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OWN to premiere five-part docuseries on ‘Essence Magazine’

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OWN OWN will premiere Time of Essence, a five-part docuseries on the trailblazing magazine Essence, on Friday night.  The one-hour special will chronicle the magazine’s 50-year impact on Black culture and entertainment, with commentary from Oprah Winfrey, Taraji P. Henson, Gabrielle Union-Wade, Sunny Hostin and more. With never-before-seen footage and behind-the-scenes exclusives, each of the five episodes will explore a different decade, starting with the ’70s,…

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Taye Diggs, Glee vet Amber Riley to voice King Triton and Ursula for ‘Disney Junior’s Ariel’

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Disney At a Disney Junior & Friends Playdate event at Disney California Adventure Park on Friday, August 18, Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television, announced plans for content headed to the kids network. For one, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, the hugely popular 2006 animated series, is getting a reboot. The new show, tentatively titled Mickey…

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New Music Friday: Rod Wave, Lil Durk, Doechii, Quavo and more

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From heartfelt R&B tracks to tribute albums and club anthems, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest & greatest in music. —Quavo, Rocket Power — The Migos member’s second solo project, and first since Takeoff‘s death, is an 18-track tribute to his late nephew, with features from Atlanta rappers Future and Hunxho.    —Rod Wave, “Call Your Friends” — The Florida…

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Lil Nas X documentary ‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero’ to premiere at Toronto Film Festival

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RadicalMedia/(SME) Premium Content/Columbia Records/Museum & Crane Lil Nas X, in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, announced his documentary Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.  Shot over the course of two months, the film follows Lil Nas as he embarks on his first-ever global tour, providing viewers an inside…

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Davido and Latto link for “Unavailable” Remix

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Davido Music Worldwide/Sony Music Entertainment UK International superstar Davido joins forces with Grammy-nominated rapper Latto for the remix of “Unavailable.” The new collaboration serves as the second installment in a series of remixes of Davido’s original version of “Unavailable,” released earlier this year. He dropped off the Major Lazer remix on August 11.  “I am so excited to see how far…

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Polo G considers retiring from rap: “ain’t no fun in it no more”

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Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Chicago rapper Polo G says he might be through with rapping.  He took to X, formerly known as Twitter, with his thoughts about quitting, writing to his 3.4 million followers that he “appreciates everybody” who supported him throughout his short career.  “Honestly after my hood poet album I’m considering retiring from music,” he said. “So I…

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Ciara’s drops off new EP ‘CiCi’

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Beauty Marks Entertainment, Inc. Ciara returns with her EP CiCi, the latest project by her media company, Beauty Marks Entertainment. Along with the album’s release, Ciara dropped off “Forever,” a brand new song and video featuring rapper Lil Baby.  The Atlanta natives joined forces in their hometown for the visual, which sees retired NFL player A.J. Green and his wife, Miranda Brooke, as a wedded…

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Teyana Taylor named one of ‘Harper’s Bazaar’s’ 2023 Icons

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Mpu Dinani / ESPN Images Harper’s Bazaar has announced its 2023 Icons, a group of the next generation of artists, athletes and activists whose contributions have an impact on the industry, naming Teyana Taylor as one of the coveted list’s cover stars. In speaking with the magazine about her music and entertainment career, Taylor opened up about pivoting from making her own…

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Ciara and Lil Baby link up for new music out Friday

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Beauty Marks Entertainment, Inc. In the latest Ciara news, the “Level Up” singer is dropping more music on Friday, August 18.  In a teaser shared to Instagram, she links up with rapper Lil Baby in the music video for their new song, “Forever.” “If it ain’t forever, it’s whatever,” she captioned her post of the short clip.   “Forever” follows the singer’s most recent song…

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New Lenny Kravitz tune to be featured in upcoming movie ‘Rustin’

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ABC Lenny Kravitz could potentially be competing for an Oscar next year. The rocker is contributing the new song “Road To Freedom” to the upcoming film Rustin, about gay activist Bayard Rustin. The tune will feature musician Trombone Shorty, thanks to a request by director George C. Wolfe to include trombones in the song. “Ever since Branford Marsalis introduced me to a recording of the holy…

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