A Salute To The Black Female Actresses Of 2018

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     In terms of quantity, this has been a strong year for Black female leads.

While it may not be reflected at year’s end when many critics groups and other organizations are hardly recognizing the works of many, with the exception of Regina Hall, but from the various festivals around the world to theatrical releases and streaming platforms, there were at least 30 or more films that featured Black actresses in lead roles in 2018.

     From studio thrillers to indie films, there were plenty of genres that were highlighted where the performances showcased the range of many.
     There is still a lot of work to be done. Oscar winner Viola Davis, after becoming the first African-American to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama in 2015, stated, “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.”
     So far, in the Academy Awards’ 90 year history, Halle Berry (2001) is the ONLY Black woman to have won an Oscar for Best Actress out of the 11 Black women ever nominated. That’s 11 out of 450 in total. Hopefully, in time, some of these actresses will be starring in films that merit consideration and more than one.
     Among the 2018 highlights...

~BLACKFILM.COM

Read The List Here: https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2018/12/a-salute-to-the-black-female-leads-of-2018-films/ 

OPRAH'S TIMES UP SPEECH ONE YEAR LATER

"Thank you, Reese. In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother's house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history:" The winner is Sidney Poitier." Up to the stage came the most elegant man I ever remembered. His tie was white, his skin was black—and he was being celebrated. I'd never seen a black man being celebrated like that. I tried many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door bone tired from cleaning other people's houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the explanation in Sidney's performance in Lilies of the Field: "Amen, amen, amen, amen."

In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille award right here at the Golden Globes and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this same award. It is an honor—it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them and also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. Dennis Swanson who took a chance on me for A.M. Chicago. Saw me on the show and said to Steven Spielberg, she's Sophia in 'The Color Purple.' Gayle who's been a friend and Stedman who's been my rock.

I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. We know the press is under siege these days. We also know it's the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To—to tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies. I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I'm especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story.

But it's not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It's one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They're the women whose names we'll never know. They are domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and they're in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They're part of the world of tech and politics and business. They're our athletes in the Olympics and they're our soldiers in the military.

And there's someone else, Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she'd attended in Abbeville, Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn't an option in the era of Jim Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.

Their time is up. And I just hope—I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks' heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it's here with every woman who chooses to say, "Me too." And every man—every man who chooses to listen.

In my career, what I've always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere, and how we overcome. I've interviewed and portrayed people who've withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights. So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say 'Me too' again."

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a14551183/oprah-winfrey-golden-globes-speech-transcript/

DEBBIE ALLEN AT 69

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BIOGRAPHY

      ...Debbie's mother also taught her children to try new things. In 1960, on a whim, Vivian took Debbie and her siblings to live with her in Mexico. "She didn't know anybody in Mexico," Debbie later recalled in the Washington Post. "She didn't speak Spanish. She was looking for another level of experience...I respect that so much."

Struggle with Racism     ...After nearly two years in Mexico, Allen and her family returned to Texas, where the 12-year-old Debbie auditioned for the Houston Ballet School. Although her performance was good enough for admission, the school denied her entry based on the color of her skin. A year later, a Russian instructor at the school who saw Debbie perform secretly enrolled the aspiring dancer. By the time the admissions department discovered the situation, they were so impressed with her skills that they let Allen stay in the program.
     But that wouldn't be the end of Allen's segregation struggles. At 16, during what she believed was a successful audition for the North Carolina School of the Arts, she was chosen to demonstrate technique for other prospective students. Later, however, her application was rejected because her body was "unsuited" for ballet—a criticism often used to discourage black dancers.  

[Prima Ballerina Misty Copeland was told 

she had the wrong body for Ballet as well]

     The rejection hit Allen hard, and for the duration of high school, she focused mainly on her studies. An honor roll student, Allen entered Howard University, and graduated cum laude from the institution in 1971, with a degree in drama. She headed straight for Broadway after college, and in 1972 she landed several chorus roles, eventually making appearances on television, in commercials and series. 

     Breakthrough Role     In 1979, Allen had a brief moment in the spotlight when she landed a small part in Alex Haley's epic television mini-series, Roots: The Next Generation, which discussed race relations in America. But Allen hit it big in 1980, after she starred in a Broadway revival of West Side Story as Anita. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination, and the critical acclaim necessary to land a role as a dance instructor in the movie Fame (1980).
     Fame won several Academy Awards, and helped launched a dance fad across the U.S. The wild success of the film evolved into a successful television spin-off in 1982, in which Allen also co-starred. For her role as choreographer on the show, Debbie snagged three Emmy Awards for choreography...

https://www.biography.com/people/debbie-allen-538186 

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JNANE TAMSNA: A Black Owned Hotel Still Going Strong In Morocco 18 Years Later

And it's boutique hotel at that.

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     Meryanne Loum-Martin, a Black woman, has proven that she doesn't need to be in her territory to excel. She owns Jnane Tamsna, a boutique hotel in Marrakech, Morocco, that is hailed as one of the most fabulous and elegant luxury hotels in the area. Since its birth in 2000, those who visited the hotel has been raving with 5-star reviews for the hotel's design, exclusivity, and service.

     Getting started     "At that time, I was a black woman in a country with a low percentage of black people," Loum-Martin, who is half West Indian and half Senegalese, told Black Enterprise. She and her husband was then building the establishment from scratch at the property they just bought in a foreign land.
     "I didn't speak the language and the field of construction was very much a world of men who are known to ignore women. And you know what? We designed everything ourselves. My husband was responsible for the gardens and I was responsible for the architecture, interiors, and floor plans," Loum-Martin shared...

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Read More: https://www.blackbusiness.org/2018/05/black-owned-luxury-boutique-hotel-jnane-tamsna-18-years.html? 

For reservations, try booking.com or go directly to the website: http://www.jnanetamsna.com/

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FROM ISSA RAE ON HER BIRTHDAY

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ISSA RAE'S 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS

ISSA RAE: INTERNET SERIES STAR AND PRODUCER  ("Awkward Black Girl," "First")
TO HBO STAR AND PRODUCER ("Insecure")

RULE #8

Stop trying to be someone you're not
Stop trying so hard period
You don't have to

I remember constantly feeling like i wasn't...I wasn't...I wasn't what was expected of me.  And a lot of that had to do with my skin color

It feels so stupid but

...it had to do with Not feeling black enough
...like I wasn't the right kind of black, 
...like I wasn't cool enough 
...like I wasn't fun enough
...like i wasn't...I just wasn't good enough

OR

What was being painted of me. just even on television and music
And that was really disheartening

And I would tell me my younger self now... Embrace who you are now. 

You don't need to be that
Embrace who are now
Embrace how you're different

This particular TOP 10 RULES FOR SUCCESS is filmed in a choppy way. It could be the people who made the video didn't have as many sources as usual since she's new on the scene. 

But I love listening to Issa Rae because she's an AWKWARD BLACK GIRL that is the most like ME. 

So I listened to it. And I'm glad I listened to it. When she's talking about personal experiences, telling stories, she's a natural, she's funny, and you know what she had inside to share with the world.

The reason she's a success is because she's a stumbler and get-back-upper. She's a hustler. 

The best thing about her is she learns from her mistakes and tries something new the next time the same situation comes up. 

My favorite take-away on failure and getting back up had to do with how Rae blew a major opportunity by trying to be a "yes-woman" instead of being true to her vision.

But when she screwed up something important, she didn't lie down, she didn't stop to beat on herself for a good long while. She felt destroyed, but she kept going.  She continued working on her projects. When another opportunity presented itself she was still prepared, even better prepared, because she had decided to be confident in her creative vision during last failure.

When the next opportunity came up, she didn't just say "yes" when people asked her to change things.  

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Serena Wins For Pregnant Women And Is Voted AP Female Athlete Of The Year For 5th Time

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   The women’s award has been won more only by Babe Didrikson Zaharias, whose six wins included one for track and five for golf.
     Williams’ previous times winning the AP honor, in 2002, 2009, 2013 and 2015, were because of her dominance.
     This one was about her perseverance.
     Williams developed blood clots after giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1, 2017, and four surgeries would follow. She returned to the WTA Tour in March and played in just a pair of events before the French Open, where she competed in a skin-tight, full-length black catsuit .
     She said the outfit — worn partly for health reasons because of the clots — made her feel like a superhero, but her game was rarely in superstar shape. She had to withdraw in Paris because of a right pectoral injury and didn’t play again until Wimbledon, where she lost to Angelique Kerber in the final.
     Williams came up short again in New York, where her loss to Naomi Osaka in the final will be remembered best for her outburst toward chair umpire Carlos Ramos, who had penalized Williams for receiving coaching and later penalized her an entire game for calling him a “thief” while arguing.
     That loss leaves her one major title shy of Margaret Court’s record as she starts play next year in a WTA Tour that will look different in part because of new rules coming about after issues involving Williams. Players returning to the tour may use a “special ranking” for up to three years from the birth of a child, and the exemption can be used for seedings at big events. Also, the tour says players can wear leggings or compression shorts at its tournaments without a skirt over them...

~AP NEWS 

Read More: https://www.apnews.com/c93b33278c8c464983db9b7a9a6c998d?

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HAPPY 94th BIRTHDAY CICELY TYSON

I sat a few seats down from Cicely Tyson during an Alvin Ailey performance. (Yes. I am serious about my Alvin Ailey performances. I get good seats.)  She and eventually Danny Glover, stepped over us as they went out to the lobby during intermission. A friend, who cannot not be taken anywhere nice, had Danny Glover looking down at us strangely. 

Once he was out of earshot, Jesse sing-songed, "I touched his leg."  Oh my gawd. I was laughing hysterically as she followed up with, "Hard as a rock." I swear, I really didn't know what was going on when he gave us that look, but I digress.

I saw Cicely Tyson in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, with Blair Underwood, a decade later, She did this long, Long, LONG soliloquy. And she was in her late 80s if she was a day. I kept looking for the monitor that she must have been reading from at her age. I couldn't find it.  And I'm sure she wasn't -- she was looking left, right, down at her feet -- not at a monitor anywhere that I could see.  It seems to me that she had memorized this long, long speech that she had to give near the end of the play when she was in her late 80s. 

I couldn't remember that long a speech in my 20s. 

She's awesome.

She was born awesome

She will always be awesome.

Dear Lord, Please let her live forever. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ms. TYSON.
She is currently playing Annalise Keatings Mother (Viola Davis, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER)  

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Read More: 
https://www.emmys.com/news/cicely-tyson-rich-and-bountiful-life

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Sisters Open Luxury Bed & Breakfast In Hometown Of Detroit

     Sisters Roderica and Francina James are an example of how two siblings can work together, start their own business and support one another throughout the process. They are the owners of the Cochrane House Luxury Inn in Detroit, a new bed-and-breakfast hotel that opened in May.

     These born-and-raised Detroiters aren’t hospitality experts. They don’t have a design background. In fact, they’ve never taken on a project this big before. But their mutual respect, admiration for each other’s strengths and balance of each other’s weaknesses made The Cochrane a possibility and, after six months of guests, a true success.

     The bed and breakfast has three guest rooms, a homemade cooked breakfast delivered to the room, hand poured house made soap, and specialized Cochrane House candles. The Cochrane House also has customized packages for private parties and events.The Bed & Breakfast is walking distance from all three major sport arenas and theater district in Detroit.

https://www.corpmagazine.com/executives-entrepreneurs/siblings-and-detroit-natives-open-luxury-bed-breakfast-in-hometown/?

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REST IN POWER SINGER ACTIVIST NANCY WILSON / SILENT NIGHT WITH KIMIKO ITOH

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     Born in Ohio, Wilson was a frequent collaborator with Cannonball Adderley among others. She participated in the Selma March in 1965 and received an NAACP Image Award in 1998. Wilson was also a successful actress and host, working on Hawaii 5-0 and Police Story. Although she never considered herself a jazz singer, she hosted NPR’s “Jazz Profiles” series. She is survived by her children and grandchildren

Read More: https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/guess-who-i-saw-today-singer-nancy-wilson-has-died.html 

     Nancy Wilson, whose skilled and flexible approach to singing provided a key bridge between the sophisticated jazz-pop vocalists of the 1950s and the powerhouse pop-soul singers of the 1960s and ‘70s, died Thursday at her home in Pioneertown, Calif. She was 81.
     Wilson’s death, which came after a long illness, was confirmed by her manager, Devra Hall Levy.
     In her long and celebrated career, Wilson performed American standards, jazz ballads, Broadway show tunes, R&B torch songs and middle-of-the-road pop pieces, all delivered with a heightened sense of a song’s narrative.
     “I have a gift for telling stories, making them seem larger than life,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1993. “I love the vignette, the plays within the song.”

~Post Gazette

Read More: https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2018/12/14/Nancy-Wilson-Dies-at-81-Jazz-Singer-Who-Turned-Songs-Into-Stories/stories/201812140084

Silent Night (Performed by Nancy Wilson & Kimiko Itoh) 

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Serena Williams Changes Tennis For The Better Again, For Recently Pregnant Women This Time

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     Changes to rules of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) will make it possible for Serena Williams to wear her famous black catsuit...

     “Leggings and mid-thigh-length compression shorts may be worn with or without a skirt, shorts or dress,” the new regulations read.
     Williams wore the suit in August after returning from maternity leave nine months after giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia. The outfit served as a compression garment to prevent the champion from getting the blood clots that almost killed her while she had her baby. She also thought the suit was symbolic of the strength of women.
     Bernard Giudicelli, the hatin’ a** president of the French Open, threw a fit and swore he would ban similar clothing from his matches..."

     Giudicelli said at the time. “I believe we have sometimes gone too far. Serena’s outfit this year, for example, would no longer be accepted. You have to respect the game and the place.”

https://blavity.com/serena-williams-can-now-wear-all-the-catsuits-she-wants-after-rule-amendment-from-womens-tennis-association?

Giudicelli was hatin' on Serena because 
he was hatin on BLACK PANTHER because 
he was hatin on black culture

We weren't fooled by the ole french fool.

* * * * * By the way, anybody who thinks France is less racist than the United States should think again. They're just smarter about keeping their ethnoracism hidden. This is why the French make sure they don't take a census that takes into account race and ethnicity. That right -- there's no way to really know for sure how many black, brown, and Muslim people there are in the country. Therefore it's harder to figure out which demographic is poor and/or discriminated against.

And I hear their history books are even more whitewashed than the United States'.

Colorblind racism at it's finest. Don't talk about it (racism)? It'll go away

But somehow, in their colorblind society, they've managed to make 60% of the prisoners never-seen-as-white-Muslim at one point -- despite only being 8 to 10% of the total population.

This is likely why that hate-filled Charlie Hebdo magazine  (that likes to target Muslims and black women) is mistaken for satire there.

Giudicelli's verbal attack on Serena just confirmed what I already knew.

* * * * *

And in more Serena-News.  She became the first black woman to sport corn-rows on Teen Vogue's cover this month.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/serena-williams-makes-history-as-first-woman-to-ever-wear-cornrows-on-teen-vogue-cover_us_5c126b47e4b002a46c14dc3c

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JANET JACKSON TO BE HONORED IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

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     Things you thought already happened.

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     That’s right, Jackson joins six other performers in the new 2019 class, from an international voting body of over 1,000 artists. The nominated inductees are judged on the length and depth of their career and body of work, style innovation and superiority and their musical influence on other artists.
     Described by the RRHoF as “a pop icon immediately identifiable on a first-name basis,” Jackson has been nominated for the honor three times. In the meantime, she has scooped multiple awards for her work, including six Grammys, a Golden Globe, and a plethora of Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. Her music catalogue didn’t just include bops for bops’ sake, she explored social issues as well, most notably in Rhythm Nation 1814.
     “[Jackson] explored social issues, themes of empowerment and self-confidence, and influenced generations with her stylized music videos with innovative choreography,” read the website’s inductee page for the pop legend...

https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/janet-jackson-is-made-for-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-1831071527

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DAISY BATES AS PROTO-FEMINIST

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DAISY BATES 
ONE OF MANY 
SELF-MADE 
FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

Born: November 11, 1914, Huttig, AR

Died: November 4, 1999, Little Rock, AR

President of NAACP Arkansas Branch and the co-owner of a newspaper, Daisy Bates was a on the front lines in the fight against segregation.

In 1954, the United States Supreme Court, via Brown v Board of Education,  declared that school segregation unconstitutional in the United States. That legal change on paper had to be challenged in reality. And Daisy Bates was one of those that led the charge.

Little Rock Nine

"In 1957, she helped nine African American students to become the first to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, who became known as the Little Rock Nine. The group first tried to go to the school on September 4.

A group of angry whites jeered at them as they arrived. The governor, Orval Faubus, opposed school integration and sent members of the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering the school...

Bates’ home became the headquarters for the battle to integrate Central High School and she served as a personal advocate and supporter to the students. President Dwight D. Eisenhower became involved in the conflict and ordered federal troops to go to Little Rock to uphold the law and protect the Little Rock Nine."

Eventually Bates and The Little Rock Nine Prevailed.

http://www.biography.com/people/daisy-bates-206524#little-rock-nine

Daisy put the "fem" in "feminist" before the identity of feminist was recognized. 
Learn More About Her.   


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A BROWN LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

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Grandmothers are one of life's most precious gifts, so when it came time for Loida Guillen Strong to celebrate her grandmother's 95th birthday, she decided to mark the special occasion with a grandmother-granddaughter photo shoot. 

Using a baseball theme for the shoot, Rafael and Jacqueline, the husband and wife team behind Passio Photography, captured Strong and her grandmother in matching baseball inspired outfits that had their respective ages of 33 and 95...

~BecauseOfThemWeCan

Read More: https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/stories/granddaughter-celebrates-grandmothers-95th-birthday-with-the-sweetest-photo-shoot 

SERENA ADVANCES TO U.S. OPEN QUARTER FINAL

Oooo..Another Tutu!!!

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"Serena had to dig deep to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2018 U.S. Open on Sunday, as Kaia Kanepi bounced back from a rough start to take the six-time champion to a decider.

Williams dominated the first set but regressed in the second before rediscovering her form in the third. Set scores were 6-0, 4-6, 6-3."

Read More: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2793862-serena-williams-moves-into-2018-us-open-quarterfinals-with-win-vs-kaia-kanepi

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ARETHA FRANKLIN FUNERAL SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 31 2018

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• Queen Aretha is being sent home to see the King with a funeral fit for a woman whose mark on the community and culture at large has yet to be fully realized. She is the Queen of Soul for a reason. And you don’t get to be the Queen if your legacy ends when you expire.  

• Every accolade and call for appreciation and celebration at her homegoing will be warranted and necessary.  But if you’re going to this here funeral in person, well, I hope you have allof the snacks and make sure to bring plenty of water because while the service is already scheduled to be as long as the Easter Sunday service at a southern Baptist church with a new pastor trying to prove himself (9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.), I’d bet good money that it will last at least 12 hours. And I’m not even being facetious.

• 9:30-9:50 a.m.: Musical Prelude: Aretha Franklin Orchestra
• 9:50-10:00 a.m.: Lighting of Candles: Swanson Funeral Home, Inc.
• 10:00-10:20 a.m.: Processional: Clergy, Ministers and Family
• 10:20-10:25 a.m.: Prayer of Comfort: Dr. E.L. Branch, Pastor, Third New Hope Church
• 10:25-10:40 a.m.: Scripture of Comfort: 10:25 a.m.: Old Testament: Bishop T.D. Jakes, Potter’s House, Dallas 10:30 a.m.: New Testament: Pastor Solomon Kinloch, Triumph Church; 10:35 a.m.: The Psalm: Bishop P.A. Brooks, Pastor, New St. Paul Tabernacle Church
• 10:40-10:45 a.m.: Musical Tribute: Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir
• 10:45-10:49 a.m.: Musical Tribute: Faith Hill
• 10:49-11:03 a.m.: Remarks: 10:49 a.m.: Brenda Jones, City Council President, 10:51 a.m.: JoAnn Watson, Detroit City Council 10:53 a.m.:Mike Duggan, Mayor, City of Detroit 10:57 a.m.: Governor Rick Snyder, State of Michigan
• 11:03-11:08 a.m.: Musical Tribute: Ariana Grande
• 1108-11:13 a.m.: Musical Tribute: The Clark Sisters
• 11:13-11:18 a.m: Acknowledgements and Condolences: Barbara Sampson
• 11:18-11:23 a.m.: Musical Tribute: The Williams Brothers & Vanessa Bell Armstrong
• 11:23-11:40 a.m.: Family Reflections: Vaughn, Cristal Victorie and Jordan Franklin
• 11:40-11:45 a.m.: Family Musical Tribute: Edward Franklin
• 11:45-11:50 a.m.: Obituary: Sabrina Owens
• 11:50-11:55 a.m.: Musical Tribute: Alice McAllister Tillman
• 11:55-12:00 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Audrey DuBois Harris
• 12:00-12:15 p.m.: Personal Remarks 12:00 p.m.: Eric Holder, Former U.S. Attorney General 12:10 p.m.: Former President, William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton
• 12:15-12:19 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Pastor Shirley Caesar and Tasha Cobbs-Leonard
• 12:19-12:36 p.m.: Personal Reflections 12:19 p.m.: Greg Mathis, Retired Judge, 36th District Court, Detroit, MI 12:23 p.m.: Brenda Lawrence, State Representative, 14th Congressional District 12:27 p.m.: Rev. Donald L. Parsons, Logos Assembly Church, Chicago, IL 12:31 p.m.: Rev. Al Sharpton, Founder, National Action Network
• 12:36-12:41 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Chaka Khan
• 12:41-12:51 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Ron Isley
• 12:51 p.m.: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder/President Rainbow P.U.S.H. Coalition
• 1:00 p.m.: Dr. William J. Barber, II, Pastor, Greenleaf Christian Church, Goldsborough N.C.
• 1:05 p.m.: Rev. James Holley, Retired Pastor, New Light Missionary Baptist Church
• 1:10-1:15 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Fantasia Barrino-Taylor
• 1:15-1:30 p.m: Personal Reflections 1:15 p.m.: Tyler Perry 1:17 p.m.:Cicely Tyson, Actress 1:20 p.m.: Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, Sony Music 1:25 p.m.: Smokey Robinson, Recording Artist
• 1:30-1:34 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Bishop Paul Morton and Yolanda Adams
• 1:34-1:53 p.m.: Personal Reflections 1:34 p.m.: Mildred Gaddis, Radio Personality 1:38 p.m.: Isaiah Thomas, Former NBA Player, Detroit Pistons 1:42 p.m.: Ron Moten, Personal Friend, Franchise Owner, McDonald’s Restaurants 1:48 p.m.: Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
• 1:53-2:00 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Bishop Marvin Sapp and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir
• 2:00-2:05 p.m.: Sermonic Selection: Jennifer Hudson
• 2:05-2:35 p.m.: Eulogy: Rev. Jasper Williams, Jr., Pastor, Salem Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA
• 2:35-2:45 p.m.: Musical Tribute: Stevie Wonder joined by National Artists
• 2:45-3:00 p.m.: Recessional: Jennifer Holliday and the Aretha Franklin Celebration Choir

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/the-schedule-for-aretha-franklins-funeral-is-the-most-o-1828718192

For years, I just assumed that I was not a celebrity TV funeral watcher type-of-person. But I decided to respectfully check in on Ray Charles' --and wound up having it on as I did my thing for hours.

I think Ronald Reagan's was the same day. Check out Jimmie Kimmel's comparison of the two. The difference is just...hilarious.

Years later, I actually cried when Whitney Houston died. I boo-hoo-ed like she sat behind me in high school English and we spoke once a week or something.

That surprised me too.  And I watched her funeral as well, not quite from start...but all the way to the finish.

So now that I know myself better. I know I'm going to be watching the Queen of Soul's.

That why I was a little upset when I found out I would have to keep an appointment late morning on Friday. I was afraid I was going to miss something important.

But now that I've seen the schedule? This thing will still be going strong come Sunday -- especially if they keep up the costume changes.

No lie...Aretha has had costume changes while her body has been available for viewing.

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SERENA: The Second Coming of Unbossed And Unbothered

Da white folks who run the French Open was all up in dey feelin's about Serena's black catsuit -- despite dozens of white women showing all kinds of barely their ass. Well this week, an unbothered Serena moved on to a black tutu to play tennis in.

She's still winning. 
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Serena-Williams-easily-wins-1st-US-Open-match-in-13186793.php

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