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By Okla Jones ·Updated October 6, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
It’s not every day that Jesse Williams gets to trade a film set for the sun-drenched shores of southern Italy—but with Hotel Costiera, the Emmy-nominated actor and producer does just that. Set along the dazzling Amalfi Coast, the six-episode Prime Video series captures the beauty, mystery, and humor of life in one of the world’s most cinematic places.
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Courtesy of Audible By Okla Jones ·Updated October 4, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Audible’s smash hit audio drama The Prophecy is back for a second season, and the stakes have never been higher. The immersive supernatural thriller once again places listeners inside a chilling world where faith, power, and survival collide. Produced by Audible, Simpson Street, and QCODE, Season Two reunites Emmy Award winner “The Prophecy” Season
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Courtesy of BET+ By Okla Jones ·Updated October 3, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The Duncans are back. BET+ confirmed that Carl Weber’s The Family Business will return for its sixth season this fall, premiering Thursday, October 23. The drama will open with two new episodes before settling into a weekly rollout that concludes on December 18.
Season 6 plunges the Duncan family deeper into turmoil, as LC and
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Photo Credit: Julie Yarborough for the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art By Okla Jones ·Updated October 3, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Renowned visual artist Harmonia Rosales has long been celebrated for reimagining African mythology through paint, canvas, and sculpture. Now, she’s bringing that same visionary approach with her debut book, Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic, set for release on October 14. The richly layered work
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By Okla Jones ·Updated October 1, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
After an exceptional run, The Chi will come to an end with its upcoming eighth season. The network confirmed that production on the final chapter will begin in early 2026, cementing the popular drama as one of Showtime’s longest-running series.
Created by Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe, The Chi premiered in 2018 and quickly became a defining work in
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Courtesy of Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) By Okla Jones ·Updated October 1, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
When the Museum of the African Diaspora reopens its doors, visitors will encounter a milestone moment—one that celebrates the museum’s 20th anniversary, reaffirms its role as a cultural anchor for the Bay Area, and pushes forward with bold new curatorial visions. With Continuum: MoAD Over Time and UNBOUND: Art,
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Photo Credit: by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images By Okla Jones ·Updated September 30, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Speedy Morman is quick on his feet.
On a warm afternoon in Pasadena, Morman is filming an episode of Overtime Hustle with two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles at Persistence Gymnastics. The set is humming with energy, but Morman stays locked in, switching seamlessly from host to producer, moving with the rhythm of someone
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Photo Credit: Angelina Orellana By Larry Stansbury ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Over the weekend, Hell’s Kitchen Broadway show shared the magic of Alicia Keys’ Unplugged. To mark its 10-year anniversary, Keys invited fans into an intimate Broadway house for an Encore Night unlike any other. It wasn’t just a concert—it was a community. The audience didn’t just watch; they felt every note, every pause,
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Photo Credit: Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of The Armory Show and CKA. By Okla Jones ·Updated September 29, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Since its founding in 1994, The Armory Show has been a cornerstone of New York’s calendar, marking the unofficial start of the fall art season and offering a global platform for contemporary and modern art. Annually, the fair brings together galleries, collectors, and cultural leaders from