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via MissyB/GetUpMornings: This is a super deal for the kids this summer! via CNN.com: This summer, AMC Theatres is offering a sweet $4 deal for a movie, popcorn, fruit snacks and a drink. From June 5 to August 14, participating theaters will offer discounted showings of PG movies on Wednesday mornings. The list of titles includes “Smallfoot,” […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb: As previously reported, eight months after the death of Aretha Franklin, three handwritten wills have been found in her suburban Detroit home. At the time of her death last August of pancreatic cancer, lawyers and family members said the Queen of Soul had no will, but three handwritten versions were reportedly discovered earlier this […]

via BlackAmericaWeb: Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action remake of “Aladdin” crushed the competition at the box office, which included two new original R-rated films that opened as counterprogramming to the family pic: The critically acclaimed teen comedy “Booksmart” and […]

via essence/fox8: FOUR-YEAR-OLD MADISON JADE IS ADAMANT ABOUT PRINCESS JASMINE’S INDEPENDENCE. A message from a four-year-old girl to Disney has gone viral after she critiqued the company’s damsel in distress storyline in the new live-action remake of the classic Aladdin. According to USA Today, Madison Jade and her family were planning to see the new flick this […]

via essence: CELEBS ARE SHOWING OFF HOW THEY PLAN TO SOAK UP THE SUN THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. It’s been a long winter, and summertime is finally here! Check out how your favorite celebrities are enjoying their first peek into the new season this Memorial Day weekend. 01 Ciara and Russell Wilson The gorgeous couple […]

AKRON, Ohio — More than 200 Ellet High School students received their diplomas Friday night at Akron Civic Theatre. Among them was an 87-year-old man getting an honorary diploma, 60 years after he left school for the military. Floyd Edward Hoskins, known to friends and family members as Ed, left Ellet High School in 1949 […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Tremont woman says she’ll do whatever it takes to save a tree in front of her house. Tammy Layton and her son planted the tree in front of their house on Clark Avenue in 2000. The tree was meant to commemorate the year and to honor her parents, who had […]

PARMA — Parma is now home to a “Script Parma” sign which was inspired by similar signs throughout Cleveland. Sean Brennan, Parma City Council president, raised money for the sign through the Parma Charitable Fund. “I wanted to give back to the community that has been so good to me and my family,” Brennan said in […]

via eurweb: Wrangler is aiming to profit off the success of rapper  so the popular jeans label has teamed with the budding artist for a capsule collection, and the move has sparked outrage among racist country music fans. Wrangler Jeans are an iconic fashion staple for country music fans – and some have vowed to […]

via Joy105: Two weeks after announcing that her Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation will host a two-day mental health summit next month, Taraji P. Henson is further trying to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness in the African-American community. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Empire actress will be testifying in front of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Taskforce at the […]