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1/29/21 O&A NYC LIFESTYLE: Cicely Tyson Recounts Life And Career In New Memoir

By developer January 29, 2021 January 29, 2021 Civil Right, History, Out and About NYC Magazine, Television, Video

96-year-old stage and screen icon Cicely Tyson opens up to Gayle King about her impressive career and personal life, which she wrote about in her new memoir, Just As I Am.

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(Repost) 3/29/21 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Diana Ross- Strange Fruit From Lady Sings The Blues

By OutandAboutnycmag June 15, 2020 March 29, 2021 Entertainment, film, Hollywood Monday, Music, Out and About NYC Magazine

Strange Fruit a song originally recorded by jazz song stylist Billie Holiday in 1939, written by Abel Meeropol and published in 1937. The song was a protests the lynching of Black Americans. It was featured in the 1972 film Lady Sings The Blues starring Diana Ross. Continue reading

(Repost) 2/22/21 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (1979) Diahann Carroll, Constance Good and Maya Angelou

By developer October 14, 2019 February 22, 2021 film, Hollywood Monday, Literature, Out and About NYC Magazine, Video

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings based on the autobiography of the same name by Maya Angelou. The film first aired on April 28, 1979 on CBS. Continue reading

7/16/19 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Tina Turner- My Love Story

By OutandAboutnycmag July 15, 2019 July 15, 2019 Inspirational, Inspirational Tuesday, Lifestyle, Out and About NYC Magazine, Television, Video

Tina Turner—the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend—sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir.
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