Birthdays
Jayne Kennedy was born in Washington, D.C. Kennedy is an NAACP Image Award-winning American actress, model and sportscaster. Born as Jayne Harrison, she was crowned Miss Ohio USA in 1970 (she was the first African American woman to win the title), and was one of the 15 semi-finalists in the 1970 Miss USA pageant. It […]
Lathan comes from a showbiz family. Her mother, Eleanor McCoy, was an actress and a dancer who performed on Broadway with Eartha Kitt. Her father, Stan Lathan, worked behind the scenes for PBS and was a producer on Sanford and Son and Def Comedy Jam. Lathan was born in New York City and attended Manhattan […]
Evander Holyfield was born on October 19, 1962, in the mill town of Atmore, Alabama. The youngest of nine children, Holyfield and his family moved to Atlanta in the summer of 1964, at the age of two. He began boxing at age 12 and won the Boys Club boxing tournament. At 13, he qualified to […]
T-V home construction guru, Ty Pennington was born Gary Tygert Bruton in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an American television host, model, philanthropist and carpenter. He is most notable for being the host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition which currently airs on ABC in the US and Ty’s Great British Adventure, which airs on UKTV home […]
Former football coach, now NBC commentator, Tony Dungy celebrates his 56th birthday! Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength and Uncommon. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy established another NFL first by […]
Time really flies. This little angel is now the big 2-5! Kyla Pratt, known as Breanna Barnes on the show “One on One”, is also known for her roles in Fat Albert, The Proud Family Movie, and the Dr. Doolittle movies
I must send some Memphis love to my homie, B.B. King! The Memphis blues legend turns 86 today and enjoyed his biggest pop success with the 1970 single “The Thrill Is Gone.” These days, his name graces nightclubs in Memphis, New York and Los Angeles
He has appeared in 49 movies and 7 TV shows. Michael Winslow is well known for performances in Far Out Man, Police Academy and Gremlins. Michael Winslow is an American actor and a comedian billed as the “Man of 10,000 Sound Effects” for his ability to make realistic sound effects using only his voice. His first […]
Rosie Perez-(Do the Right Thing, White Men Can’t Jump,) turns 47 today! Pérez was first noticed in a dance club by Spike Lee in 1988, who hired her for her first major acting role in Do the Right Thing. Pérez started her career in the late 1980s as a dancer on Soul Train and later […]
Anika Noni Rose(Lorrell Robinson-Dreamgirls/Tiana-The Princess and the Frog/ Wendy Scott-Carr-The Good Wife) turns 39 today! Anika Noni Rose is an American singer and actress known for her Tony Award winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring roles in the films Dreamgirls and The Princess and the Frog. In 2004, […]
Idris Elba (Russell “Stringer” Bell-The Wire/Monty-Daddy’s Little Girls/Ali Larter-Obsessed/Heimdall-Thor) Idris Elba is a British television, theatre, and film actor. He is known for playing Russell “Stringer” Bell, a Baltimore drug-lord and aspiring businessman, in HBO’s critically acclaimed show The Wire! In 2006, Elba signed on as the lead of the 2007 dramedy Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s […]
Billy Blanks is the creator of Tae Bo® Fitness, the revolutionary total body fitness system that has helped millions of people around the world get in shape and feel great! He has also devoted a great deal of time toward helping people through his Foundation and by traveling around the world to train the U.S. […]