Lanie Robertson

Diana Ross's TV special has her playing dual roles and serves as a glamorous tribute to the history of Black popular music.

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

Diana Ross's TV special has her playing dual roles and serves as a glamorous tribute to the history of Black popular music.

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.