Uncharacteristically Honest is Vatican’s Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Growing up in the Catholic Church, The Pope always felt like this bigger than life figure-head who had a main line to the big guy – GOD. I often wondered…
Meghan Markle: An American Cinderella and The Royal Wedding
I remember well waking up at 5am to witness Princess Diana marry Prince Charles. The pomp and circumstance, glamour and fairytale element of it all was absolutely fascinating to me…
Coming To My Senses Shares Struggle of Motorcross Racer Aaron Baker
One night while performing in my first Broadway show, someone came through the stage door to announce that Christopher Reeve had endured an injury from horse riding. Apparently, his spinal…
Adorable and Endangered Pandas are Delightful in New IMAX Documentary
This 45 minutes documentary narrated by Kristen Bell gets down to the nitty-gritty of what it takes for this adorable creature to survive in its natural habitat after being nurtured…
The Final Year Shares Insider View of a Presidential Transition
Barack Obama made history as the first person of color to become President of the United States...twice. It goes without saying that in these dark days we are dwelling in,…
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Tell Them We Are Rising is a Love Letter to HBCU’s on PBS
Being a graduate of "The Mecca" Howard University, you know I had to check out the Stanley Nelson directed Tell Them We Are Risingculminating the rise and (in some instances) the…
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Joan Jett Has Earned Her Bad Reputation in Rock ‘N’ Roll
What do you do when your parents buy you a guitar from Sears at 13 years-old? You start a rock band, become one of the few women to make rock…
King in The Wilderness Explores Martin Luther King’s Final Years
As a young girl in St. Louis, when I realized my school didn’t recognize Dr. King’s Birthday as a National Holiday, I was livid. Livid enough to convince all of…
I Called Him Morgan Remembers Jazz Great Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan was the toast of the jazz community and revered by his colleagues by being named trumpet player with Dizzy Gillespie at the tender age of 18. However, on…
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Hollywood Bombshell Hedy Lamarr was Brainy Inventor and Single Mother
One of my favorite movies to come on television when I was a kid was an old film by Don Knotts called “The Incredible Mr. Limpet.” Knots fall into water…
