Kevin Hart always keeps his fans on their toes, and this time he stole the show! Pulling up to one of Usher’s shows at his Las Vegas residency on Sunday (Aug. 1), the comedian had something in store for soulful R&B crooner who debuted at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace …
Read More »Photo: Jamie Squire (Getty Images) She’s back! In her much-anticipated return to the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles overcame a scary case of “the twisties” in order to win a bronze medal in the women’s balance beam competition. From Yahoo Sports: Biles delivered a steady, strong routine and while she was, …
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The city of Detroit was filled with some of Hollywood’s finest starring in the Aretha Franklin biopic during a special event at the Detroit Historical Museum on Sunday (Aug. 1). A grand unveiling of the Queen of Soul’s handprints in Legends Plaza was the main topic of conversation at the …
Read More »Illustration by Vahram Muradyan; images by Les Byerley / Shutterstock; QuartoMundo / CGTrader This article was published online on August 3, 2021. Last March, just before we knew the pandemic had arrived, my husband and I enrolled our son in a progressive private school in Pasadena, California. He was 14 …
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Recognized by the African Academy Awards and included as one of the films featured on USA Today’s Summer of 2021 Movie Picks,Through Her Eyes is the latest Civil Rights-era historical drama to take place in Selma, Alabama, following 15-year-old Rosalee Wimbush (Rayven Symone Ferrell) in a captivating coming of age …
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Today (August 3) is Black Women’s Equal Pay, which is a day that highlights the financial disparities that Black women experience that can result in a multitude of unintended consequences. The Black women wage gap is a threat to the economy, the Black family, and society as a whole. Therefore, …
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Jason Momoa celebrated his 42nd birthday on August 1. The actor received tons of birthday love on social media, but it was one message in particular that had Twitter doing the slow clap. Lenny Kravitz, the ex-husband of Momoa’s current wife, Lisa Bonet, wished him a happy birthday and called …
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Shaquille O’Neal just may be the first ex-NBA player to have a son and a daughter attend the same HBCU at the same time! With a simple Instagram post with one line, O’Neal’s daughter, Amirah O’Neal, announced that she will be attending an HBCU, Texas Southern University. “I see the …
Read More »Screenshot: @MikeKATU/ Twitter They say you can always tell the quality of a person’s character by the monuments they topple over. Actually, nobody says that, but maybe we should start, because there seems to be a glaring difference between which historical figure’s bust or monument gets the Humpty Dumpty treatment …
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The director Tom McCarthy is known for subtle, well-acted character films that take surprising narrative turns. His latest work is no exception. Jessica Forde / Focus Features Stillwater’s premise is simple: What if you were Amanda Knox’s father? This Matt Damon–starring project from the director Tom McCarthy is only loosely …
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