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James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re home. Onwuachi’s restaurant, Washington D.C. hotspot Kith/Kin, which has been closed since March due to the pandemic, …

Comedian Kevin Hart gave a deserving frontline medical worker probably the biggest surprise of his life Thursday when he told him he will have a role in his next movie. Hart conference called Henry Law to tell him he’d won Kev’s All In Challenge sweepstakes and will get to go …

Photo: Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. Last month, Michigan State Senator Dale Zorn wore what looked suspiciously like a Confederate flag for a face mask. The senator has since said that the design wasn’t a Confederate flag but the NAACP ain’t buying it. CNN reports numerous Michigan branches of the NAACP have …

Garcelle Beauvais has joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and discussing her dating struggles in Hollywood after divorcing the father of her twin sons. When asked by a producer to describe the men of Hollywood on the May 13 episode of the popular reality tv franchise, Garcelle said with …

Raymond Meeks Walking. Away. Lost, In thought— That engine of deceit, Eater of distance. Still, new green reassures, even In the breath-stealing planetary smog. Cardinals shock. Really? Red? Now? Optimistic, As are pale pink magnolias, Naked on their branches, Making a brave show, In April’s cruel cold. Peepers screech and …

Phillip Mullings Jr. developed solid relationships with all of his co-stars on Tyler Perry’s new original BET+ series, BRUH, but admits there was a special connection with actor Mahdi Cocci, who plays “Tom” on the show. Cocci is an ex-Navy officer, and Mullings is a self-proclaimed “military kid” who frequently …

Timi Adelakun isn’t letting a global crisis keep him from making history at his high school. Not only did he become the first Black valedictorian of South Broward High in Hollywood, Florida, but he earned the highest GPA ever recorded at the school. “Coming from a low-income community, it means …

Raven-Symoné was one of the most popular child actors on The Cosby Show, and was securing a bag before most of us knew what a bag was. Turns out, she did something remarkable with her earnings from the long-running hit series. The 34-year-old was just four years old when she …

Sherman’s Showcase “Black History Month Spectacular” (2020), left ; Blood & Water (2020)Screenshot: YouTube Want to know how my week is going? I saw a tweet that resonated so much with the phenomenon that is self-isolation fog (a term I literally just made up as I’m typing this), I almost …

📚 “The Conspiracy Museum,” by Robin Sloan Science fiction’s preoccupation with privacy “Dark Constellations is a slim allegory written with a chat forum’s acrid wit, while The Old Drift is a sprawling epic that unfolds with the wild detail of a Hieronymus Bosch painting … The novels share a provocative …