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Gracie Bonds Staples

Gracie Bonds Staples is a lifestyle writer for AJC. She joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in July 2000, after stints at the Fort Worth-Star Telegram, Sacarement Bee, Raleigh Times and two Mississipp dailies . Gracie graduated in 1979 from the University of Southern Mississippi. She and her husband Jimmy Staples have two daughters, Jamila and Asha.

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Actor Clifton Powell, director of "My Brother Marvin," the untold story of late R&B singer Marvin Gaye, in a scene with Lynn Whitfield, who plays Gaye's mother, and Keith Washington, who plays Marvin in his latter years. The drama opens April 5 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

Play about Marvin Gaye’s life, death aims to set the record straight

If you’ve ever wondered what the truth of singer Marvin Gaye’s life might look like, or asked why an ordained Pentecostal minister would kill his own son, the play “My Brother Marvin” promises answers. The show, written and adapted for the stage by playwright Angela Dunlap, opens for a three-day ...

Melba Moore stars in “Good God A’Mighty” at 14th Street Playhouse

Hardly a day goes by that Melba Moore doesn’t attend church. So it’s no wonder the Tony award-winning actress feels right at home in “Good God A’Mighty,” a play scheduled to open Feb. 14 at the 14th Street Playhouse. Moore plays the feisty choir director Reen L’Dimp, who tries to ...

Kareem Taylor, a 2010 graduate of Clark Atlanta University, says Facebook helped him land a job as a voice actor with CNN.

Students turn to social media to find jobs

His senior year at Clark Atlanta University was quickly approaching, and Kareem Taylor was starting to worry about his future. Would he be able to land a job as a voice actor or would he end up back home with his parents like so many other college graduates? Better still, ...