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Chet Hanks with his mom Rita WilsonPhoto: Associated Press This year’s Golden Globe Awards witnessed Chet Hanks, Tom Hanks’ son, speaking patois on camera, which left the entire Internet asking, “But why, tho’?” The 29-year-old rapper/actor posted a video of himself to Instagram on Sunday highlighting his attendance at the …
Read More »Several months after his death, Nipsey Hussle’s legacy inspires ‘The Marathon Book Club’
In this Thursday, March 29, 2018, file photo, Rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot multiple times Sunday, March 31, 2019, afternoon in South Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Nipsey …
Read More »The Golden Globes Sends a Message With Its Snub of <em>The Irishman</em>
Read: ‘The Irishman’ makes perfect sense for Netflix The Globes’ position as an Oscar prognosticator is due mostly to its early placement on the awards-season calendar and its ability to throw a star-studded bash on national television. The several dozen members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are necessarily seen …
Read More »NIKE sales soar despite Kaepernick campaign controversy
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Right-wing haters were sure Nike faced certain doom after making Colin Kaepernick the face of a new ad campaign, only to see the company stock soar and the sports apparel giant post better-than-expected second-quarter sales. While the company’s stock briefly took a hit in the …
Read More »Beyoncé Snuck Into 2020 Golden Globes In This Gown
Save the best for last! That’s Beyoncé‘s motto, as she and Jay Z skipped the red carpet and snuck into the 2020 Golden Globes. Beyoncé is nominated for her song “Spirit” from The Lion King, where she played the voice of ‘Nala’. So we’re elated that she showed up! In fact, we almost …
Read More »Viola Davis' Golden Globes Speech Deserves Its Own Award
Tonight is the Golden Globes and being that it’s not the most diverse mix of nominees, we had to reflect on an epic night from 2017. After five previous nominations, Viola Davis finally took home one of the top acting honors in Hollywood after winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress …
Read More »OPINION: Congress has the power to ‘fix’ the lack of access to loan options, but their decision could leave Blacks permanently in the poor house
Washington is about to consider legislation that will impose a 36 percent interest rate cap on loan options which could adversely impact the Black community. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) I remember when I was in college in the late 1980s going into the early 1990s, my mom and brother would …
Read More »Why You Always Lying?: Mike Pence Wrongfully Ties Soleimani To 9/11
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) A thing that has always troubled me about conservative America, is the propensity towards justifying US aggression against Islamic adversaries by taking the “A Muslim is a Muslim is a Muslim” approach. George W. Bush and his administration convinced most of the country that going …
Read More »A Complete List Of Black Golden Globe Winners
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
Read More »Oops: Jennifer Lopez hit with $150k infringement suit for posting photo on Instagram
(Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) Jennifer Lopez has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit for posting an unauthorized photo of herself to Instagram. According to TMZ, professional photographer Michael Stewart says he snapped the pic of JLo earlier this year and licensed it to The Daily Mail, who ran …
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