Comedians Steve Martin and Chris Rock opened up the 2020 Academy Awards with their famously uncompromising style. It is the second year that the Academy has gone with a host-less format and when Martin asked why that was the case, Rock answered without missing a beat, “Twitter! Everybody’s got an …
Read More »In True White Savior Fashion, Trump Announces Scholarship to Save Black Student From 'Failing Government Schools', Only She Already Goes to a Great Charter School
Photo: Tyger Williams/Staff Photographer It should be clear to most everybody by now that President Donald Trump has a great affinity for showing America just how popular he is among “the blacks.” This is simply to say that the man loves parading black faces around on political stages as a …
Read More »How Joaquin Phoenix Disrupted Awards Season
Read: ‘Parasite’ won so much more than a Best Picture Oscar While political speeches are nothing new, the spectacle of such a hotly tipped favorite getting platform after platform to speak his mind so publicly has been notable. At the Globes, Phoenix added to the chaotic energy of the evening …
Read More »All Fashion From Black Hollywood At The VF Oscars Party
See How Yusef Williams Became Rihanna’s Hairstylist For A Decade For the past 10 years, Yusef has been dictating all of the beauty trends we emulate via his most famous client, none other than Rihanna. He started out his career as a performer, but he ended up behind the scenes. …
Read More »#BlackGirlMagic in Sports as the Washington Redskins are Set to Make NFL History With First Black Woman on Coaching Staff
Photo: Chuck Burton (AP Images ) I must say, I’m at least slightly conflicted about this one. On one hand the Washington Redskins still have yet to change their name despite the terms’ sordid history and that studies have shown that more than half of Native Americans find it offensive. …
Read More »BET's Black History Month Future 40: Andrea Osei
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Read More »Donald Trump, Jr. Gets Clowned For Channeling Johnnie Cochran's Famous O.J. Simpson Defense Regarding His Pappy's Impeachment Acquittal
Donald Trump, Jr. compares his father’s fugazi impeachment acquittal to the trial of the century.Photo: Getty Images Is this another messy AF case of cultural appropriation? Or is it dead-on comparison? (Pun intended.) Whatever it is, can someone please get these people a copy of Social Media for Dummies? In …
Read More »Rihanna Shocks Fans With Surprise FENTY Show
See How Yusef Williams Became Rihanna’s Hairstylist For A Decade For the past 10 years, Yusef has been dictating all of the beauty trends we emulate via his most famous client, none other than Rihanna. He started out his career as a performer, but he ended up behind the scenes. …
Read More »Former Pro Football Player and Republican Congressman J.C. Watts Spearheads First Black News Channel, Launching Nationally This Week
Former football player and Republican congressman J.C. Watts (in a 2006 file photo) has reportedly worked for more than a decade to get Black News Channel to launch.Photo: Getty Images Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network? Apparently so. He’s a …
Read More »Dwayne Johnson Delivers Emotional Eulogy At Father's Funeral
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s father passed away on January 15 at the age of 75. Now, the movie star and former wrestler is letting the public know just how much he meant to him. During Rocky Johnson’s funeral last month, his son delivered an emotional and powerful eulogy. Taking to …
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