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Anchors Away! Tucker Carlson Out at Fox, Don Lemon Fired from CNN

Two controversial news anchors at competing cable networks are out of jobs.

Fox News announced Monday, April 24 it has severed ties with race-baiting and MAGA supporter Tucker Carlson just one week after the network settled a defamation suit for $787.5 million in part because Carlson joined others in promoting the “Big Lie” that included claims that Dominion voting machines were fraudulent.

Dominion had alleged that statements made on Carlson’s show after the 2020 election were defamatory.

The company claimed that messages between Carlson and his team were proof that they knew claims Dominion’s ballot-counting machines were used to manipulate the presidential election in favor of Democrat Joe Biden were false.

“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” Fox News said in a statement Monday. The company did not offer an explanation for Carlson’s departure.

At CNN, Don Lemon tweeted Monday that he was “stunned” by the network’s decision to fire him, which he said he was informed of by his agent.

“I am stunned,” Lemon wrote. “After 17 years at CNN I would have thought someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly.” WI

BSU Student Justina Miles Will Grace Next Cover of British Vogue

By Richard Elliott WI Contributing Reporter

Justina Miles, an American Sign Language performer with Super Bowl credentials, will be on the cover of next month’s issue of British Vogue.

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"Dynamic, Daring, & Disabled. It is time the world knows, understands, and embraces us- people of all colors, shapes, and abilities,” Miles said in an Instagram caption depicting her cover photo with a red Bottega Veneta dress and Louboutins.

“I am my undying potential. My community WILL leave behind a legacy. I’m honored to be on the cover of the [British Vogue] May 2023 issue. The opportunity to continue to raise awareness of the Deaf community is incredible and one I don’t take lightly.”

Miles is best known for signing the lyrics to Rihanna’s 13-minute Super Bowl halftime show, and she also signed Sheryl Lee Ralph’s rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before the Super Bowl. The Philadelphia native has performed ASL renditions of concerts across the country, according to the National Association of the Deaf. At the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., she was her class valedictorian.

Miles studies nursing and is a cheerleader at Bowie State University. “My long-term goal is to open my own nursing practice at Gallaudet University, a specialist school for the Deaf and hard of hearing, so that there can be more Deaf nurses," she said in her Vogue interview. WI

Roster of Jazz Luminaries Grows for 2023 DC JazzFest

Brenda C. Siler WI Contributing Writer

Grammy-nominated pianist, bandleader and composer Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform at the 19th DC JazzFest (DCJF) from Aug. 30 through Sept. 3. Also announced are saxophonist Donald Harrison from New Orleans, and NEA Jazz Master bassist Dave Holland with his trio featuring Kevin Eubanks and Eric Harland and Etienne Charles.

“As is our DC JazzFest tradition, there is something for everyone,” said DCJF CEO Sunny Sumter.

On Aug. 31, DCJF will introduce an inaugural concert in its new “Generations Series,” curated by pianist, composer and bandleader Orrin Evans, DCJF’s 2022/2023 artist-in-residence. This series is a rare endeavor to bring together jazz artists from different generations in unique performance partnerships. DCJF has assembled a multi-generational cast of musicians, including pianists George Cables, Benny Green and Evans, with emerging pianists Shamie Royston and Hope Udobi collaborating with the cross-generational rhythm section of drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts and bassist Kris Funn.

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