image: Cook County Jail The business of faith can be a very lucrative business. While some question it’s relevancy in today’s society, black mega churches are still raking in high earnings from their congregations. The massive inflow of cash can lead some pastors to do questionable things to make personal profits. This was the …
Read More »Senate Republicans Give Democracy The Finger, Vote To Not Allow Witnesses In Impeachment Trial
Photo: Mark Wilson (Getty Images) I’ve remained convinced that no one group of people hates America and the ideals it’s supposed to represent more than the Republican party. Tonight, they seem dead set on proving me right. CNN reports that by a measure of 49-51 the Senate has voted to …
Read More »The Virus That Still Has No Name
Read: The deceptively simple number sparking coronavirus fears No one likes being associated with a notorious virus, so naming one can be a rather fraught political process. For the new virus, the World Health Organization currently uses the assiduously neutral placeholder name of 2019-nCoV—2019 for the year the virus first …
Read More »Billy Porter Says There’s ‘A Lot Of Homophobia In Hip Hop'
Billy Porter is unbothered by what Pastor Troy thinks about Lil Nas X or any queer celebrity. TMZ caught up with the Pose star Thursday morning (January 30) in New York City and asked him what he thought of the Atlanta rapper’s homophobic rant on Instagram. “I don’t think anything …
Read More »Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad to Celebrate Sisterhood at Women of Power
Debbie Allen, Award-winning Director and Choreographer and Phylicia Rashad, Award-winning Actress (Image: File) It’s nearly impossible to attend Women of Power and leave without making one sisterly connection with someone you don’t know. There’s no greater feeling than meeting up with your sistah-friends at the summit to reconnect, recharge, and …
Read More »Jim Carrey on Gaming and Being a Super Bowl Halftime Legend
How To Win An Oscar: We Ask Black Hollywood’s Biggest Stars We spent a year asking the biggest names in Hollywood what makes a performance Oscar-worthy. Watch as Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins and more share their opinions on winning the coveted award. Source link
Read More »This Year’s NBA All-Star Game Will Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant With New Format
Photo: Harry How (Getty Images) As the tragedy of the death of Kobe Bryant continues to reverberate throughout the NBA community, the league has unveiled drastic changes ahead of its annual All-Star Game in order to pay tribute to the legendary Laker. On Thursday, the NBA announced that its All-Star …
Read More »Jim Carrey On ‘In Living Color’ Super Bowl Special
It took the cast of In Living Color just 25 minutes to make history. On January 26, 1992 Super Bowl XXVI featured the Washington D.C. football organization and the Buffalo Bills, with the NFC Champions coming out victorious, 37 to 24. But the real winners were the home viewing audience …
Read More »Classical Music Has a ‘God Status’ Problem
Sarah Hubbard knew something was off about her interactions with a piano professor at the Berklee College of Music—they had a “haunting and unsettling” quality, she remembers. Hubbard, who studied violin at Berklee until she graduated in 2016, remembers that sometimes when they crossed paths, he seemed to be “deliberately …
Read More »Kobe Bryant | The Father Mentality
On the twenty-sixth of January, in 2020, Kobe “Bean” Bryant died. He died in a helicopter crash in the foggy hills of Calabasas, California. Nine people were on the copter — a pilot and eight passengers. Kobe’s thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was one of the passengers on-board the helicopter. …
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