Twenty Feet From Stardom ****

By Dwight Brown

NNPA Film Critic

They can sing a joyful noise. In pitch-perfect harmony. Never missing a beat. Yet they rarely take center stage. Why? Background singers, are the unsung heroes of music. Without them, lead singers sound hollow. Now their voices are heard, in an enlightening documentary that is as illuminating as it is thoroughly entertaining.

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Child star of 'Beasts' Taking Oscar Nod in Stride

By DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she'd been nominated for an Academy Award early Thursday morning.

``I woke up, and (my mother) said, `You've been nominated! You're

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‘Django Unchained’: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Richmond Pulse / New America Media

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following two film reviews offer competing perspectives on Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," a movie about a former slave who sets out to free his wife from bondage and exact revenge on a sadistic Mississippi slave

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Solange's New EP is Good Listening

By MESFIN FEKADU

AP Music Writer

Solange, ``True EP'' (Terrible Records)

Solange's new 7-track EP is a fine collection of smooth songs that will continue to help the singer find her spot in the music world outside of sister Beyonce's immense shadow.

The EP is the follow-up to 2008's ``Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams,'' a

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