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Performing against a backdrop of the streets of Selma as well as the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Grammy winners Common and John Legend were joined on the 87th Academy Awards stage by a group of marchers chanting “glory.” It was arguably the most moving moment of the telecast Sunday night in Los Angeles. The duo picked up […]

Selma may have gotten the shaft at the 87th Academy Awards for major nominations but scored a huge win at the night’s telecast. John Legend…

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Ava Duvernay, whom many feel was snubbed for a Best Director nomination at this year’s Academy Awards, said that she would like to stop discussing…

Common and John Legend will look for “glory” at Hollywood’s biggest awards show. At Sunday’s Academy Awards, their collaboration “Glory” from the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic “Selma” is in the running for Best Original Song. They face some stiff competition from music from the films “Begin Again,” “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me,” “Beyond the Lights” […]

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It looks as if Beyonce will indeed be a part of this year’s Grammy Awards. Hip-hop star Common let slip that the Queen Bey would be taking part in a tribute to the movie “Selma,” along with himself and John Legend. Common tells “Us Weekly” “the great Beyonce” will be doing a segue into their […]

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