Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images) Actress, producer and screenwriter Lena Waithe has enjoyed a pretty damn successful last few years career wise. She’s the creator of the hit Showtime series The Chi and writer of the hit film Queen & Slim. And in 2017, she became the first black woman to …
Read More »Why Journalists Believe Mary Louise Kelly
Pompeo ended his response by saying, archly, that “Bangladesh is NOT Ukraine”—implying that Kelly misidentified Bangladesh as Ukraine. This stupid, completely implausible dig against Kelly shreds his credibility in two ways. First, it asks us to believe that Kelly, a veteran foreign correspondent, knows less geography than an attentive high-school …
Read More »Coco Gauff Upsets Naomi Osaka At Australian Open
Coco Gauff seems to be much better than her 67th world ranking and older than her age of 15 would suggest as she just defeated defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 in the tournament’s third round. In the process of her win at Melbourne Park on Friday (January …
Read More »Lawyer-Turned-Label Chief James McMillan Overcomes Drug Felony to Prove It Gets Greater Later
Attorney James McMillan has found breakout success with his debut artist YBN Cordae, who is up for a number of Grammy Awards this year — including Best Rap Album.Photo: Courtesy of ART@WAR James McMillan has come a long way since his drug-dealing days at an HBCU. Now the Cleveland native, …
Read More »Even Action Heroes Are Afraid of Dying
Read: How Hollywood became obsessed with de-aging its stars Enter Bad Boys, his one remaining movie brand (Men in Black was spun off without him last year, to little success). Bad Boys for Life comes 17 years after his last go-round as Detective Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys II, and …
Read More »Richard Sherman On White House Visit If 49ers Win Super Bowl
Either the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers will be invited by Donald Trump to visit the White House depending on who wins. That said, an invitation, especially from this presidential administration, doesn’t guarantee the full championship team will show up. That includes Richard Sherman, who is already declaring …
Read More »Trump Now Says He's Open to Cut Entitlements
Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) Another day, another installment in the ongoing saga that is “y’alls President is a lying ass liar.” Our subject for tonight’s episode is entitlements. CNN reports that when the currently impeached President was asked by CNBC in Davos whether entitlements would ever be something on …
Read More »The Books Briefing: Short Stories to Read and Reread This Weekend
📚 “Birdie,” by Lauren Groff Information passed across the border of death “My heart started beating rapidly a minute or two after the third time I read the letter. I could have sat there and guessed for a hundred years and never come up with what Seth had to say.” …
Read More »Reginae Carter Speaks On Her Complicated Dating Life
We all know being a child of a celebrity comes with its advantages, but Reginae Carter recently revealed the disadvantages she’s experienced as the oldest daughter of Lil Wayne and Toya Wright. One difficulty the T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle reality star expressed during a recent interview with Atlanta Black Star being schooling. “With school, I feel …
Read More »Nazi Tears: Christopher Cantwell Arrested by FBI
Photo: Vice News Tonight (AP) The “Unite the Right” rally was one of the darkest moments in our countries recent history. The white nationalist rally took the life of 32-year-old Heather Heyer and left countless others injured and scarred. In some good news, one of the key figures behind that …
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