Members of the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz kneel before a Black Lives Matter logo before the start of their game at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on July 30, 2020 in Reunion, Florida.Photo: Ashley Landis-Pool (Getty Images) On the same day that the …
Read More »The Year of Ambitious TV Watching
Read: ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Frasier,’ and the psychology of comfort TV With no end to the pandemic in sight, I turned to bingeing unlikely TV shows and films to ground myself, unwittingly joining the many people who began watching old series they missed out on in real time. Whether it was The …
Read More »'Heroes' Actor Recounts Racism On Set In Open Letter
Hollywood has long been a hostile place for Black actors, a trend that has only recently started to shift. But for Leonard Roberts, who starred in the first season of the 2006 hit series Heroes, experience with racism on set nearly sidelined his career. In a guest essay for Variety, …
Read More »VIDEO: Woman Knocked TF Out in Front of Daughter During Fight at Walmart Allegedly Over Last PS5
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Right now the Sony Playstation 5 is the hottest commodity on the market, especially with Christmas being right around the corner. Everyone wants one and is literally willing to sell their souls to get their hands on the popular gaming console. Things …
Read More »Bank of America and Her Agenda Founder Partner to Educate Millennial Women About Homeownership
Understanding that homeownership is one key in creating generational wealth, Rhonesha Byng is teaching millennial women how to become homeowners through a new online series in partnership with Bank of America. Byng is the founder and CEO of Her Agenda, a digital media platform providing career-driven women resources to advance …
Read More »Whitney Houston Biopic Finds Their Lead, Naomi Ackie
Filmmakers for the highly anticipated Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody have officially cast their lead. According to Deadline, Naomi Ackie, 28, will play the music legend in the upcoming film, reportedly releasing Thanksgiving 2022. “We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search …
Read More »Florida Rapper Dies After Window Falls on His Neck While He Was Trying to Break Into Home
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); A Florida man is dead after a window fell on his neck in a freak accident while he was trying to break into a home. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 32-year-old Jonathan Hernandez died during the attempted burglary at a …
Read More »NCAA to Argue Student-Athletes Shouldn’t Get Paid Before the Supreme Court
Photo: Jonathan Weiss (Shutterstock) The Supreme Court has agreed to take on an antitrust case that could either tighten or substantially loosen the limits of how much student-athletes are allowed to be paid. This will be the first time in over 30 years the court will rule on a case …
Read More »‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Is A Trifecta Worth Watching
Written by Demetria Wambia Backed by producer Denzel Washington, Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is directed by George C. Wolfe who transformed August Wilson’s 1982 stage play into a lush film adaptation. The film opens in the sweltering, hot Chicago summer of 1927 where racial tensions are high, and Ma Rainey (expertly played by Viola Davis) is …
Read More »Big Sean & Jhené Aiko Recreate Classic 90s Movies in “Body Language” Video (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
‘);var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== ‘undefined’)c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(“script”),s=document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0];r.async=!0;r.src=”http://srv.clickfuse.com/showads/showad.js”;r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(“loaded”==r.readyState||”complete”==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; })(); Big Sean and Jhené Aiko (collectively known as TWENTY88) are taking us all the way back to the 1990s in the nostalgic music video for their new single “Body Language,” which also features Ty Dolla $ign. Via Rap-Up: The nostalgic clip recreates …
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