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Read: The deceptively simple number sparking coronavirus fears No one likes being associated with a notorious virus, so naming one can be a rather fraught political process. For the new virus, the World Health Organization currently uses the assiduously neutral placeholder name of 2019-nCoV—2019 for the year the virus first …

Billy Porter is unbothered by what Pastor Troy thinks about Lil Nas X or any queer celebrity. TMZ caught up with the Pose star Thursday morning (January 30) in New York City and asked him what he thought of the Atlanta rapper’s homophobic rant on Instagram. “I don’t think anything …

Debbie Allen, Award-winning Director and Choreographer and Phylicia Rashad, Award-winning Actress (Image: File) It’s nearly impossible to attend Women of Power and leave without making one sisterly connection with someone you don’t know. There’s no greater feeling than meeting up with your sistah-friends at the summit to reconnect, recharge, and …

How To Win An Oscar: We Ask Black Hollywood’s Biggest Stars We spent a year asking the biggest names in Hollywood what makes a performance Oscar-worthy. Watch as Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins and more share their opinions on winning the coveted award. Source link

Photo: Harry How (Getty Images) As the tragedy of the death of Kobe Bryant continues to reverberate throughout the NBA community, the league has unveiled drastic changes ahead of its annual All-Star Game in order to pay tribute to the legendary Laker. On Thursday, the NBA announced that its All-Star …

It took the cast of In Living Color just 25 minutes to make history. On January 26, 1992 Super Bowl XXVI featured the Washington D.C. football organization and the Buffalo Bills, with the NFC Champions coming out victorious, 37 to 24. But the real winners were the home viewing audience …

Sarah Hubbard knew something was off about her interactions with a piano professor at the Berklee College of Music—they had a “haunting and unsettling” quality, she remembers. Hubbard, who studied violin at Berklee until she graduated in 2016, remembers that sometimes when they crossed paths, he seemed to be “deliberately …

On the twenty-sixth of January, in 2020, Kobe “Bean” Bryant died. He died in a helicopter crash in the foggy hills of Calabasas, California. Nine people were on the copter — a pilot and eight passengers. Kobe’s thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was one of the passengers on-board the helicopter. …

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna tragically died from a plane crash the morning of the 2020 Grammys (January 26), so a tribute, if it was going to be pulled off, needed quick thinking and fast action. For those performing, they had to struggle with mourning and preparing to sing …

Technically, any day could be dedicated to celebrating Gabrielle Union. However, thanks to Ultra Violet, a feminist organization that focuses on policy, violence against women, and more, they’ve dubbed January 29 as the official day to recognize the ‘Being Mary Jane’ star’s contributions to standing up for what’s right. The …