{"version":"1.7","identifier":"post-131182","language":"en-US","title":"Gregory Hines Honored With Stamp by Postal Service","documentStyle":{"backgroundColor":"#fafafa"},"layout":{"columns":7,"width":1024,"margin":100,"gutter":20},"components":[{"role":"header","layout":"headerPhotoLayout","components":[{"role":"photo","layout":"headerPhotoLayout","URL":"bundle:\/\/gregory_hines.jpg"}],"behavior":{"type":"parallax","factor":0.8000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125}},{"role":"container","layout":{"columnSpan":7,"columnStart":0,"ignoreDocumentMargin":true},"style":{"backgroundColor":"#fafafa"},"components":[{"role":"title","text":"Gregory Hines Honored With Stamp by Postal Service","format":"html","textStyle":"default-title","layout":"title-layout"},{"role":"byline","text":"by Christina Santi | Jan 28, 2019 | 1:00 PM","textStyle":"default-byline","layout":"byline-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>The U.S. Postal Service is honoring legendary entertainer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebony.com\/tag\/gregory-hines\/\">Gregory Hines<\/a> with a Black Heritage Series Stamp, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/postal-service-honors-gregory-hines-black-heritage-series-stamp-1180135\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"dropcapBodyStyle","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>The ceremony for the first day of issue was hosted Monday by Gary Barksdale, the acting chief postal inspector, at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York.<\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>Hines was an actor, singer and choreographer who became revered for his unique style of tap dancing. The Postal Service highlighted his contribution to the dance style by using an image of him kneeling and showing off the taps on the bottom of his shoe for the stamp.<\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"photo","URL":"bundle:\/\/widgets.js","layout":"full-width-image"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>Fellow dance expert Debbie Allen shared the news of the stamp on her Twitter page. \u201cToday marks the issue of the Gregory Hines \u2013 Black Heritage stamp,\u201d she wrote. \u201cGregory Hines\u2019 stamp honors one who is the American Dream and culturally relevant for all time.\u201d<br \/><\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>Hines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0002138\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\">appeared in films<\/a> including <em>The Cotton Clu<\/em>b, <em>White Nights<\/em>, <em>Running Scared<\/em> and <em>Waiting to Exhale<\/em>. In 1997, he had his own series on CBS titled <em>The Gregory Hines Show<\/em>. He was also a recurring character on <em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em>. Two years later, he voiced Big Bill on Nick Jr.\u2019s animated series <em>Little Bill,<\/em> created by Bill Cosby.<\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout"},{"role":"body","text":"<p>The entertainer died of cancer in 2003. He was 57. <\/p>","format":"html","textStyle":"default-body","layout":"body-layout-last"}]}],"componentTextStyles":{"dropcapBodyStyle":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Regular","fontSize":18,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":24,"textColor":"#4f4f4f","linkStyle":{"textColor":"#428bca"},"paragraphSpacingBefore":18,"paragraphSpacingAfter":18,"dropCapStyle":{"numberOfLines":4,"numberOfCharacters":1,"padding":5,"fontName":"AvenirNext-Bold","textColor":"#4f4f4f","numberOfRaisedLines":0}},"default-body":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Regular","fontSize":18,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":24,"textColor":"#4f4f4f","linkStyle":{"textColor":"#428bca"},"paragraphSpacingBefore":18,"paragraphSpacingAfter":18},"default-title":{"fontName":"AvenirNext-Bold","fontSize":48,"lineHeight":52,"tracking":0,"textColor":"#333333","textAlignment":"left"},"default-byline":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"AvenirNext-Medium","fontSize":13,"lineHeight":24,"tracking":0,"textColor":"#7c7c7c"}},"textStyles":{"default-tag-code":{"fontName":"Menlo-Regular","fontSize":16,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#4f4f4f"},"default-tag-pre":{"textAlignment":"left","fontName":"Menlo-Regular","fontSize":16,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#4f4f4f","paragraphSpacingBefore":18,"paragraphSpacingAfter":18},"default-tag-samp":{"fontName":"Menlo-Regular","fontSize":16,"tracking":0,"lineHeight":20,"textColor":"#4f4f4f"}},"componentLayouts":{"body-layout":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":6,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":12}},"body-layout-last":{"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":6,"margin":{"top":12,"bottom":30}},"full-width-image":{"margin":{"bottom":25,"top":25},"columnSpan":7,"columnStart":0},"headerPhotoLayout":{"ignoreDocumentMargin":true,"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7},"headerBelowTextPhotoLayout":{"ignoreDocumentMargin":true,"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7,"margin":{"top":30,"bottom":0}},"title-layout":{"margin":{"top":30,"bottom":0}},"byline-layout":{"margin":{"top":10,"bottom":10},"columnStart":0,"columnSpan":7}},"metadata":{"excerpt":"The Tony Award-winning entertainer is being added to the Black Heritage Series Stamp Collection.","thumbnailURL":"bundle:\/\/gregory_hines.jpg","dateCreated":"2019-01-28T19:00:31+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-28T19:19:32+00:00","datePublished":"2019-01-28T19:00:31+00:00","canonicalURL":"https:\/\/www.ebony.com\/entertainment\/gregory-hines-honored-stamp-postal-service\/","generatorIdentifier":"publish-to-apple-news","generatorName":"Publish to Apple News","generatorVersion":"1.4.3"},"advertisingSettings":{"frequency":1,"layout":{"margin":{"top":15,"bottom":15}}}}