I met Guy Davis, a multi-instrumentalist-blues artist, when he performed at the Dakota as part of the "American Roots Revue" produced by Larry Long, the Twin Cities-based singer, songwriter and ...
One Denzel Washington movie where he gives arguably his best performance to not earn an Oscar nomination is a smash hit on the biggest streaming service in the world. American Gangster, which ...
Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of actress, author and activist Ruby Dee. In roles from Ruth Younger in “A Raisin in the Sun” to Mama Lucas in “American Gangster,” Ruby captivated ...
US president Barack Obama has joined a growing number of celebrities and other public figures in paying tribute to the late Ruby Dee. Dee passed away on Wednesday (June 11) at her home in New Rochelle ...
NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) - Friends, family and fans of actress and activist Ruby Dee, who died last month at the age of 91, will honor her life and legacy at a memorial service in New York in ...
NEW YORK -- For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined. The African-American actress who earned lead roles in movies and on ...