Debbie Allen, Award-winning Director and Choreographer and Phylicia Rashad, Award-winning Actress (Image: File) It’s nearly impossible to attend Women of Power and leave without making one sisterly connection with someone you don’t know. There’s no greater feeling than meeting up with your sistah-friends at the summit to reconnect, recharge, and …
Read More »This Year’s NBA All-Star Game Will Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant With New Format
Photo: Harry How (Getty Images) As the tragedy of the death of Kobe Bryant continues to reverberate throughout the NBA community, the league has unveiled drastic changes ahead of its annual All-Star Game in order to pay tribute to the legendary Laker. On Thursday, the NBA announced that its All-Star …
Read More »Classical Music Has a ‘God Status’ Problem
Sarah Hubbard knew something was off about her interactions with a piano professor at the Berklee College of Music—they had a “haunting and unsettling” quality, she remembers. Hubbard, who studied violin at Berklee until she graduated in 2016, remembers that sometimes when they crossed paths, he seemed to be “deliberately …
Read More »Nathan Morris Of Boyz II Men Details Kobe Grammy Tribute
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna tragically died from a plane crash the morning of the 2020 Grammys (January 26), so a tribute, if it was going to be pulled off, needed quick thinking and fast action. For those performing, they had to struggle with mourning and preparing to sing …
Read More »Ludacris Donates $75,000 Worth of Musical Instruments to a Miami High School
Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) I have to say, between coronavirus, the death of Kobe and it looking more and more like the Senate is going to imbue the presidency with the kinds of powers it shouldn’t have, this has been a historically crappy week when it comes to news. …
Read More »‘We’ve Got an Uber Driver Who’s Got a Gun’
The driver’s name was Michael Wallace. He was 37, a Kentucky native, engaged to be married, a father of four. He drove a brand-new Nissan Pathfinder in Cayenne Red, and he kept a handgun—a birthday present from his father—in the driver’s-side door pocket. In the course of more than 4,600 …
Read More »Vanessa Bryant Breaks Social Media Silence
Vanessa Bryant is dealing with an incredible amount of grief right now after her husband Kobe and 13-year-old daughter Gianna were tragically killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday (January 26). Understandably, Vanessa hasn’t spoken publicly since the loss of her Laker legend husband, however, she is sharing what’s on …
Read More »Maryland Man Robs Bank While Wearing Blackface
Screenshot: Perryville Police Department You know, this is a situation where I’m unsure if our subject is racist or just a criminal. NBC News reports that a man in Perryville, Maryland robbed a bank while wearing blackface. Police described him as a “white man with paint on his face.” Mmm, …
Read More »The Particular Urgency of Sundance’s ‘Issue’ Films
But Taymor wanted to end The Glorias on an uplifting note, so Steinem’s solemn reception of Clinton’s loss wound up on the cutting-room floor. Instead, she uses a clip from the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C., in which Steinem encourages the crowd to resist President Donald Trump and his …
Read More »Michael Strahan Speaks Candidly About Kelly Ripa Feud
Michael Strahan is speaking candidly about his split from Live with Kelly and Michael and his current relationship with former co-host Kelly Ripa. The former New York Giant defensive end-turned show host recently spoke with the New York Times, and while he was gentle in his responses, he hinted that …
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