In the first season of Boomerang on BET, we followed Simone Graham (the daughter of Marcus and Angela Graham) and Bryson (son of Jacquelin Boyer) as they set out to forge their own paths in the world of advertising, coming out from under the shadow of their well-known parents. Complicating their professional …
Read More »Charles Barkley to Sell NBA Memorabilia to Build Affordable Housing in His Hometown
(Image: Wikimedia) NBA legend and current sports commentator Charles Barkley told WJOX 94.5 that he intends to sell some of his NBA memorabilia to help build affordable housing in his hometown of Leeds, AL, according to Sports Illustrated. “We probably got 30 eyesores, as I call them, where houses used to be …
Read More »Floyd Mayweather’s Ex & Mother of 3 Kids Josie Harris Found Dead in Her Car
Josie Harris—Floyd Mayweather’s ex-girlfriend, whom he has three children with—was found dead at her home in Valencia, California Monday night (Mar. 9). Police were called to the home around 9:30 p.m. and when they arrived, they found Harris, 40, unresponsive in her car. She was pronounced dead at the …
Read More »TV’s Age of Algorithm Anxiety
The determinism-driven paranoia of Devs dances through Season 3 of Westworld, which for the first time leaves the park of the show’s title to explore what real life looks like in a world that abuses robots. The first two seasons of Westworld explored the idea that the AI “hosts” were …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Cast of OPEN Talk Relationship Taboos (+Trailer)
What happens when you live your love life out in the open? One married couple will soon find out. BET recently released the trailer for their upcoming new film OPEN a romantic drama starring Essence Atkins (Wren) and Keith Robinson (Cameron). The film, which is set to premiere this weekend …
Read More »Joe Biden Projected To Win Michigan Primary
Joe Biden is the projected winner of the primary elections of three states on Tuesday night (March 10): Missouri, Mississippi and the all-important Michigan, according to projections from Fox, CBS and NBC News. The hat trick leaves Biden’s last standing competitor, Senator Bernie Sanders, with virtually no path to winning …
Read More »Djimon Hounsou Says His Son Was Called The N-Word
It’s no secret to any Black parent that raising kids means having to guide them through racism. For Djimon Hounsou, this happened when his 10-year-old son Kenzo Lee Hounsou (whose mother is Kimora Lee Simmons) told him he was called the N-word by a classmate. “I went to pick up …
Read More »The Mayor of Kansas City Went to Vote. A Poll Worker Turned Him Away
Photo: Kyle Rivas (Getty Images) There is a certain level of irony to an elected official being turned away from voting. This was the case for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas. According to Slate, when Lucas went to go vote in Missouri’s primary on Tuesday he was turned away after …
Read More »LeBron James Drops Trailer For Series About I Promise School
LeBron James is not only respected on the court, but he’s a hero off the court: especially in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. In 2019, he opened the I PROMISE school, a public school with students attending grades three and four. Today (March 10), he dropped a trailer for a …
Read More »What Does Bernie Sanders Do Now?
“It concerns me because he’s not a Democrat,” said Reginald Jackson, an auto worker who was waiting on line to get into the Biden rally and said he’d always been a Biden voter. “We’re the establishment. Him saying that, that’s kind of disrespectful. We’re the voters.” The bitterness continued to …
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