Entertainment

Early on in her childhood, Anne Benna Sims, the first African-American ballerina to sign a contract with the American Ballet Theatre, wanted to take lessons in dance, but she had to wait a few years before she was allowed to start.

Don Lemon’s partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames Wednesday, hours after the former CNN anchor conducted an interview with the erratic billionaire for the debut episode of his new independent web-based show.

'Saturday Night Live' legend Kenan Thompson explains how he does his impression of CNN's Charles Barkley.

Tequila Fest is returning to Chuckhansi Park for its second year.

“The Last Repair Shop” documentary won big, but millions of Black kids don’t have music education in underfunded schools.

When the first trailer for the film “The American Society of Magical Negroes” debuted late last year, some people misunderstood the intent of the film or expressed disappointment it wasn’t a Black “Harry Potter.”

For over 50 years, “Sesame Street” has been broaching complex topics with kids: Divorce, death and disability, for three, if the letter of the day was D.

Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her first-ever Oscar on Sunday for her performance in “The Holdovers,” capping off an impressive sweep through this year’s award season.

Professor and author Alice Randall reminds us that 20 to 30 percent of 19th-century cowboys were Black and brown.

Comedian and comic actor Kevin Hart tries to ditch his funny, smart-mouth persona to play a suave international thief. Hart showed he can stretch from his comic roots in the drama The Upside. But can he, with the aid of action film director F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious), handle an Idris Elba type role in a film that should have Ocean’s Eleven-style intrigue? We shall see.