Comedians Steve Martin and Chris Rock opened up the 2020 Academy Awards with their famously uncompromising style. It is the second year that the Academy has gone with a host-less format and when Martin asked why that was the case, Rock answered without missing a beat, “Twitter! Everybody’s got an …
Read More »#BlackGirlMagic in Sports as the Washington Redskins are Set to Make NFL History With First Black Woman on Coaching Staff
Photo: Chuck Burton (AP Images ) I must say, I’m at least slightly conflicted about this one. On one hand the Washington Redskins still have yet to change their name despite the terms’ sordid history and that studies have shown that more than half of Native Americans find it offensive. …
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Read More »Donald Trump, Jr. Gets Clowned For Channeling Johnnie Cochran's Famous O.J. Simpson Defense Regarding His Pappy's Impeachment Acquittal
Donald Trump, Jr. compares his father’s fugazi impeachment acquittal to the trial of the century.Photo: Getty Images Is this another messy AF case of cultural appropriation? Or is it dead-on comparison? (Pun intended.) Whatever it is, can someone please get these people a copy of Social Media for Dummies? In …
Read More »Rihanna Shocks Fans With Surprise FENTY Show
See How Yusef Williams Became Rihanna’s Hairstylist For A Decade For the past 10 years, Yusef has been dictating all of the beauty trends we emulate via his most famous client, none other than Rihanna. He started out his career as a performer, but he ended up behind the scenes. …
Read More »Former Pro Football Player and Republican Congressman J.C. Watts Spearheads First Black News Channel, Launching Nationally This Week
Former football player and Republican congressman J.C. Watts (in a 2006 file photo) has reportedly worked for more than a decade to get Black News Channel to launch.Photo: Getty Images Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network? Apparently so. He’s a …
Read More »Dwayne Johnson Delivers Emotional Eulogy At Father's Funeral
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s father passed away on January 15 at the age of 75. Now, the movie star and former wrestler is letting the public know just how much he meant to him. During Rocky Johnson’s funeral last month, his son delivered an emotional and powerful eulogy. Taking to …
Read More »Another Achievement For Tyler Perry: Leading The Pack For Worst Movies of 2019 With Eight Razzy Award Nods For A Madea Family Funeral
Tyler Perry leads Razzy Award Nominations with 2019’s ‘A Madea Family Funeral’ Photo: Getty Images Tyler Perry is nominated among the worst achievements in film for 2019 but the history-making Hollywood mogul is not in bad company. A Madea Family Funeral garnered eight nods from the Golden Raspberry Foundation, which …
Read More »<em>The Lodge </em>Is an Unsettling but Underwhelming Thriller
The script, by Fiala, Franz, and Sergio Casci, has the same parlor-trick structure as Goodnight Mommy, which is slow to reveal exactly who deserves the audience’s sympathies. Aidan and Mia are grappling with their father Richard’s (Richard Armitage) divorce from their mother, Laura (Alicia Silverstone), making their dad’s new fiancée, …
Read More »Leslie Jones Says She Only Cast One Oscar Vote
Leslie Jones isn’t too pleased that #OscarSoWhite seems to be creeping into the Academy’s nominations once again. She took to Twitter to let everyone know how she’s protesting it. According to the former Saturday Night Live star, she only cast one vote – and it was for Cynthia Eviro’s portrayal …
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