via BlackAmericaWeb: Diana Ross says she feels “violated” by an airport screener who touched her between her legs after she performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the Motown legend says she blames the Transportation Security Administration for a screening at the New Orleans airport that makes […]
via BlackAmeicaWeb/eurweb: The magic of Diana Ross will be honored with a year-long Diamond Diana Celebration, marking the 75th birthday of the music legend. According to a press release, Fathom Events will launch the festivities on her birthday, March 26, with an exclusive two-day, global theatrical release of “Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy featuring Diana Ross: […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: In addition to her famous children, Diana Ross has two sisters who have carved their own lanes in careers unrelated to showbiz. Diana’s big sis’ Barbara Ross-Lee is a well-known and successful osteopathic doctor, which as she explained, means this: “We do everything that M.D. physicians do. In addition to that, we are trained to use our hands […]
via FirstLadyB: The legendary Diana Ross, Kelly Rowland, Ciara, Tracee Ellis Ross and more celebs had the 2017 AMA’s red carpet lit! The entire Ross family came out to support Diana Ross as she received the Lifetime Achievement Award. CLICK HERE to read story
Joining a star-studded group, Diana Ross — who grew up in public housing in Detroit and went on to become a star of stage and screen and the voice of Motown — received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at the White House today. President Barack Obama, introducing Ross before the […]
President Obama announced 21 new recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, including Diana Ross, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Cicely Tyson. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is “presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural […]
Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
Police say Diana Ross was injured when an SUV ran a stop sign and crashed into a limo taking her to a performance in Pennsylvania. Bethlehem police say the 72-year-old singer complained of head and neck pain after the crash on Wednesday afternoon. She was treated at the scene by paramedics and indicated she would […]
he Wiz Live! airs on NBC on Thursday with a star-studded lineup certain to have you ready to take a trip down the yellow brick road. The Broadway musical-turned-movie-turned-live TV musical features a newcomer as Dorothy (Shanice Williams), a Wiz vet as Aunt Em (Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy in the 1975 Broadway musical) […]
*Right after Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and other legends finished filming the theatrical version of the Broadway phenomenon The Wiz, released in 1978, Motown Records sent Ross back to the studio to record an album of all of the musical’s songs — including those sung by her cast mates. The album was to […]
On Wednesday morning, TODAY revealed the latest addition to the already star-studded cast — Shanice Williams. If her name doesn’t quite ring a bell, that’s because “The Wiz” will be Williams’ first television role. The musical theater actress was among hundreds of applicants who auditioned for the part. Peter Kramer / NBC Of course, long before […]
