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#UPFRONT featuring Vanessa Williams, Alana Arenas and Branden Arnold (AUDIO)

By Ray Cornelius • Sep 7, 2019

This weekend's edition of UPFRONT is all about #BlackExcellence. It features my conversations with rising stunt performer Branden Arnold, David Makes Man actress Alana Arenas and entertainment icon and former Miss America Vanessa Williams.

Oprah Winfrey Presents 'When They See Us Now' (VIDEO)

By Ray Cornelius • Jun 8, 2019

Netflix and OWN announced Friday (June 7) that the closing night of Netflix’s Emmy® FYSEE showcase, featuring a special in-depth conversation hosted by executive producer Oprah Winfrey, with Emmy®-winner Ava DuVernay and the cast of their four-part limited series, When They See Us - will be recorded to premiere on Netflix and OWN, Wednesday June 12 at 10 p.m. EST (immediately following the Season Four premiere of DuVernay’s critically acclaimed “Queen Sugar” at 9p on OWN).

Watch New Trailer for 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' (VIDEO)

By Ray Cornelius • Feb 24, 2018

Check out the extended trailer for OWN’s award-winning docu-series, Iyanla: Fix My Life. The new season premieres on Saturday, March 3 at 9 p.m.

Iyanla Vanzant returns with what appears to be her most explosive season premiere to date. The first episode features Kamiyah Mobley, an angry 19-year-old who was kidnapped at birth and raised by her abductor for nearly her entire life.

Other episodes will include:

November 15: 'Queen Sugar Season Finale Special'

By Ray Cornelius • Nov 11, 2017

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will present a “Queen Sugar Red Carpet Season Finale Special" this Wednesday, November 15 at 10:30 p.m. following the 90-minute extended season two finale episode.

CAU Alumna Nnegest Likké Talks About Her New Film "Everything But A Man"

By Kiplyn Primus • Oct 21, 2017

This week on The Local Take I speak with Clark Atlanta University alumna Nnegest Likké, an award winning film director, screenwriter and producer.

I ask Nnegest about her start and her first movie. She speaks about doing work in "the laboratory" explaining that there is no easy way to build your expertise. She read every book that had been written about making movies. She talks about the screenplays she wrote that were bad, but she kept reading and writing until she thought she had something.