During the coronavirus outbreak, most Americans are being told to stay home. While staying home for weeks with your family can be a blessing, it could also be challenging. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend recently opened up about quarantining on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Yesterday (April 7), Chrissy, 36, told …
Read More »Michael Arceneaux hopes ‘I Don’t Want To Die, Poor’ will bring us ‘comfort’
New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux invited us into his world with his first body of work, “I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé.” The author opened up about his upbringing in Texas and revealed his journey to embracing …
Read More »Mississippi Barber Dies of Coronavirus After Continuing to Cut Hair During Pandemic
A beloved Mississippi barber has died of COVID-19, and a number of social media posts suggest that he may have contracted the virus while still cutting hair during the nationwide quarantine. 46-year-old Eugene Thompson, the owner of Taper Nation and Taper Nation 2 barbershops, died Saturday (Apr. 4) at …
Read More »Master P Is Supporting The Elderly in New Orleans Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Percy “Master P” Miller at Black Enterprise (Photo: Bryon Summers) The rapid outbreak of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, has become a public health crisis that has devastated the world. The elderly and people with pre-existing ailments and respiratory problems are among the most vulnerable for contracting the virus. Rapper …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Is The New Host Of ‘Punk’d’
The iconic pop culture television show, MTV’s Punk’d is returning to screens with Chance the Rapper as the host for its new iteration produced by the streaming network Quibi. Sharing how it feels to now be calling the hilarious jokes to celebrity counterparts, Chance says it is “f**king real.” “I …
Read More »Lil Nas X Initially Planned to Take the Secret of His Sexuality to the Grave
Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN (Getty Images) It’s been a little more than a year since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” rode into our hearts, making the newcomer an overnight sensation, and later, a Grammy winner and history-maker. The song spent the longest consecutive number of weeks atop the Billboard …
Read More »BET House Party Presents: Dance Class With Kida The Great
Ready. Set. Dance! Join BET House Party on Instagram Live today for another virtual dance session sure to make you sweat now, but smile later. At 1pm ET, dancer and choreographer to the stars, Kida The Great, will be hosting a hip hop dance class on BET’s official Instagram. Kida The …
Read More »Books for This Moment
The past weeks have of course meant economic devastation for small and local businesses of all sorts, as discussed here in an item about Erie. The pressures on local book stores and publishers, and local newspapers and other news organizations, deserve special attention (as the writers’ group PEN has argued …
Read More »Tracy Morgan's Interview On 'Today' Has People Cringing
Tracy Morgan can always be counted on to shake up a standard interview, and his appearance on TODAY on Tuesday (April 7) is no exception. The actor and comedian appeared via video chat for a live conversation with host Hoda Kotb, who innocently asked what he was doing to pass …
Read More »Kanye, Tyler Perry, More To Host Joel Osteen Easter Special
Like other events, Easter Sunday is effectively cancelled this year — at least, the parts of it that involve being within six feet of others. But megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has found a way to make sure the show goes on. The founder of Houston’s Lakewood Church will bring his …
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