6/21/18 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Madonna Performs Vogue at the MTV Awards 1990

Madonna performs Vogue at the 1990 MTV Awards. An original song taken from the I’m Breathless album (1990).  Continue reading

6/19/18 O7A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Chadwick Boseman Wins Best Hero and Honors James Shaw Jr. at the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards

Chadwick Boseman talks about the importance of Black Panther. While accepting the Best Hero at the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards he presented his Golden Popcorn award to real-life hero James Shaw Jr.  Continue reading

6/19/18 O&A NYC GOING BACK TO AFRICA WITH Walestylez- FASHION: MaXhosa by Laduma- Arise Fashion Week 2018

MaXhosa by Laduma Ngxokolo shows his 2018 Mens and Women’s collection at the  Arise Fashion Week (AFW). The annual event takes place in Lagos, Nigeria and for almost one week brings forth a welcome fashion overdose of African designers. This show took place at the Lagos Continental Hotel. Continue reading

6/18/18 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Lady Sings The Blues (Big Ben) Plus Encore performance

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Lady Sings The Blues is the story of jazz singer Billie Holiday and is loosely based on her 1956 autobiography. The name of the film was taken from one of Holiday’s most popular songs.

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6/16/18. O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Abs Masterclass- Max and Timu In The Gym


Max Philisaire (@maxthebody) and Timu (@aesthetic_era) show us the exercises and techniques they use to get amazing ab and killer core strength. Continue reading

6/15/18 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY:  Philadanco Performs Christopher Huggins’ Latched at TEDxPenn

Philadanco performs Latched (2014) by resident choreographer Christopher Huggins at TEDxPenn. Continue reading

6/13/18 O&A Hollywood Monday: Grace Jones in Vamp

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Vamp is a 1986 comedy horror film directed by Richard Wenk, co-written by Wenk and Donald P. Borchers, and starring Grace Jones and Chris Makepeace. Continue reading

6/11/18 O&A Hollywood Monday: Cotton Come To Harlem – Iris, Officer Jarema and The Paper Bag

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Cotton Comes to Harlem was the beginning of short period in American film that featured black actors in leading roles and the themes dealt with issues from the African-American microcosm. With a screenplay by Arnold Perl and Ossie Davis, and  directed by Davis this action drama represents the black prospective. Much of the film’s humor is urban black comedy, which was groundbreaking in 1970.

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