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From her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop!

As a part of Indiana Comic Con during March, Women’s History Month, I interviewed two history-making women. Tony Award-winning actor Anika Noni Rose is the first Black woman to portray a Disney ...

Marvel Contest of Champions has released a new update featuring Spider-Woman, Lumatrix, and other challenges and rewards to ...

Ed O'Neill’s family life has become a topic of online conversation after the 78-year-old "Married... with Children" actor showed up on his daughter’s ...

A funny thing happened on the way to being blown away by Audra McDonald in the new Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” For much of ...

Ahead of the artist’s expansive work within ‘Dream Girl’ at Jeffrey Deitch and the Longlati Foundation in Shanghai, ESSENCE ...

"Too Tough to Tame" isn't just a nickname for Darlington Raceway—it's a hard-earned reputation. The post Veteran Insider ...