Hollywood Reporter

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Jul 28 2011

Hollywood by Choice

America has a new hero and that hero happens to be “Captain America: The First Avenger.” He is the last of the superheroes out of the gate for Summer 2011, and there were no toys or trinkets in the stores to announce his coming. But in true American fashion, this hero came late to the table and kicked butt!

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Apr 28 2011

Hollywood by Choice

Say what you want, but Tyler Perry is doing his thing/his latest film, “Medea’s Big Family Reunion” landed in the number two spot with an opening weekend of $25.1 million only bested by the very popular “Rio” at $26.3 million.

Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Apr 28 2011

Will join family investment business

Paula Madison, who joined KNBC-TV 11 years ago as president and general manager and moved up to become executive vice president and the first chief diversity officer for NBCUniversal, announced plans to retire on May 20.

Madison’s journalism career began with newspapers in New York and Dallas/Fort Worth after graduation from Vassar College. Following stints with television stations in Texas and Oklahoma, she joined New York’s WNBC in 1989 as assistant news director and went on to become its vice president and news director in 1996.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”