Mahogany News

Michael Jackson accepts the 1981 American Music Award for Favorite Male Vocalist and R&B Album of the Year for "Off the Wall." Having been snubbed at the Grammys that year, he was determined to win the honor.

This sounds so fun: Stay up all night and watch movies at BAM. And the price is right: $15 bucks, includes an all-night dance party and access to all screens.The marathons have really funny names and themes.

Let's face it, the movies just look better in Hawaii. And there is no better time to enjoy movies and take in Hawaii than at the 20th Annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Fesitval.

A significant number of readers who participated in our online design-an-inaugural-gown challenge appeared to be under the impression that the 44-year-old, physically fit lawyer who will soon be first lady would like to look like a 70-something mother-of-the-bride on Jan. 20. They showed little interest in sketching something that might appeal to Michelle Obama's youthful personal aesthetics, characterized by body-skimming silhouettes, bare arms, strong colors and lively prints. An awful lot of people expressed a fierce determination to shroud her in a caftan. 'Modest' and 'appropriate' were confused with dowdy and frumpy.

Nina Foch, the Oscar-nominated, Dutch-born American actress who starred in numerous 1940s and 1950s films and also had a prolific television career has died at a Los Angeles hospital.