The Jeffersons

TheGrio Awards, The Champion Icon: Norman Lear

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Norman Lear honored with Legend Award by African American Film Critics Association

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SAG's National Ethnic Employment Opportunities Committee Presents "The Black Hollywood Experience: Our History... Our Future" Panel

Marla Gibbs to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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‘Police Academy’ actress Marion Ramsey is dead at 73

Marion Ramsey, the iconic actress from the Police Academy movies known for her soft, high-pitched voice, has died.  Ramsey, 73,
/ January 8, 2021

‘Good Times’ to air on ABC’s ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’

Episodes from ‘Good Times’ and ‘All in the Family’ will soon light up our television sets, as they will be the next throwback series to be featured on ABC’s ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ December special.
/ November 6, 2019
Wanda Sykes

WATCH: Netflix drops trailer for ‘Wanda Sykes: Not Normal’ comedy special

Emmy Award-nominated actress and 30-year comedy veteran, Wanda Sykes, delivers a sharp-witted and hilarious critique on the state of the world in her first Netflix comedy special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal.  The one-hour spe…
/ May 17, 2019
Michael Che

WATCH: Michael Che hands out ‘Reparations Emmys’ to Black actors we love

  The 70th Annual Emmy Awards were light on laughs and Black winners, but one of the night’s most entertaining
/ September 17, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Obama makes up for his classic TV mixup by singing 'Movin' On Up' from 'The Jeffersons'

President Barack Obama is up to his singing ways again. On Thursday ,the president was touring New Orleans to mark the
/ August 28, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ned Wertimer, doorman on ‘Jeffersons,’ dies at 89

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS comedy ‘The Jeffersons’, has died…
/ January 9, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Judge: Sherman Hemsley's will valid, actor can be buried

EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Attorneys for a man who says he is the brother of deceased actor Sherman Hemsley argued Friday that Hemsley was not of sound mind when he signed his will…
/ November 9, 2012