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Actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have gained new partners in their media company this week. Their company, Westbrook Inc. has announced that a minority stake has been invested in the media company by Candle Media, which is a media company that is backed by industry executives Kevin Mayer, …

Protect Black Women March and Rally held in the Times Square area on July 26, 2020 in New York City.Photo: mpi43/MediaPunch/IPX (AP) In 2020, an HBO documentary revisited the terrifying story of 30 Black kids who either vanished or were slaughtered in Atlanta in the late 70s and early 80s. …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. In 1896, a man in Dummerston, Vermont, was driven from his beloved home …

A popular ex-rapper turned singer from Staten Island has reportedly passed away at the age of 58. Jessie Lee Daniels also known as Jessie D, lead vocalist of the R & B group, Force MD’s has recently died. On Tuesday evening, a message was posted on the Force MD’s Facebook …

Alvin Bragg speaks to supporters in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Bragg’s election as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney comes at a time when Black elected officials hold a historic number of city, state and federal offices in New York. When New Yorkers this week chose Eric Adams as …

Boba Fett, the most legendary bounty hunter in the galaxy, was the product of budget constraints. Planning for the 1980 Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, the artists Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie crafted a prototype of knightlike armor for a legion of upgraded stormtroopers, the expendable soldiers of …

Rapper J $tash was pronounced dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he reportedly gunned down his girlfriend, Jeanette Gallegos, while three kids were in the home on New Year’s Day in Temple City, California, according to KTLA. Temple Sheriff’s deputies responded to a possible domestic violence call around 7:15 …

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 07: Kelvin Harrison Jr attends the UK Premiere of “CYRANO” at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on December 07, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures & Universal Pictures )Photo: Jeff Spicer (Getty Images) Famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is getting another biopic …

History finds us two ways, to borrow from Hemingway: gradually, then suddenly. One year after Donald Trump led his supporters in an attempted coup against the United States, the nation is still very much in the throes of that attack. Despite blaring sirens and flashing lights, despite ever more visible …

With the recent winter storm that ravaged the Virginia area earlier this week, hundreds of drivers were stranded for nearly 12 hours in their vehicles as cars were stuck after a large snowstorm blanketed the area. A former reality TV star and R&B singer was one of the unfortunate people …