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Solange Tearfully Accepts First-Ever Lena Horne Prize At Uplifting Ceremony In NYC
Laurence Fishburne, Matrix's Morpheus, Narrates Malcolm X Bio
Furious Styles will bring his furious style to one of the greatest stories ever told.
No, not the Bible. Another one — considered
one of the most important memoirs written within the past century.
Emmy and Tony award- winning actor Laurence Fishburne has signed on to narrate The Autobiography of Malcolm X for Audible.
Marking the very first time
LAURENCE FISHBURNE
that Alex Hailey-scripted tome will be available via unabridged audio since its original publication in 1965, the audiobook will be re- leased on May 19th, which would’ve been the late, great civil rights activist’s 95th birthday.
“It’s a great honor to have the opportunity to tell Mal- colm X’s story,” Fishburne said, with the official an- nouncement of the project.
On Friday night (Feb 28) in midtown Manhattan, Solange Knowles was in at- tendance to accept the Town Hall’s inaugural Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating So- cial Impact.
Grammy winner An- gelique Kidjo set the tone for the evening an hour before the event began. “I was the last girl in a family of 10 kids,” she started. “We, women, as mothers, we’re the future of the planet. I grew up seeing that women in a community are powerful. I’ve seen men walk into a house full of
Solange Knowles speaks on- stage at the Lena Horne Prize Event Honoring Solange Knowles Presented by Sales- force at the Town Hall on Feb. 28, 2020 in New York City.
women and not say a word,” Kidjo said with a laugh.
Tyler Perry’s Family Suspicious After Nephew Dies Of Apparent Suicide While In Solitary Confinement
Tyler Perry's family has rising concerns of foul play after his 26-year-old nephew hanged himself in a Louisiana prison Tuesday night.
According to TMZ, Perry's nephew, Gavin Porter, was in solitary confinement after getting involved in a physical altercation with another in- mate over the weekend at a prison facility near St. Helena Parish.
After Porter was placed in solitary confinement, guards checked on him around 6 p.m. and didn't find anything con- cerning. When guards re-
GAVIN PORTER
turned at 8 p.m. they found him dead of an apparent sui-
cide.
Sources tell TMZ that
Porter hanged himself with bedsheets while in his cell.
Porter's mom, the film- maker's sister, was informed by prison officials of his death. His mom was told that no foul play was suspected, but Perry's family believes other- wise.
Porter was initially in prison for fatally shooting his biological father in front of his mother during an argument in 2016. He pled no contest to manslaughter and was sen- tenced to 20 years in prison.
Swae Lee Unveils New Single 'Someone Said'
After much anticipation from fans, Swae Lee dropped his new single "Someone Said" on Friday (Feb. 28).
"I hope you forgive me just for sinnin' / I just talk shh you can meet me there / Someone said that you wont spend it / I'm the s--- just to be spe- cific," the Rae Sremmurd rapper flows on the high-en- ergy, indulgent tune.
The tune is the Grammy nominee's first solo since 2019's "Sextasy." In celebra- tion of the "Someone Said" release, the single's merch is available now, including t-
Swae Lee arrives at the 2019 GQ Men Of The Year event at The West Hollywood Edition on Dec. 5, 2019 in West Holly- wood, Calif.
shirts and tie-dye hoodies. He's currently on tour with
Post Malone.
Letitia Wright To Star In Thriller Based On Real-Life Gibbons Twins
Letitia Wright is set to star in The Silent Twins, which is based on the real story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, mysterious twins with a complex history. Tamara Lawrance will also star.
The Gibbons' story is as strange as it is tragic. Born in the West Indies and raised in Wales, the two girls developed their own lan- guage and only spoke to each other. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the girls would become cata- tonic when separated. To- gether, the girls would engage in criminal and vio- lent activity until they were placed in Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric
LETITIA WRIGHT AND THE GIBBONS TWINS
hospital. Though the family insisted that the girls could lead normal lives, the Gib- bons twins were studied by doctors, leading the girls to hatch a tragic plan for a chance at normalcy--for one twin to die so the other could live. Jennifer de- cided she would die by sui- cide, but the actual cause of
death has remained a mys- tery.
Wright has a packed up- coming schedule, starring in the Murder on the Orient Express sequel Death on the Nile, Steve McQueen's television series Small Axe and Hold Back the Stars. The latter two projects also star John Boyega.
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