Jay-Z is continuing to move his global brand. According to the New York Times, Jay-Z and the company that owns Dom Pérignon and Moët & Chandon, LVMH, are joining forces. LVMH has taken a 50 percent stake in Jay-Z’s Champagne brand Armand de Brignac. The terms of the deal are …
Read More »TV and Film Producer Lashan Browning on Inking MTV Studios Deal and the Future of Unscripted Content
Recognized for executive producing some of the most insatiable shows on television, including VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta and Cartel Crew, veteran film and TV producer Lashan Browning hit another career milestone last year when she inked a major deal with MTV Studios. The deal was part of ViacomCBS’ …
Read More »Douglas Turner Ward, Co-Founder of the Negro Ensemble Company, Dies at 90
Douglas Turner Ward attends “A Raisin In The Sun” Broadway Opening Night at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 3, 2014 in New York City.Photo: Robin Marchant (Getty Images) Playwright. Tony-nominated actor. Director. Advocate. Those are just a few words to describe theater great Douglas Turner Ward, who died on …
Read More »Tiger Woods Hospitalized with “Multiple Leg Injuries” After Serious Car Crash in L.A., Extracted from Vehicle with Jaws of Life
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Read More »No One Has Seen a Mars Landing Quite Like This
Read: Why the Curiosity rover stopped singing to itself NASA has explored Mars for decades, with all kinds of spacecraft. Each mission has sharpened our view of the red planet. The orbiters provide stunning overhead views of craters carved by meteor strikes and deltas sculpted by ancient water. The rovers …
Read More »Whoopi Cuts Off Meghan McCain Over COVID Comment
As millions of Americans are waiting anxiously to receive the coronavirus vaccine, Meghan McCain is upset that her privilege hasn’t allowed her to jump the line. While discussing the COVID-19 death toll hitting the tragic 500,000 deaths benchmark on the Feb. 22 episode of The View, McCain complained about the …
Read More »BET+ New Deal With Macro Television Studios And Lena Waithe
Today, Monday, February 22, BET+, the premiere streaming service for the Black audience, announced the production of the new original series, “BIRTH OF COOL,” in partnership with MACRO Television Studios (RAISING DION, GENTEFIED) and Hillman Grad Productions (QUEEN AND SLIM, THE CHI, TWENTIES). The ten-episode series marks MACRO Television Studios’ …
Read More »More Than 7 Million Texans Still Either Have No Water or Can’t Drink Their Water
(Reuters) Over 7.9 million people in Texas still had issues with their water supply as of Monday evening, authorities told Reuters, after a record-breaking freeze knocked out power stations last week. Millions of Texans were advised to boil water before using it, though all power plants were back online over the …
Read More »André Leon Talley, Fashion Editor, In Dispute Over Mansion
Fashion world icon André Leon Talley is caught in a feud with former friend and shoe industry executive George Malkemus over the rental of a suburban New York City mansion. According to The New York Post, Talley, the former creative director of Vogue magazine is being evicted from the 11-room colonial White Plains, N.Y., home …
Read More »28 Days of Black Joy: Nicknames That Cancel Out the Need for Government Names
Portrait of happy senior African American man looking at cameraPhoto: Diego Cervo (Shutterstock) They used to call me “Cheekie.” They still do. It all started during the AOL chat room days and I was a huge fan of Mr. Cheeks’ “Lights, Camera, Action!” Since I had always been known for …
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