News from communities around Los Angeles
A photograph by Ernest Cole from ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,’ a film having its Southern California premiere as the opening night film of the Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival Nov. 1. It opens in L.A. theaters and other markets Nov. 29.
Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
Music icon Stevie Wonder is lending his name and support to the #SpeakYourVote movement by issuing an invitation to creatives to record their short video clips to express what voting means to them. The campaign hopes to inspire millions of young people to get registered, get informed and get to the polls.
Actress Juanita Moore, who was nominated for an Academy Awards for her role as Black housekeeper Annie Johnson in the 1959 remake of ‘Imitation of Life,’ will be honored posthumously with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Oct. 18. Margaret Avery, Jayne Kennedy, Debbie Allen and film critic Leonard Maltin will speak at the ceremony.
Comic legend George Wallace will be honored Oct. 15 at the Catalina Jazz Club at the annual charity fundraiser of the Angela & John Witherspoon Foundation for the Arts. The foundation’s mission is to help artists in their time of need.
‘Dusty & Stones,’ an award-winning film about two country singers from the small African nation of Swaziland, opens in Laemmle Theaters Oct. 10. The film chronicles the journey of Gazi ‘Dusty’ Simelane and Linda ‘Stones’ Msibi on a 10-day road trip through the American South.
Quincy Jones and director Harriet Marin Jones delight in bringing ‘King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones’ to cinemas this weekend, including the Cinemark 15 Theatres at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.
Rolando Boyce, left, of ‘The Chi’ and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, right, of ‘A House Divided’ are featured in ‘The Devil Ain’t Pius’ screening at the 2024 Micheaux Film Festival Oct. 21-27 at the Culver Theater.
Usher is the star of a new film that will be available in theaters Sept. 12-15. ‘Usher: Rendezvous in Paris’ incorporates the essence of his recent Vegas residencies in a French performance that includes chart-topping hits from his 30-year career.
Award-winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams has released a new single, ‘Church Doors,’ which appears on her first album since 2011, ‘Sunny Days,’ which will be released Sept. 13. Her tour hits the Honda Center in Anaheim Oct. 30 and the Kia Forum in Inglewood Nov. 3.
Kevin Hart, left, and Taraji P. Henson star in ‘Fight Night,’ a miniseries premiering on Peacock Sept. 5 that tells the story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed one man’s life and ultimately transformed Atlanta into the ‘Black Mecca’ it is today.
