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By Simona Kitanovska A thrifty mother filled her entire wardrobe with second-hand clothes – with all items costing less than $7.50. Twenty years ago, Nadine Stephens,…

     Sci-Fi fans woke up to a pleasant surprise Sunday morning with the announcement of the newest actor to take up the mantle of The Doctor on the hit BBC show “Doctor Who.” Rwandan actor Ncuti Gatwa will step up to the plate as the 14th doctor.  

     Pompano Beach Cultural Center is proud to present stellar songstress Evelyn “Champagne” King in concert. The powerful vocalist, who initially came to fame with the blockbuster single “Shame,” will present a curated collection of her greatest hits and favorite songs. The performance is on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45.  For more information, www.pompanobeacharts.org

     Biracial friend police movies (e.g., Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon) aren’t a new phenomenon and could use a refresh. The genre gets a needed update with this French ebony/ivory crime story that’s novel due its unusual antagonists. Right-wing, antiimmigrant zealots.

Secularism Doesn’t Have to Be Bad Pace, a founding member of the Anointed Pace Sisters and a solo gospel singer with eight studio albums, died on March 21 at age 60.

    Rick Ross is thinking of ways he can help African artists. He announced his plan to expand the Maybach Music Group (MMG) empire to Africa in a new project. This is happening after a recent trip to Africa which was some sort of eye-opener to the challenges that artists in the continent go through.

OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami, internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, will open its 24th edition with the first Florida live screening of “B-Boy Blues” (2021) at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on April 22 at 7 p.m. Producer Circle members and filmmakers will enjoy a 5:30 p.m. pre-event Filmmakers Soirée. The film will be followed by a live Q & A and an opening night party featuring cast from the film, filmmakers and Vanguard honoree Venezuelan actress, model, and philanthropist Patricia Velásquez.

     Rihanna has spoken at detail about her lengthy path to romance with 33-year-old rapper A$AP Rocky, whom she first met back in 2012, in a new Vogue cover story released Tuesday, telling the magazine that it takes her time to create a meaningful connection.

     Millennials have infested Paris’ 13th arrondissement district. They walk down streets, chatting and philosophizing. It’s enough to make you wonder who they are, what they do and where they’re going. If your eyes focus on Émilie (Lucie Zhang), Camille (Makita Samba) and Nora (Noémie Merlant) you’ll be curious about the Asian customer service rep, African PhD candidate and white law-school student. Friends? Lovers? Do their lives intertwine in very erotic ways? Yes. Yes. Yes.