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  Sidney Poitier, Black acting pioneer, dies aged 94

  The first Black person to win a best actor Oscar gave a string of groundbreaking performances on screen that helped combat social prejudice

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  Ken Kragen, who helped organize 'We Are the World,' dies

  Ken Kragen, a top entertainment producer, manager and philanthropist who turned to such clients as Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers in helping to organize the 1985 all-star charity single “We Are the World,” has died

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  Allan Wilmot, singer with the Southlanders, whose song The Mole in a Hole made them a fixture for two decades on BBC Radio’s Junior Choice – obituary

  Allan Wilmot, who has died aged 96, was one of the Windrush generation who brought to Britain the sound of the Caribbean.

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  Harry Belafonte hits out at White House official over manipulated video featuring Joe Biden

  Harry Belafonte has criticised a White House official who shared a manipulated video using footage from a former interview he gave.New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman shared comments by the singer and civil rights activist on Monday, the day after the clip was posted by Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff for communications, on his personal Twitter account.

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  Harry Enfield: Nick Robinson apologises for comedian's use of racial slur during blackface debate

  Radio 4 presenter Nick Robinson has apologised after Harry Enfield used the word “c**n” in a controversial interview defending blackface.Enfield, who last donned blackface to play actor Harry Belafonte in a 2014 comedy special, was involved in a debate on the Today programme with Robinson and comedian and writer Ava Vidal.

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  Harry Enfield prompts uproar after defending blackface and using racial slur live on BBC radio

  Harry Enfield has sparked outrage after using the word “c**n” in an interview defending blackface.Enfield, who last donned blackface to play actor Harry Belafonte in a 2014 comedy special, was speaking to the Today programme about his history of using the practice.

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  ‘The rockers don’t like the song, we’re leaving’: The making of USA for Africa’s ‘We Are the World’

  Diana Ross jumped in Bob Dylan’s lap. Billy Joel fawned over Ray Charles. Lindsey Buckingham disturbed Michael Jackson hiding in the bathroom, and Waylon Jennings stormed out when the row got too heated. When you put together, for one night only, the greatest supergroup ever constructed, even with a sign saying “check your egos at the door” at the entrance, sparks are going to fly.Such were the scenes at A&M; Recording Studios in Los Angeles on 28 January 1985, when the biggest musical stars in

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  Mel B 'banned from bringing daughter to the UK'

  A judge in Los Angeles has reportedly refused to allow Mel B to take her daughter Madison to the UK for Christmas after listening to claims that she "traumatised" by her mother the last time she was there."I'm not going to put this kid in harm's way,' Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas said at a hearing where Mel's ex husband Stephen Belafonte - eight-year-old Madison's father - vehemently objected to the former Spice Girl's plan to spend the holiday in England.Mel B was not in court on

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  Mel B says return to Scary Spice helped her ‘reclaim’ herself

  The Spice Girls reunited to tour earlier this year.

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  The Guardian

  Irving Burgie obituary

  Irving Burgie obituarySongwriter who had a huge hit with the Banana Boat Song – Day-O – performed by Harry Belafonte in the 1950s Irving Burgie at his home in New York in 2017. He had the great knack of reworking traditional West Indian folk songs in a way that retained their bittersweet inner core. Photograph: New York Daily News/Getty Images

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