“Josephine Baker was a trendsetter and the trend, in my opinion, was Blackness,” award-winning ballet soloist Gabe Stone Sheyer said poignantly about the legacy of the renowned dancer 100 years after ...

Behold, the era of celebrating iconic Black women. Josephine Baker is a famous Black artist and one of the most iconic Black women in Hollywood. Recognized for her sultry voice and dance moves, she ...

Variety reports that FKA Twigs is starring as the iconic dancer, actor and spy in an upcoming biopic directed by Cuties filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré. Studiocanal is co-producing with Bien ou Bien Prods ...

Josephina Baker, AKA “La Baker,” was a notorious black performer who left the United States because of oppressive segregation. Claiming France as her new Motherland, Baker performed her signature ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Editor's note: Story has been updated to note that Josephine Baker's body will remain interred in Monaco. Josephine Baker got her ...

*Paula Patton has optioned film and television rights to Sherry Jones’ biographical novel “Josephine Baker’s Last Dance.” The actress will reportedly star in and produce an adaptation about the jazz ...

The late entertainer was bestowed with the prestigious honor Tuesday Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began working at PEOPLE in 2021 as a Digital News Writer. Her work ...

France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of ...

Josephine Baker made her debut as “Black Venus” in Berlin in 1926, performing the Charleston at the Nelson Theater on Kurfürstendamm. “Berlin feels great!,” she later enthused. “A pure triumph. They ...

Josephine Baker and the cover of her memoir 'Fearless and Free' In 1926, Josephine Baker was approached by French journalist Marcel Sauvage about writing a memoir. Then 20 years old, the stage and ...

Paula Patton has optioned film and television rights to 'Josephine Baker’s Last Dance,' a novel by Sherry Jones, with the aim of starring in and producing an adaptation. By Borys Kit Senior Film ...