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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 …
Read More »Janelle Monáe Joins Artists And Activists For Protest Anthem
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 …
Read More »The Largest Autocracy on Earth
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 …
Read More »Nick Cannon Says His Therapist Recommends He Try Celibacy
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 …
Read More »Kenny Leon Remembers George Floyd in Tony’s Speech
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 …
Read More »David Alan Grier Wins First Tony Award
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 …
Read More »Wendy Williams On the Mend: ‘Ready to Get Back to Work’ After Being Hospitalized for COVID-19
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’ …
Read More »Jennifer Holliday Brings Down The House At Tony Awards
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 …
Read More »Florida Lawmaker Proposes Abortion Ban, ‘Florida Heartbeat Act’
Florida Representatives Jason Shoaf, left, and Webster Barnaby chat during a break in a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Photo: Wilfredo Lee (AP) While Gov. Ron DeSantis is completely botching the state’s COVID-19 response, other Republican lawmakers have their eyes set on ruining …
Read More »Kenny Leon Remembers George Floyd in Tony’s Speech
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 …
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