For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival had to go completely virtual, but that didn’t stop the annual celebration from giving a robust preview of the most exciting emerging artists in Hollywood. Much of this year’s slate defied the pandemic’s limitations: Twisty horror films didn’t need …

For more than one generation of girls, women and femmes, Mary J. Blige has been a phenomenon; a multitalented force of nature who helped shift the paradigm of both the male-dominated world of R&B and the prototype of the early-’90s Black chanteuse. Nearly 30 years after the debut of What’s …

“Black woman” was the topic of discussion on Wednesday after President Joe Biden made a pledge to fill an upcoming vacant Supreme Court seat with a Black woman. In the wake of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, the open seat could be filled by someone appointed by Biden, CNN reported. During …

9-1-1: Angela Bassett in the “Defend In Place” episode of 9-1-1 airing on FOX. CR: Jack Zeman / FOX.Photo: Jack Zeman/FOX As TV schedules head into spring, and fall shows wrap up their first seasons, networks are beginning to roll out their next batch of returns and premieres. First up …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. If someone asked whether you like the arts, you’d probably say you do—at least …

A Tennessee college student faces more than 300 gun charges after prosecutors say he sold dozens of guns to an undercover NYPD officer. NBC 4 reports Shakor Rodriguez, 23, who was attending Austin Peay State University in the Volunteer State, faces 304 counts. The Bronx District Attorney’s Office say Rodriguez …

Photo: BestForBest (Shutterstock) A 25-year-old Black woman from England shared a recording in which she heard her co-workers making racist remarks about the way Black people smell, according to The Mirror. Janika Frimpong says she accidentally left her phone on her desk while it was recording. She later discovered it …

Rapper Cardi B will be $4 million richer after defeating YouTuber Tasha K in her defamation lawsuit. On Tuesday, the Grammy Award-winning rapper was awarded nearly $3 million in punitive damages and attorneys’ fees after a jury found Tasha K, real name Latasha Kebe, liable on counts of defamation, invasion …

Ohio Congressional Candidate Nina Turner speaks at a campaign stop on July 24, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Turner is a former Ohio State Senator and is making her second bid for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District seat.Photo: Jeff Swensen (Getty Images) One of the nastiest Democratic Congressional primaries from 2021, which …

On Tuesday Jan. 25, the Recording Academy and GLAAD announced a new partnership that would mark history. According to a press release, the Academy is donating $150,000 to the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization to champion greater inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community within the music industry. “We’re thrilled to double-down on our commitment to …