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It has been six days since news broke that actor-comedian Anthony Johnson, 55, was found lifeless in a Los Angeles store, and pronounced dead after being rushed to a hospital. His widow, Lexis Jones Mason, said the family was overwhelmed with funeral costs and pleaded for help. Now, Johson’s family is …

Come visit the Maldives, its president entreated the world at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, moments before switching to an impassioned plea for help combatting climate change. The adjacent appeals illustrated a central dilemma for many small island developing states: their livelihoods, or their lives? The United Nations recognizes …

Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) So, I don’t look into white supremacy that often. I mean, I used to watch the NFL, and I accidentally saw this song back when MTV played videos, but I don’t often wade in the “not all white people” pond. So I must admit that …

Many Black girls and women have lost their lives to law enforcement. To honor them, Janelle Monáe, along with other Black artists and activists have joined forces to create a protest anthem.  “Say Her Name” is a 17-minute single featuring Monáe and 15 other Black women and activists. Through a …

Danielle Del Plato In 1947, Albert Einstein, writing in this magazine, proposed the creation of a single world government to protect humanity from the threat of the atomic bomb. His utopian idea did not take hold, quite obviously, but today, another visionary is building the simulacrum of a cosmocracy. Mark …

Nick Cannon says he’s “blessed” to have such a big family, but for now, it may be time to get off the reproduction train.  Cannon, 40, has had four of his seven children within the span of the last year. According to Entertainment Tonight, who spoke to Cannon exclusively on …

A Soldier’s Play took home the trophy for Best Revival of a Play Sunday (September 26) at the 74th Annual Tony Awards. According to The New York Times, in 1982, Charles Fuller became only the second African American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for A Soldier’s Play. It dramatizes …

The 74th Annual Tony Awards kicked off Sunday (September 26) night with veteran stage and TV actor David Alan Grier winning a Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his role in A Soldier’s Play. Grier, a trained Yale School of Drama Shakespearian actor, is …

Amid news of talk show host Wendy Williams being hospitalized for COVID-19-related issues, production for the upcoming series stopped and the new season scheduled to start Sept. 20 was a no-go. The new date to start airing live shows beginning Monday, Oct. 4, was tentative, with many worried that Williams’ …

What may have been intended as a moment of nostalgia turned out to be one of the most memorable moments of the 74th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday (September 26). Jennifer Holliday performed her iconic song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls, which first opened in …