcus Roberts Trio and the Grammy Award-winning Nashville Symphony Orchestra, will all be in concert for “Gershwin’s Greatest Hits,” April 19 – 21 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The program includes: They Can’t Take That Away From Me • Selections from Porgy and Bess • Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off • Someone to Watch Over Me • Nice Work If You Can…
By Janice Malone MONTGOMERY, AL — Are African Americans we still shackled? That is the central question presented in the book “Shackled Again?” By author Tony A. Watkins. In his debut book, Mr. Watkins extensively examines the ongoing, deeply rooted side affects that institutionalized racism continues to have in this country among African Americans, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights era, all the way up to the current calendar year of 2018. “Shackled Again?” features a collection of stories, historic documents, photos, important events and personal accounts of well-known names of the Civil Rights Movement. Names such as…
Leneiva Head is one of Nashville’s top real estate broker/expert and designer. Ms. Head is the founder of WELCOME HOME REALTY, one of Music City’s leading top performing real estate management companies. Leneiva entered the world of real estate in 2000, after enduring her own nightmare of a bad first home buying experience. The lessons she learned proved to be priceless, as she was inspired to create her own real estate solutions to help first-time homeowners realize the home of their dreams. Leneiva’s specialties include Residential & Commercial Leasing and Sales, HUD/VA/REO Properties, short sales, standard sales and creative financing.…
CHATTANOOGA, TN — Two years ago Tanorria Askew was a home cook, working in Chattanooga at a local credit union. Her whole life changed for the better when she was a contestant on the Fox Network’s hit show MasterChef, starring the master chef himself, Chef Gordon Ramsay. Tanorria walked away as the 4th best home cook in America. She won over producers, judges, and America with her southern culinary roots and sassy personality. Gordon Ramsay donned her shrimp and grits as the best shrimp and grits he’s ever had in the MasterChef kitchen! Even though Tanorria didn’t win Season 7 of Masterchef, she’s become…
By Janice Malone NASHVILLE, TN — The Winfrey family is one of Nashville’s most beloved, well known and established families. Each family member has achieved success in their own respective professions in media, commercial business, ministry, and entrepreneurship. Today, the five Winfrey siblings, Karla, Burnice Jr., Cardale, Victor (lives in Atlanta) and Carlton (lives in Detroit), along with their beautiful mom Ms. Judy, have all come together to add their talents to launch the family’s very own line of food products under the name WINFREY FOODS www.winfreyfoods.com @Winfreyfoods.com Their first signature product is ROYAL RELISH ORIGINAL CHOW CHOW. It’s a tasty new chow…
Last year, Dancing With the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd had their own smash hit ‘Our Way’ national tour that was a smash hit! Last year’s tour was all about family. For 2018 the family trio is back and this time it’s still all about family, plus-one. Maks and Peta are now the proud parents of their baby son Shai Aleksander, who is very much a part of their new tour titled CONFIDENTIAL. This will be their most honest tour yet, revealing secrets, hopes, and dreams. The show will inspire and delight plus, fans will learn a little bit more…
NASHVILLE, TN — The iconic Violins of Hope Nashville is coming to Middle Tennessee. Three years in the making, this historical project will feature more than 30 events planned between now and June, that is designed to educate, enrich and inspire. The catalyst for Violins of Hope Nashville is a collection of 32 instruments owned by Jewish musicians who experienced unspeakable horrors in Nazi concentration camps. Restored by Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshi Weinstein, the instruments – have been the subject of a best-selling book “Violins of Hope” (by James A. Grymes) and an acclaimed documentary (“Violins of Hope Strings…
NASHVILLE, TN —Celebrated NCAA athlete and Meharry medical student, Nantambu Fentress offers insight and complete transparency on the success and failures of achieving his life-long dream in his inspiring new book. In Faith and Follow-Through: A Dream Conquered, the young Renaissance man shares the blue print to defying the odds and the power of persistence in today’s world. “I realized that I was selfish. When people asked about my story, I was uncomfortable answering because I didn’t want it to sound as if I was bragging. I was once told that my story wasn’t for me, but it was for…