If you’re getting ready to wrap up not only your show’s season, but an entire series, there’s only one place in the world to go: Brooklyn. I’m not even biased. Even world-renowned chef Anthony Bourdain, host of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations, knows this.
Check out a clip from the show’s final episode of where he takes a journey up to Crown Heights with former star of The Wire and Brooklynite Michael K. Williams to get down on some Caribbean cuisine….
In the series finale of “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations,” Tony heads to Brooklyn, NY where he uncovers a whole new world on the other side of the river. Here, Tony talks with actor Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) over a meal in Crown Heights.
Tonight at 10/9c HBO airs a documentary on actor, singer, and political activist Harry Belafonte to coincide with his new autobiography, My Song: A Memoir, which was released last week.
Sing Your Song documents Mr. Belafonte’s life as a social activist and entertainer. Check out the trailer for the film below….
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Since we brought you the audio not too long ago, it’s only right that we bring you the video. Check out the video below, and be sure to give Ms. Varner a congratulatory shout….
…and if you’re like me and don’t check BET everyday, you can watch her interview from yesterday’s 106 & Park after the jump…
Tonight, HBO continues what they started with their documentaries The Black List: Vols. 1 & 2. The Latino List will focus on the lives of Latino-Americans through in-depth interviews with some of the most recognizable names of the culture including Gloria Estefan, America Ferrera, Jose Moreno Hernandez, Eva Longoria, Pitbull, Juan Antonio “Chi-Chi” Rodriguez And Sonia Sotomayor.
HBO presents a unique glimpse into the vibrant and burgeoning culture of Hispanic America through a series of highly personal video portraits of Latinos who have richly contributed to the fabric of contemporary society. Funny, poignant and irreverent, THE LATINO LIST illuminates the Latino experience today, at a time when the Latino population in the U.S. is booming, when it debuts WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO Latino, and THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 (8:00-9:00 p.m.) on the main HBO channel in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Tony travels to Cuba in the search of the island’s heart and soul where beauty abounds in the people, the food and the architecture and streets that are riddled with pristine cars from a different era.
This week, the Travel Channel’s food show, Bizarre Foods, takes a trip down to Jamaica to discover the culinary treasures that the island nation holds. The episode aired today, at 9PM but will repeat throughout the week.
Check out a clip from the show, where the host Andrew Zimmern discovers a Gizzada, below….
Grab-and-go food in Jamaica
Andrew has an unbelievable food experience at a pastry shop in Jamaica.
Last night, as part of late night host Jimmy Fallon’s Bob Marley Week, Ms. Hill took the stage to cover two of her late father-in-law’s best tunes, “Chances Are” & “Could You Be Loved.”
In Cuba Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of this island are inextricably linked to the huge amount of slave labor imported to produce its enormously profitable 19th century sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Fidel Castro’s Communist revolution in 1959.
