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Courtney B. Vance earned an Emmy for his role in HBO’s now-canceled Lovecraft Country. During his acceptance speech, he took the time to honor his co-star Michael K. Williams. According to Variety, at last night’s Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, Vance said, “Michael did everything with his full heart open, with …

NBC News journalists Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Harry Smith, and Kelly O’Donnell to moderate festival interviews with EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, Senator Marco Rubio, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall, and the cast and producers of American Rust The Atlantic The Atlantic is announcing a collaboration with …

Busta Rhymes was a surprise performer at the 2021 MTV VMAs this year, but his show-stopping set made his legend status very clear. After an introduction from Swizz Beatz, Busta opened his performance with his 1997 classic song “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See,” serving as a reminder …

Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand made a $1 million commitment to supporting the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting in its mission to bring more diversity to reporting. The grant from Jordan’s Black Community Commitment, announced in May, will allow the Society to take its college internship partnerships …

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris for Fenty/Gabe Ginsberg for Showtime/ Jerritt Clark for Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 2 Presented by Amazon Prime Video/ Paras Griffin for BET (Getty Images) Must be Savage x Fenty on the brain! Whose brain, you ask? Well, the lingerie line is definitely be on the brain …

Shang-Chi was a massive success—and a sign that viewers still want fresh storytelling, not just recognizable faces, even from Hollywood’s biggest franchise. Marvel Studios Three weeks before the release of Marvel’s latest superhero movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the lead actor and the distributor seemed poised …

Chlöe performed her new single “Have Mercy” at the MTV Video Music Awards and she did not disappoint. Introduced by her sister Halle Bailey, Chlöe rocked a stunning rendition of her new single “Have Mercy.”  Dressed in all pink, she twerked and whipped her blonde locs all over the stage …

This veteran U.S. Army Ranger gave up his military career after getting caught driving drunk—but all was not lost. He took lemons and made hard lemonade as the founder of Cheers, a New York-based startup that delivers alcohol straight to your door. All the fun, without the trouble, according to …

Photo: Naomi Baker (Getty Images) Ladies and gentlemen, we are officially back in business. Let’s get to it. Pay Chandler Jones Not Now, But Right Now Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker Chandler Jones spent his entire offseason participating in my favorite pastime: trying to figure out how the in the hell …

For The Atlantic’s October issue, Hannah Giorgis presents the definitive look at Black representation behind the camera “Since its invention, television has shaped this country’s self-image. To the extent that we share notions of ‘normal,’ ‘acceptable,’ ‘funny,’ ‘wrong,’ and even ‘American,’ television has helped define them. For decades, Black writers …