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Aaron Meeks
Aaron Joseph Meeks (born April 26, 1986) is an American actor. He was born in Watts, California, and is best known for his role as Ahmad Chadway on the Showtime television series ''Soul Food'' (2000−04). During his acting career, Meeks was awarded two NAACP Image Awards and received three Young Artist Award nominations. Career Meeks stated acting in childhood as a member of the Cornerstone Theater Company troupe. His brother, Andrew, was also a child actor. Aaron made his screen debut in 1999 on medical drama '' Diagnosis: Murder'', playing an abused young boy. In 2000, Meeks appeared as Herman D. Washington in the Showtime movie ''A Storm in Summer'', starring opposite Peter Falk. Their characters form an unlikely friendship. One reviewer found Meeks' performance "impressive." He earned a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 for his work in this film. Meeks portrayed a young Cassius Clay in '' Ali: An American Hero'' (2000) and acted in the Gregory Hines television film '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watts, California
Watts, California, was a city of the sixth class that existed in Los Angeles County, California, between 1907 and 1926, when it was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles and became one of the neighborhoods in the southern part of that city. Founding The area now known as Watts is situated on the 1843 Rancho La Tajauta Mexican land grant. As on all ranchos, the principal vocation was at that time grazing and beef production. There were household settlers in the area as early as 1882, and in 1904 the population was counted as 65 people; a year later it was 1,651. C.V. Bartow of Long Beach was noted as one of the founders of Watts. Naming In 1904 it was reported that Watts was named after Pasadena businessman Charles H. Watts, who was found dead by suicide in the St. Elmo Hotel, Los Angeles, on August 23 of that year. The ''Los Angeles Times'' said: "Watts at one time conducted a livery stable on North Main Street and another at Pasadena and was a man of considera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mount Airy News
''The Mount Airy News'' is a six-day-a-week newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1880. The ''News'' has a circulation of 9,263 according to The Park Library's list of North Carolina newspapers. It is one of several newspapers serving Surry County, along with ''The Tribune'' in Elkin and ''The Pilot'' of Pilot Mountain. History ''The News'', ''The Tribune'', and ''The Pilot'' all have the same corporate parent. In June 2007, both ''The News'' and ''The Tribune'' were part of a sale from Mid-South Management Co., Inc. to Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut. Mount Airy had two newspapers until around 1980, when the weekly ''Mount Airy Times'' was bought by the ''News''. In 2007, the city again had two papers with ''The Messenger'' and ''The Mount Airy News''. However, after attempting several different publication schedules, ''The Messenger'' closed less than three years later, shutting its doors in 2010. ''The Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stan Tookie Williams Story
''Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story'' is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical crime drama film starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. The film was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and the screenplay was written by J.T. Allen. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was later broadcast on the FX network on April 11, 2004. The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was still imprisoned. On December 13, 2005, Williams was executed by lethal injection in California. Cast Production Development During Williams' incarceration, he began co-writing a series of books with Barbara Becnel for young children about the dangers of gang violence. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Award For Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony and since its conception, Joe Morton holds the record for the most wins with four. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations Wins ; 4 wins * Joe Morton ; 3 wins * Omar Epps ; 2 wins * Ossie Davis * Gary Dourdan * Ice-T * Mekhi Phifer * Cliff "Method Man" Smith Nominations ; 7 nominations * Joe Morton * James Pickens Jr. ; 6 nominations * Mekhi Phifer ; 5 nominations * Omar Epps ; 4 nominations * Dulé Hill * Ice-T * Giancarlo Esposito * Jussie Smollett ; 3 nominations * Rocky Carroll * Ossie Davis * Guillermo Díaz * Gary Dourdan * Charles S. Dutton * Alfred Enoch * Boris Kodjoe * Delroy Lindo * James McDaniel * Wendell Pierce * Michael K. Williams * Jeffrey Wright ; 2 nominations * Trai Byers * Taye Diggs * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily News (Kentucky)
The ''Daily News'' is a daily-except-Saturday newspaper based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is published Sunday mornings and Monday through Friday evenings. History The current newspaper can trace its roots to the ''Bowling Green Democrat'' founded in 1854. A rival paper, ''The Daily Times'', was founded by John B. Gaines in 1882 and the newspapers eventually merged into the predecessor to the ''Park City Daily News''; now named the Daily News. The newspaper was still owned by members of the Gaines family until its sale in 2022. When the paper was called the ''Park City Daily News'', the name was chosen due to a nickname for Bowling Green taken from an 1892 speech by Henry Watterson. Watterson, there to commemorate Fountain Square Park as the city's first park, opined that Bowling Green might come to be known as the "beautiful park city." Local businesses widely adopted the nickname until the town of Glasgow Junction, about 20 miles north, changed its name to Park City, Kentucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day (New London)
''The Day'' newspaper, formerly known as ''The New London Day'', is a local newspaper based in New London, Connecticut, published by The Day Publishing Company. The newspaper has won Newspaper of the Year and the Best Daily Newspaper Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA). It has twice won the Horace Greeley Award for "courage and outstanding effectiveness in serving the public." It has won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Example of Excellence in Small Newspaper award and the ''Columbia Journalism Review'' has listed it as one of the top 100 newspapers in the country with a circulation of less than 100,000 copies. History ''The Day'' was founded in July 1881 as a mouthpiece of the local Republican Party in an era when many American newspapers served political parties. It was owned by a wealthy mercantile family in New London. In 1889, the original publisher, Maj. John A. Tibbits, left the paper to take a government post in England. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the paper formed under its present title in 1927 from the consolidation of the ''Pittsburgh Gazette Times'' and ''The Pittsburgh Post''. The ''Post-Gazette'' ended daily print publication in 2018 and has cut down to two print editions per week (Sunday and Thursday), going online-only the rest of the week. In the 2010s, the editorial tone of the paper shifted from liberal to conservative, particularly after the editorial pages of the paper were consolidated in 2018 with '' The Blade'' of Toledo, Ohio. After the consolidation, Keith Burris, the pro-Trump editorial page editor of '' The Blade'', directed the editorial pages of both papers. Early history ''Gazette'' The ''Post-Gazette'' began its history as a four-page w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet (magazine)
''Jet'' is an American weekly digital magazine focusing on news, culture, and entertainment related to the African-American community. Founded in November 1951 by John H. Johnson of the Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, the magazine was billed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine". ''Jet'' chronicled the civil rights movement from its earliest years, including the murder of Emmett Till, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the activities of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. ''Jet'' was printed from November 1, 1951, in digest-sized format in all or mostly black-and-white until its December 27, 1999, issue. In 2009, ''Jet'' expanded one of the weekly issues to a double issue published once each month. Johnson Publishing Company struggled with the same loss of circulation and advertising as other magazines and newspapers in the digital age, and the final print issue of ''Jet'' was published on June 23, 2014, continuing solely as a digital magazine app. In 2016, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Publishing Company
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. (JPC) was an American publishing company founded in November 1942 by African-American businessman John H. Johnson. It was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. JPC was privately held and run by Johnson until his death in 2005. His publications "forever changed the popular representation of African Americans." The writing portrayed African Americans as they saw themselves and its photojournalism made history. Led by its flagship publication, ''Ebony'', Johnson Publishing was at one time the largest African-American-owned publishing firm in the United States. JPC also published '' Jet'', a weekly news magazine, from November 1951 until June 2014, when it became digital only. In the 1980s, the company branched into film and television. The company's last chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) was the founder's daughter, Linda Johnson Rice. In its final years, Johnson Publishing Company sold off assets including its historic 820 S. Michigan Aven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebony (magazine)
''Ebony'' is a monthly magazine that focuses on news, culture, and entertainment. Its target audience is the African-American community, and its coverage includes the lifestyles and accomplishments of influential black people, fashion, beauty, and politics. ''Ebony'' magazine was founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, for his Johnson Publishing Company. He sought to address African-American issues, personalities and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. Its cover photography typically showcases prominent African-American public figures, including entertainers and politicians, such as Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois, U.S. First lady Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Tyrese Gibson, and Tyler Perry. Each year, ''Ebony'' selects the "100 Most Influential Blacks in America". After 71 years, in June 2016, Johnson Publishing sold both ''Ebony'' and ''Jet (magazine), Jet'', another Johnson publication, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojangles (film)
''Bojangles'' is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical drama film that chronicles the life of entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949). Robinson is played by Gregory Hines, who also served as an executive producer. ''Bojangles'' was produced by Darrick Productions and MGM Television for the Showtime premium cable network. Synopsis Starting with Robinson's funeral, including what looks like archival footage of the event, the film then plays out the biography in a straightforward manner as a flashback, both in color and black-and-white. Cast * Gregory Hines - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson * Kimberly Elise - Fannie S. Clay * Peter Riegert - Marty Forkins * Maria Ricossa - Rae Samuel * Savion Glover - Newcomer Awards *Black Reel Awards (2002) **Kimberly Elise – Best Supporting Actress *Image Award (2002) **Gregory Hines Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Hines
Gregory Oliver Hines (February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. As an actor, he is best known for '' Wolfen'' (1981), '' The Cotton Club'' (1984), ''White Nights'' (1985), '' Running Scared'' (1986), ''The Gregory Hines Show'' (1997–1998), playing Ben on ''Will & Grace'' (1999–2000), and for voicing Big Bill on the Nick Jr. animated children's television program ''Little Bill'' (1999–2004). Hines starred in more than 40 films and also appeared on Broadway. He received many accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life Hines was born in New York City on February 14, 1946 to Alma Iola (Lawless) and Maurice Robert Hines, a dancer, musician, and actor, and grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. He began tap dancing when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
