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Photo: Ball State University It appears that the saga at Ball State University has ended, for now. NBC News reports that Professor Shaheen Borna has been suspended for the remainder of the semester. Last month, Borna garnered much-deserved controversy after calling the police on a black student who didn’t want …
Read More »Jordyn Woods Is Over Apologizing For Kardashian Scandal
In February 2019, Jordyn Woods was in a media firestorm after accusations she had sex with Tristan Thompson, Khloe Kardashian‘s father of their child True. Woods denied having sex with Thompson but apologized for kissing the 38-year-old at an after party on February 17, 2019. She even took a lie …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: That Time Sanders Nearly Primaried Obama
Obama himself isn’t expected to chime in until the convention this summer. That calculated silence is especially tough for one particular candidate … Obama’s own vice president. Joe Biden’s candidacy is largely predicated on his closeness to Obama, but in 2016, when Biden had pondered running for president, Obama had …
Read More »Kenan Thompson Takes ‘SNL’ Back To WH Correspondents Dinner
After not having a comedian at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) annual dinner last year, comedy is returning this year with NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” veteran Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj from Netflix’s Patriot Act. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson will host and Minhaj will be the featured …
Read More »Esther Scott Of ‘Boyz N The Hood,’ Dies At 66
Actress Esther Scott has reportedly passed away. According to TMZ, she suffered an apparent heart attack last week. She was 66. Scott is perhaps best known for her role as Tisha’s grandmother in the John Singleton classic Boyz N The Hood. She also appeared on numerous television shows and movies, …
Read More »Dwyane Wade Says Daughter Knew Her Gender Identity At Age 3
On February 11, former NBA star Dwyane Wade announced that his 12-year-old child would now be going by the name Zaya and identifies as female. He told Ellen DeGeneres, “Me and my wife, Gabrielle Union, we are proud parents of a child in the LGBTQ+ community and we’re proud allies …
Read More »White Professor Suspended for Calling Police on Black Student
An Indiana white college professor who called police to his classroom after a black student wouldn’t change seats will not be teaching for the remainder of the semester, according to ABC News. Ball State University had announced that professor Shaheen Borna, the marketing professor who called the police in this …
Read More »Tyler Perry Puts Fantasia On The Spot At Madea Farewell Play
Tyler Perry’s “Madea’s Farewell Play Tour”opened to a pack house during a recent stop in Charlotte, N.C. where fans came to get their final dose of Madea. One of those fans included R&B superstar, Fantasia who, while sitting in the audience, was put on the spot to spread a little …
Read More »We Calculated How Much We Pay Trump to Play Golf. It Turns Out, He's America's 10th Highest Paid Athlete
Photo: Ian MacNicol (Getty Images) The great ones play through pain. At 8:55 a.m. on Feb. 19, 2018, as Parkland, Fla., residents headed to a local church to mourn the senseless murder of 14-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Alaina Petty, 40 miles away, the president of the United …
Read More »Jill Scott And H.E.R. Performing At 51st NAACP Image Awards
Today, the NAACP announced that Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters Jill Scott and H.E.R, along with Skip Marley, will perform at the 51st NAACP Images Awards special airing LIVE on BET on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 8pm/7c from Pasadena, California. RELATED: Full List of 2020 NAACP Image Awards Nominees The star-studded …
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