getty image An author whose book was the basis for the Oscar-nominated movie “Hidden Figures” has won an award for writing literature that promotes diversity and confronts racism. Margot Lee Shetterly’s book and the namesake movie are about the contributions of a team of black women mathematicians to the NASA space program. Best-selling novelist Isabel […]
@kwellscomm @PraiseIndy PraiseIndy.com Entertainment News — Tinseltown’s most luxurious award night is fast approaching. The 89th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday night. “La La Land” is the break-out leader with a record 14 nominations, including Best Picture. Other films vying for the coveted award are “Moonlight,” “Lion,” “Hidden Figures,” “Arrival,” “Hell or High Water,” “Manchester by […]
The NAACP celebrated all of the amazing strides that people of color have made over the past year at the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards. If you didn’t get a chance to tune in, check out our rundown of the evening’s top moments. Andra Day Pays Tribute to President Barack Obama! #ImageAwards pic.twitter.com/Q48I1Ft0au — TV […]
Director Theodore Melfi says he had to whitewash a couple of scenes in the Oscar-nominated movie Hidden Figures because it’s not fair to depict ALL the white characters and the white establishment as racist, even though history says otherwise. When interviewed by Vice, Melfi defended his decision to add a white savior into the story… because every […]
@kwellscomm PraiseIndy.com News — Margot Lee Shetterly, who is the author of the book that inspired the film which carries the same name “Hidden Figures” is visiting Indiana on this busy Wednesday. The film garnered “Oscar” buzz and was nominated for an Academy Award on Tuesday in the Best Pictures category and landed a Best […]
@kwellscomm PraiseIndy.com News, Entertainment, & Sports Good day to you on this National Compliment Day…Oscar Noms are also out today. More on their diversity strides below. There’s a break in the case of the fatal stabbing of the 23-year-old woman we reported on Monday that happened by the side of Riverside Park. Indy Metro Police Detectives have […]
“Hidden Figures,” about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold a leading $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, according to estimates Sunday. Fox anticipates the film, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae, will make $25.3 million when Monday is included, […]
Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams teamed up to create an amazing single for the “Hidden Figures” soundtrack. What resulted was an awesome, motivating and upbeat celebration of both determination within the struggle, and the victory at the end. The new lyric video for the song is full of powerful images from the film, to make […]
Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams teamed up to create an amazing single for the “Hidden Figures” soundtrack. What resulted was an awesome, motivating and upbeat celebration of both determination within the struggle, and the victory at the end. The new lyric video for the song is full of powerful images from the film, to make […]
Dove and Stellar Award winner Pastor Kim Burrell is just one of the many voices that will join the Hidden Figures original soundtrack produced by Pharrell Williams. She talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the film’s single, I See The Victory. On working with Pharrell: “Life in the studio is Pharrell is a Breed. He […]
Kim Burrell‘s new Pharell-produced single, “I See A Victory,” is an upbeat and righteous celebration of the strength to push through against all odds. It was created for the upcoming movie, “Hidden Figures,” which tells the story of three black women who played major roles in NASA’s first successful space launch. Check it out in […]
Kim Burrell‘s new Pharell-produced single, “I See A Victory,” is an upbeat and righteous celebration of the strength to push through against all odds. It was created for the upcoming movie, “Hidden Figures,” which tells the story of three black women who played major roles in NASA’s first successful space launch. Check it out in […]
