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Tes One returns to Tampa for Repeat Offender , his first solo show in five years - which is now entering its final week on display.

To Blacks, Precious Is 'Demeaned' or 'Angelic' by FELICIA R. LEE Published: November 20, 2009 A reinforcement of noxious stereotypes or a realistic and therapeutic portrayal of a black family in America? "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," the new film about an obese, poor, illiterate, young black woman who is sexually and ...

Jill Mahoney Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 11:19AM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

Oprah Winfrey says she is ending her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years.

Jan. 28, 1954: Oprah Winfrey, now 55, was born to a single mother in Kosciusko, Miss.

Oprah Winfrey plans to tell viewers on Friday's live edition of her top-rated daytime program that she will retire the Chicago-based syndicated talk show that made her rich, famous and, if not a kingmaker, a maker of a media empire, several bestselling authors and perhaps even a U.S. President.

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Good morning. Today is the 317th day of the year. On this day in 1927, the Holland Tunnel connecting New York to Jersey City, the first underwater auto tunnel built in the U.S., was opened.

Swapping families: A daughter's memoir in 'The Sisters Antipodes' The Sisters Antipodes.

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In the Field... 11.12.2009 'The Color Purple' vs. 'Precious' These two commercially successful, much-hyped films both explore incest, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy and colorism within the black community.

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Most people know him for his roles in " The Color Purple " and "Lethal Weapon."A Danny Glover is considered the dean ofA black character actors.

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Call up your mother, sister or best girlfriend and plan a mini-getaway to New Jersey, for The Color Purple's LAST scheduled East Coast performance, showing at The New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

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Molecular biologists Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn recently became the first two women to share the Nobel Prize in Medicine recently.

Meet one-half of the con man who specialize in social justice. Andy Bichlbaum talks about the new film The Yes Men Fix the World that chronicles their exploits against indifferent corporations.

Steven Spielberg is most probably the best known director and producer in the world.