Ryan Shepard, Author at Def Pen

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ESPN Partners With American University To Launch Investigative Journalism Fellowship

ESPN has found a new ally in the nation’s capital. One week ago, the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports revealed that they had locked in a new partnership with American…

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Movies

Jonathan Majors, Colman Domingo & Nicole Beharie To Perform In HBO’s Frederick Douglass Documentary

Actors Jonathan Majors, Denzel Whitaker, Jeffrey Wright, Colman Domingo and Nicole Beharie have signed on to perform in HBO’s upcoming documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Throughout the film, the…

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Music

Wale Pulls Out Of Broccoli City Festival

Wale has announced that he will no longer perform at Broccoli City Festival in Washington, D.C. this spring. The Grammy-nominated act took to Twitter to share the unfortunate news with…

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Movies

Taraji P. Henson To Star As Shug Avery In ‘The Color Purple’

Fresh off of producing Minions: The Rise of Gru, Taraji P. Henson has earned her next major role. Variety has reported that Henson will star as Shug Avery in Warner Bros. adaptation of The…

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Movies

Morgan Freeman To Star In ‘The Minute You Wake Up Dead’

Actor Morgan Freeman has landed his next feature-film role in The Minute You Wake Up Dead. Deadline reports that Freeman will star alongside Cole Hauser of Yellowstone and Jaimie Alexander of Thor in the Michael Mailer-directed…

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Meet The Cast Of ‘Love Is Blind’ Season Two

What happens when an executive, DJ and pizzeria owner search for love in the same place? We get a second season of Love Is Blind. After a record-breaking run in 2020,…

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Music

21 Savage, Ari Lennox, Summer Walker & More To Headline Broccoli City Festival

UPDATED: Wale has announced that he will no longer performing during the Broccoli City Festival in May. ORIGINAL: The Broccoli City Festival is coming back to Washington, D.C. this spring.…

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