ACADEMY RELEASES STATEMENT FOLLOWING CALLS FOR OSCARS BOYCOTT
NEW YORK (WPVI) — Calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over the Oscars’ second straight year of all-white acting nominees has led the Academy to release a statement Monday night. The statement from Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs reads: I’d like to acknowledge the wonderful work of this year’s nominees. While we celebrate […]
Singer Celine Dion’s husband, René Angélil, dies after cancer battle
René Angélil, the husband of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion, died on Thursday at the age of 73 after a long battle with cancer, Dion announced. “It’s with profound sadness that we are announcing that René Angélil, 73, died this morning at his Las Vegas home after a courageous battle with cancer. The family wishes […]
Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Are Haitian. (pt III)
Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) is a Haitian actor and model best known for his role as The Haitian on the NBC television series Heroes. Born in Pétionville, he moved to Paris at a young age to pursue a modeling career. His early roles were in French musical theatre and television commercials. Eventually settling […]
5 Reasons Why Your Band May Not be Getting Booked?
5- Network and venture out of your comfort zone. You don’t have to play at the industry’s common venues all the time. You can venture out to local bars and lounges that way you meet new people and different opportunities. Find multicultural events happening in your town and out of town and sign up for […]
Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Haitian. (pt IIII)
Future (born Nayvadius Wilburn, November 20, 1985) is a Haitian-American rapper from Kirkwood, Atlanta, Georgia. He is signed to the record label Epic Records. His name came about after members of The Dungeon Family called him “The Future.” His cousin, producer Rico Wade of The Dungeon Family, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and […]
Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Are Haitian. (pt II)
David Jude Jolicoeur (born September 21, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York), also known under the stage name Trugoy the Dove and more recently Dave, is an American rapper, producer, and one third of groundbreaking hip hop trio De La Soul. Jolicoeur, Vincent Mason and Kelvin Mercer were friends who attended the same high school in the […]
Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Are Haitian. (ptI)
Wyclef Jean was born on October 17, 1969, in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Wyclef Jean’s band, the Fugees, released their debut album, Blunted on Reality, in 1993. It was the group’s second album, The Score (1996), however, that catapulted the Fugees to stardom. The Score sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. After making several albums, in […]