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via abcnews: Some major celebrities gathered Saturday night to celebrate the accomplishments of black entertainers, philanthropists, business owners and others at the Black Girls Rock 2017 event in New Jersey. Hosted by “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson, BET’s annual event, held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, brought out top […]

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via FirstLadyB: David and Tamela Mann’s daughter, Porcia Mann just got engaged. Porcia, who just celebrated her 30th birthday at the end of July,  was surprised with a wedding proposal from boyfriend DJBangz this past weekend. CLICK HERE to read story

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via: TheGospelGuru: At noon on August 3rd, G.I took to social media to reveal the front cover artwork to their new album “Winning,” which hits stores worldwide September 8th. The group has built quite a buzz for their new LP with the lead hit single “Pray and Don’t Worry,” which recently celebrated 20 weeks on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay Top 10 Chart. […]

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Hebrews 11:1 (NIV) reminds us, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” If you are a born again person, which means you have given your life to Jesus Christ and are living for Him, you are the “Righteous” that The Bible talks about. And […]

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via Halles: Members of GRAMMY®-nominated, Platinum®-selling Newsboys took a break from their summer tour schedule to help build homes in Baja, Mexico, last week. In partnership with Baja Christian Ministries and God’s Not Dead Missions, Newsboys’ Michael Tait and Duncan Phillips joined volunteers from around the U.S. to construct two homes for disadvantaged families and lead street […]

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via getuperica: Erica Campbell on “Faith Walking” shares some details behind the movie “The Passion Of The Christ.” Some may not know that the actor, James Caviezel who played Christ went through a lot while filming. She explained that he dealt with sickness, shoulders were disconnected a couple of times, but through it all he wanted to continue to film because […]

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via getuperica: Erica reveals in her “Ericaism” about how during some of her “Mary, Mary” days she didn’t have a lot of confidence. She expressed that God can reach you anywhere and how you shouldn’t get cause up in your own sadness or doubt. When we do that it is telling God that we don’t trust him, but we must prepare ourselves […]

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via gospelhotspot: Donnie McClurkin will receive the Gospel Music Icon Award at the Black Music Honors ceremony, and Marvin Winans, Latrice Crawford, and  Karen Clark Sheard are set to perform. The Black Music Honors,  honors legendary African American artists who have made significant musical contributions to African American culture and American music worldwide. Television and radio personality Rickey Smiley, and singer, actress LeToya Luckett, will co-host the show […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb: Kidnap starring Halle Berry comes out tomorrow Friday, August 4. She talks with the TJMS crew about the strong role of a mother in this film. Halle says, “mothers don’t play” and that it’s good to have mothers playing this role more since we’re all so used to seeing men in the saving roles. When asked […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb.com When you think of Baltimore these days, if you live outside the city limits, you likely think of the 2015 uprising and its devastation or the mean streets of West Baltimore, where much of the classic HBO TV series The Wire was filmed. You might even think of the TV shows Homicide or […]