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2 weeks ago | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
On Tuesday, May 20th, Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast, and Global Editorial Director of Vogue, Anna Wintour, fashion model and activist Bethann Hardison, artist Rashid Johnson, and civil rights ambassador Andrew Young were honored at this year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala. The gala took place at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
Last week (October 30th), the Paley Center for Media in New York City commemorated the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s Rumble in the Jungle boxing fight, with a special panel discussion that included Ali’s daughter Khaliah Ali, his son-in-law music executive Jason Flom, Olympic boxer Roy Jones Jr., former WBO Featherweight champ Heather Hardy and Undisputed video game creator, Steel City Interactive CEO Ash Habib.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
Ben Leventhal’s Blackbird has reteamed with the Standard Biergarten in New York City for a for a monthly winter residency from October to March, bringing cult favorites from across the river, country, and ocean to the Meatpacking District to show New Yorkers what they’ve been missing.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
theqgentleman.com | Kadeem Lundy
From portraying a sommelier in Netflix’s Uncorked to leading the horror film Archive 81 as an archivist, to his Primetime Emmy-nominated performance in Cake, Mamoudou Athie has showcased a diverse range of characters on screen. Like many screen actors before him, Athie got his start on the theater stage. This fall, he returns to the stage in a production of James Ijames' Good Bones at New York City’s Public Theater, acting alongside Susan Kelechi Watson, Khris Davis and Téa Guarino.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
theqgentleman.com | Kadeem Lundy
Twenty years ago, Karamo Brown made his television debut on the MTV reality series The Real World: Philadelphia. Since then, he has acted in television shows and movies and has become the host of his own eponymous daytime talk show, Karamo. Through his show, Brown helps families work through their issues and recently kicked off its third season. “There are a lot of things that people are just starting to enjoy. I keep myself looking good, and I keep my guests elevated and looking good.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
Netflix joined forces with The Creative Collective to kickoff CultureCon weekend on Friday (October 4th). The event which was named Netflix Presents: A Celebration of “Icons and Legends, highlighted titles including Starting 5, Simone Biles: Rising, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, Sprint, and Receivers, which took place at Boom at The Standard, High Line.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
theknockturnal.com | Kadeem Lundy
After renovating their first New York location in Downtown, Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse dedicated the newly upgraded multiplex in honor of Oscar winning filmmaker Spike Lee at a special ceremony at the movie theater last night (September 12th). Lee along with Alamo Drafthouse Founder Tim League, and Lee’s siblings, Joie Lee and Cinqué Lee were in attendance, in which a plaque was unveiled officially dedicating the theater to Spike Lee.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
theqgentleman.com | Kadeem Lundy
Since debuting on the Broadway stage in the 2005 original production of The Color Purple, Brandon Victor Dixon has delivered a variety of Tony Award-nominated performances. In his latest Broadway role, Dixon plays Davis, a musician and father to Ali in Alicia Keys’ musical Hell's Kitchen. As Davis, he performs some of Keys’ signature songs from a male perspective and explores the crucial estranged father-daughter relationship that forms an essential element of the play.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
theqgentleman.com | Kadeem Lundy
Since its debut in June 2020, the YouTube-based animated educational channel Gracie’s Corner has amassed nearly 4 million subscribers. The channel educates children through nursery rhymes and music-based videos featuring Gracie, a young Black girl. The series was created by Dr. Javoris Hollingsworth, his wife, and his oldest daughter Graceyn, known as “Gracie”’ after whom the series is named. Dr. Hollingsworth was inspired to develop the series shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic began.
