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Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Idris Elba is hoping to provide seven underprivileged boxers with stability, structure and a chance at victory for his new BBC Two documentary series, Idris Elba’s Fight School. “Living and training together over six intense months in London, the school recruits will battle it out …
Read More »The Lie at the Heart of Melania’s Speech
During the government shutdown of 2018–19, President Donald Trump nixed a long-planned trip by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan. During that same shutdown, Melania Trump spent $35,000 of public funds to fly to Florida so she could spend the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend there, …
Read More »Michelle Obama Talks About The Power Of Black Women
Every Wednesday, for the last few weeks, we’ve waited with anticipation for the latest episode on Spotify from former First Lady Michelle Obama’s new podcast, The Michelle Obama Show. This week, BET.com has an exclusive first listen to what Mrs. O has on her agenda on the next episode airing tomorrow, August 26. …
Read More »Meet The 16-Year-Old Wigmaker Giving Back To Kids With Cancer
Entrepreneurship Fashion & Beauty 0 Image via @trentonsluxecouture/Instagram Sixteen-year-old Trenton Lee has already made his name making luxurious wigs for various celebrities from actress Tichina Arnold, Cardi B, and Blac Chyna. His notable reputation making his signature wig designs led him to create his own hair company, Luxe by Trenton. …
Read More »8 Reasons Why 'The Five Heartbeats' are The Best Fictional Black Movie Music Group of All Time
Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) The Five Heartbeats, the 1991 movie written and directed by—and also starring—Robert Townsend (Keenan Ivory Wayans was a co-writer) is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. For my money, The Five Heartbeats is the greatest fictional Black music group of all time, …
Read More »‘I Moved on Her Very Heavily’: Part 1
In her 2019 memoir, What Do We Need Men For?, E. Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of rape, in a Bergdorf’s dressing room in the mid-1990s. After the president denied ever meeting her and dismissed her story as a Democratic plot, she sued him for defamation. Carroll was not, of …
Read More »Live Updates From The 2020 Republican National Convention
BET’s 2020 Republican National Convention Coverage Day 3: Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Follow BET’s coverage with our live blog for the latest updates from the Republican National Convention kicking off in Charlotte, NC. We’ll feature news about the event, speeches, performances and commentary from August 24-27. Each night, the convention will include speeches from Party …
Read More »Vanity Fair Honors Breonna Taylor With New Cover By Black Artist Amy Sherald
1 Image via @asherald/Instagram The death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, has become the latest polarizing account of police brutality toward Black Americans within this country with millions across the country using social media to make a call for justice and for the arrest of the police officers responsible. …
Read More »Shots Fired at Black Activists Marching to DC For MLK Event
Photo: Tverdokhlib (Shutterstock) Shots were fired at a group of organizers marching from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., on Monday night. ABC News reports that the group was headed to D.C. for the “Get Your Knee Off Our Necks,” march. Frank “Nitty” Sensabaugh, a Milwaukee activist and one of the organizers …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily: </em>The Jacob Blake Shooting and the State of Police Reform
“Outraged protesters uphold principles no different from those articulated in the founding documents,” Myisha Cherry, a philosophy professor at UC Riverside, argues. “This makes their anger not anti-American, but as American as one can get.” Kevin Winter / Getty One question, answered: Some college reopening plans include regular testing regimens …
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