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Jammins Events proudly presents the T.J. Hemphill powerful stage play, 'Perilous Times' at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre.  Grammy award-winning Gospel recording artist, Fred Hammond alongside multi-award winning Gospel legend, Vickie Winans join forces with recording artist Tim Bowman Jr., Actors Clifton Powell, Christian Keys and VH1 Love & Hip NY cast member and The Wire actress Snoop, just to name a few to headline the Easter weekend festivities.

Following sold-out performances at The PIT, Dixon Place, and Abingdon Theater Co. THE MOTHER LINE STORY PROJECT is coming to the HERE Arts Center Main Stage in a double bill with Alicia Raquel as part of Sanctuary for a one-night-only engagement on Thursday, February 9th at 8:30pm.

Black-ish, Angie Tribeca star and two-time EMMY nominated writer and actor Deon Cole and Rosewood, The Real Husbands of Hollywood and seven-time NAACP Image Award nominated actress Nicole Ari Parker host an exciting night of inspiration, history and crowd-rousing performances at the 25 th Annual TRUMPET AWARDS

Bounce will world premiere the 25 th Annual Trumpet Awards, the prestigious annual event celebrating African-American achievements and contributions, on Sunday, January 29 at 9:00pm ET.

TV ONE announced today Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story will premiere on Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. ET (encore presentation at 9 p.m. ET). Starring Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq, Survivor's Remorse) in the title role and featuring a special cameo appearance from Grammy Award-nominated R&B songstress Miki Howard herself, this is the network's first-ever bio-pic inspired by TV One's signature series Unsung.

Bounce TV's first-ever original drama series Saints & Sinners was a smash-hit success on all fronts and the show's inaugural season finished with a bang Sunday night, April 24 with the shocking finale becoming Bounce TV's #1 most-watched program in its nearly five year history.

The second episode premiere telecasts of Bounce TV's new original drama series Saints & Sinners on Sunday, March 13 combined to deliver the most-viewers in the network's history, reaching 1.5 million unduplicated viewers, an increase of 15% over last week's series debut.

Michelle Mitchenor will join A+E Network's hip-hop crime drama pilot, 'The Infamous' as a series regular and will play Eva Adams, a young female artist who receives a record deal and has a chance to become a star.

Principal photography has wrapped on Bounce TV's first-ever original drama series SAINTS & SINNERS, the network announced today.

Following the success of scripted comedy series, Bounce TV the nation's first and only broadcast television network designed for African-American (AA) audiences and TV's fastest-growing AA network is expanding into hour-long drama with Saints & Sinners

Offering a first look at the year ahead in independent film, culture and new ideas, Sundance Institute announced today the 65 films selected for the U.S. Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition NEXT category set to premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Films that have premiered in these sections include Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station,Whiplash, Blackfish, The September Issue, The Cove, An Education, Animal Kingdom, Precious, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Obvious Child, Tangerine and Escape from Tomorrow.

The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). It will play an 18-week limited engagement through Sunday, February 21, 2016.

TV One celebrates the holidays with a programming slate of original movies, series and specials focused on love, laughter and lyrics.

Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the nation's fastest-growing television network for African Americans, will launch a new original series In The Cut - a half-hour situation comedy

Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the nation's fastest-growing television network for African Americans, will launch a new original series In The Cut - a half-hour situation comedy

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Today, RCA Inspiration releases an uplifting compilation of hits with the album RISEN -- POWERFUL GOSPEL RESURRECTION SONGS.