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Ciara becomes the latest artist to postpone a scheduled concert over concerns for the coronavirus. The superstar songstress was set to perform on March 19 at the opening of the Fort Hood USO in Texas. In a statement Ciara released on Saturday, she postponed the concert to a later and …

Written by Jerry L. Barrow Those of us raised in Brooklyn know there are two Coney Islands. There is the famed amusement park (once called Astroland, now dubbed Luna Park) on the boardwalk where revelers fight to hold down their funnel cake as the world-famous Cyclone coaster whips them along …

Netflix thought it felt good to pay less. A star of the streaming giant’s biggest show says she was paid far less than kids from another series.Photo: Rick Diamond (Getty Images) As if black women didn’t have it hard enough. Imagine playing a major part in the success of a …

Jussie Smollett asked the Illinois high court to halt the felony court case against him, and was denied. The Empire star was charged a second time for allegedly lying about a hate crime staged against him in Chicago last year. After failing to get the charges thrown out, Smollett’s attorney …

All told, the record supports the dry opening of the House brief: “Many momentous separation-of-powers disputes have come before this Court,” it reads. “This dispute, regarding four document subpoenas to third parties for records not covered by any privilege, is not one of them.” The only thing remarkable about the …

Cyn Santana is reflecting about the postpartum depression she experienced after having her first child Lexington with ex-fiance Joe Budden in 2017. While the Love and Hip Hop: New York star deems her now-two-year-old the light of her life, she wasn’t always prepared for the difficult battles that come with …

Angela Stanton-King, an author and former felon who President Trump pardoned last month, is running for a U.S. Congressional seat against civil rights leader and incumbent Rep. John Lewis. TMZ reports Stanton-King was at the Georgia Capitol Building on Friday morning (March 6) to register as a Republican candidate for …

Misty Copeland didn’t hesitate to address the discrimination that dancers of color face in the world of ballet during a fireside chat at the BLACK ENTERPRISE Women of Power Summit on Friday. The legendary ballerina opened up about the backlash she received late last year after she called out an …

In this file photo legendaryjazz pianist McCoy Tyner performs on the Miles Davis Hall stage during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, July 2009.Photo: Dominic Favre (Associated Press) Another one of the greatest who ever did it has gone on to glory. Legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner is …

Burstein laughed after sharing the anecdote. “That was across the board,” she told me, listing other Republicans, including Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham—who wrote a tribute to Clinton in Time magazine in 2006—as major names she tried hard to recruit. “They all just said no,” Burstein said. “That …