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Breonna Taylor‘s likeness and image have been kept alive and circulating widely on t-shirts and on murals thanks to the striking portrait by famed artist Amy Sherald. On Friday, Taylor’s famous portrait that graced the cover of the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair will now hang in the National …

Raven-Symoné attends the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for Children’s and Animation at Associated Television Int’l Studios on July 17, 2021 in Burbank, California.Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) As a millennial who grew up watching Raven-Symoné in That’s So Raven religiously back in Disney Channel’s heyday, I was more than …

Segal joins The Atlantic from NBCUniversal, and will oversee the company’s branded-content studio. The Atlantic has hired Roye Segal to lead Atlantic Re:think, Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer Hayley Romer announced today. Segal joins The Atlantic to head the award-winning creative studio, which is part of Atlantic Brand Partners, an …

North West isn’t having it with anything inauthentic. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s oldest daughter claims her mom changes her voice in videos she makes to promote products. While promoting items from her BoxyCharm line, Kardashian was interrupted by North and her niece Penelope. In the series of videos, Kim …

Rihanna has dropped a lawsuit against her father that accused him of misusing the singer’s name for his personal gain.  According to Radar Online, court documents show Rihanna’s company Roraj Trade LLC and Combermere Entertainment Properties filed a stipulation of dismissal of the entire lawsuit on Sept. 7. The suit had …

When police shooting victim Breonna Taylor was gunned down in her own home in March 2020 in Louisville, her name became a rallying cry during a summer of passionate protests sparked by her death and that of George Floyd in Minneapolis, another Black slain via officers’ actions, two months later.  …

Photo: Tom Pennington (Getty Images) You would think the former President of the United States would have better things to do on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, but nope! Because Donald Trump is a tone-deaf, kumquat-hued attention whore, he’ll be commemorating one of the worst days in American history by …

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are getting ready for baby number two! The 24-year-old beauty mogul confirmed the news with a special Instagram announcement on Tuesday (Sept. 7) after rumors that she was pregnant started to bubble up last month.  In the clip, Jenner holds up a positive pregnancy test …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Do you believe in true love? Probably so: 94 percent of Americans say they do, according to one 2019 survey by the data-collection company Statista. I am one of them, after 30 …

NeNe Leakes honored the memory of her husband Gregg Leakes one week after his death.  The Real Housewives of Atlanta veteran was joined by some of her former RHOA costars and friends at the NeNe’s Linnethia Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday (Sept. 6).   According to US Weekly, NeNe was …