The coronavirus has affected events all over the country from political rallies to concerts. Now, even the talk shows The Wendy Williams Show and The View will no longer have a live studio because of COVID-19. In a statement to PEOPLE, The Wendy Williams Show said, “Wendy values her co-hosts …
Read More »Tom Hanks & Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive for Coronavirus
Tom Hanks announced Wednesday (Mar. 11) that he and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them the first A-Listers to go public with a diagnosis. According to TMZ, Tom and Rita were filming an Elvis Presley movie in Australia, and after experiencing cold …
Read More »The Best Thing Bernie Sanders Can Do Is Drop Out
Bernie Sanders’s signature issue is Medicare for All: a vision of state-financed health care for every American. But Sanders’s defeat could drag his issue down with him, instead of it lofting him into the presidency. Yet he has an opportunity before him at least to advance his idea. The spread …
Read More »NBA Suspends Remainder of 2019-2020 Season After Utah Jazz Player Rudy Gobert Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The NBA has announced that the remainder of the 2019-2020 season has been put on hold after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus. As a result of Gobert’s positive test result, which was reported shortly before tip-off of tonight’s game between the Jazz and Oklahoma …
Read More »Coachella Music Festival Rescheduled For October
Coronavirus seems to have halted life as we know it, and now another major event — the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — has been canceled this month. The annual event, which takes place over two weeks and draws crowds of millions, will be moved to October. Festival organizers …
Read More »Willow Smith & Boyfriend Tyler Cole to Lock Themselves in Glass Box for 24-Hour Performance Art Exhibit on Anxiety
Well, this is certainly an interesting art exhibition: Willow Smith will put herself on display for 24 hours in a glass box to bring awareness to anxiety. Beginning at 9 p.m. PST tonight (Mar. 11), Smith and boyfriend/musical collaborator Tyler Cole will participate in a performance art piece for …
Read More »This Florida Bus Tour Company Takes Passengers To Visit Local Black-Owned Businesses
Image: Instagram As black travelers explore more and more of the country, there has been a desire to help visitors interact with more black-owned companies in the different places they visit. For Candy Lowe, the opportunity presented a chance to show off her side of Florida to visitors and that …
Read More »Trump suspends travel between US and Europe amid coronavirus pandemic
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump said the US will suspend all travel from Europe for the next 30 days. Since December 2019, coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected more than 109,000 people …
Read More »VIDEO: Utah Jazz Player Rudy Gobert Rubs Hands All Over Mics at Press Conference Before Coronavirus Diagnosis
Video footage has surfaced showing Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert groaning and rubbing his hands all over the microphones Monday (Mar. 9) at a press conference at Zions Bank Basketball Campus in Salt Lake City, Utah prior to him testing positive for COVID-19 aka coronavirus. Utah Jazz player Rudy …
Read More »Fair Worker Gets Hands and Unemployed After Calling Guest the N-Word
Under no circumstances is it okay for a white person to drop the hard-R. It’s a one-way ticket to catching all of the hands. A fair worker learned that the hard way when he tried it and wound up both beat and broke. According to NBC News, a ride operator …
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