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21 Sep

15 Years of Black Women in Hollywood: The Performers

var playerInstance_Xd80bI4H = jwplayer("jw-video-Xd80bI4H").setup({ playlist: "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Xd80bI4H", autostart: false, repeat: true, mute: true, aspectratio: '16:9', sharing: { sites: ["facebook","twitter","email","linkedin"] }, cast: {}, floating: { dismissible: true }, autoPause: { viewability: false }, displaytitle: true, displaydescription: true, controls: true, related: { displayMode: 'shelfWidget' }, advertising: {"client":"googima","tag":"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?correlator=&iu=/21698916284/ess/VideoCelebrity&impl=s&env=vp&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&sz=1000x1&description_url=__page-url__&tfcd=0&npa=0&vpmute=0&vpa=auto&vad_format=linear&url=__page-url__&vpos=preroll&unviewed_position_start=1&v=Xd80bI4H&pmnd=0&pmxd=60000&ad_rule=1&cust_params=ttid%3DXd80bI4H%26frnch%3D__item-franchise__%26environment%3D%26kwblock%3Ddis,Bui,Abb,Microsoft,Wal,Air,DIS 2,CapOne2,Coca,UPS,mcd,Targetbos,Buick,EFOC_Tar.,Toyota,dentsu,Johnson","vpaidcontrols":true} }) As ESSENCE gears up for our fifteenth annual Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, honoring a few of the divine women of the massive and small screens breaking ground with their expertly portrayed roles, we’re looking back at a few of the defining moments of this legendary day annually. Missed The Show? Click HERE To Watch The 2022 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards! For the reason that inaugural event in 2008, honoring the accomplishments and contributions of Jurnee Smollet, Suzanne de Passe, Ruby Dee, and Jada Pinkett Smith, powerhouse performers...
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16 Sep

Tabula Rasa Dance Theater Performers to Get the Designer Treatment

As the manager director of the Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Amy Wonderful Collins has had a hand within the avant-garde costumes that shall be worn for the troupe’s upcoming “Oedipus Rex” performance. She first became involved with the inclusive organization that explores difficult issues when artistic director Felipe Escalante founded it in 2018. On Friday, Collins will host a preview of the dance at The Ned hotel. “Oedipus Rex” performances shall be available to the general public from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 at Latest York Live Arts on West nineteenth Street. This contemporary take of the Sophocles’ play is ready in 2020 through the pandemic in a up to date, but barely futuristic nightclub. “It’s quite an ambitious production that's...
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