NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 07: Michael K. Williams poses for the 2021 Critics Choice Awards on March 07, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ABA)Photo: Arturo Holmes (Getty Images) Vice has revealed a first look at one of the …

The coronavirus is flying through the Greek alphabet. On Friday, the World Health Organization designated Omicron a “variant of concern”—spooking stock markets and triggering a new round of international travel bans. Today, President Joe Biden echoed the WHO’s language, calling Omicron a “cause for concern,” but warned Americans not to …

A White Louisiana sheriff’s deputy is under investigation over an allegedly unprovoked attack caught on video that shows him manhandling a 4-foot-8 Black woman, ProPublica and WWNO/WRKF report. In the video of the Sept. 20 encounter, the Jefferson Parish deputy is seen holding Shantel Arnold by her hair and slamming …

Women athletes and sports fans will soon be able to rock exclusive PUMA gear specifically for female ballers thanks to celebrity stylist and designer June Ambrose. The PUMA High Court Collection will be released Dec. 1 according to Business Insider and includes 25 pieces of gear including on-court and off-court footwear and …

Photo: ABC/Matt Sayles In case there’s not enough Steve Harvey on your TV, ABC is bringing you more with its new courtroom show Judge Steve Harvey, which premieres Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 8 pm. As previously reported by The Root, the 10 episode comedic reality series follows as, “Real-life people …

D. Hill, a music producer perhaps best known for his work on Drake and Future’s single “Life is Good,” has passed away, reports say. He was 25. Hill was found dead on Thursday (October 14), according to iHeart.com. Fellow producer Mojo Krazy tweeted about the tragic news, simply writing, “RIP …

Fresh off a performance of “Unloyal” with Summer Walker, singer Ari Lennox was arrested Monday morning at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.  She wrote several times about the incident on Twitter. Her first tweet read, “F**k Amsterdam security. They hate black people.”  Singer Ari Lennox attends the recent “2021 Soul Train Awards” taping …

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. seems to have parlayed his new contract with the Los Angeles Rams into a partnership to help promote CashApp as a Bitcoin platform. Beckham was signed by the Rams less than one week after his previous team, the Cleveland Browns, released him on Nov. 5. Last …

Kanye West and Virgil Abloh after the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018 in Paris, France.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain (Getty Images) The rise of Virgil Abloh was swift, and in many ways surreal—a word the late creative used in reference …

Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, has called the travel bans imposed on his country “scientifically unjustified.”  He made the comments on Sunday in an address to the nation, his first since the Omicron variant was detected in the country.  “The only thing the prohibition on travel will do,” …