New this week: Will Smith, 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' and Adele
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a much-anticipated album from Adele, a documentary about Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction during the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show and Will Smith playing father and tennis guru to Venus and Serena Williams.
Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star
And he did it by winning over millions of country music fans. Until the early 1990s, when Cleve Francis came along, Pride was the only Black country singer signed to a major label. โThen it was โfirst Negro country singer;โ then โfirst Black country singer.โ Now Iโm the `first African-American country singer.โฒ Thatโs about the only thing thatโs changed. Throughout his career, he sang positive songs instead of sad ones often associated with country music. Even a country singer,โ said country singer Rissi Palmer on Twitter.