NeNe Leakes is updating her fans on her husband Gregg Leakes after his six-week stay at the hospital for cancer treatment. Previously, Leakes had announced that the 66-year-old’s cancer had returned after two years. He was previously diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2018. The Real Housewives of Atlanta …
Read More »Get Your Praise On For The Stellar Gospel Music Awards
Get ready for a stellar evening of praise and worship as the 36th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards returns to its original roots in Nashville, Tennessee. Hosted by Grammy-nominated gospel artists Jekalyn Carr and Tye Tribett, this year’s award ceremony will merge old school and new school talent spreading the …
Read More »Jurnee Smollett And More Win At The AAFCA TV Honors
The winners for the third annual African American Film Critics Association TV Honors were announced and Black excellence was on full display. According to The Wrap, HBO’s Lovecraft Country and Amazon’s The Underground Railroad were big winners. Lovecraft Country stars Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors were honored with the top …
Read More »Georgia Cops Arrest Black Man After Answering Mental Health Call. One Cop Sicks Police Dog on Him for Seemingly No Reason
Screenshot: L.Chris Stewart/ Twitter Attorneys for a Black man in Alpharetta, Ga., said their client will file a lawsuit following an incident in which he was viciously attacked by a police dog while being taken into custody, and one that proves once again that cops have no business answering calls …
Read More »Lil Nas X, DaBaby, and the Incoherence of Homophobia
Anti-gay bigotry is on the defensive in hip-hop right now. The superstar Lil Nas X, who came out as gay in 2019, has been sparring with people who express many of the logical inconsistencies that underlie homophobia. (Paras Griffin / Getty) One big reason HIV/AIDS remains a deadly crisis despite the …
Read More »Black Twitter Reacts To Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Parenting
Hollywood couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are trending for all the wrong reasons after opening up about the bathing habits in their family. According to CNN, during Dax Shephard’s podcast Armchair Expert, co-host Monica Padman claimed washing every day destorys the body of natural oils. Kutcher and Kunis concurred, …
Read More »A Black Couple Created a Family-Friendly Game App With Characters Of Colors
Brown-colored dolls in apps do exist. Clara and Dejon Turner –a couple who hails from Colo.— threw their hat in the ring to develop The Doll House Family™ app which features melanin-rich characters that flaunt an Afrocentric flair, according to BlackBusiness.com. http:// The pair wanted to present positive images of …
Read More »Role Call: Chinonye Chukwu Highlights the Resilience of Mamie Till-Mobley in the Upcoming Film Till and Tupac, Biggie and Suge Knight's Documentary Hits the Big Screen
Danielle Deadwyler, Whoopi Goldberg, Chinonye ChukuuPhoto: BreeAnne Clowdus, Timothy White, Chinonye Chukwu MGM’s Orion Pictures and Chinonye Chukwu have partnered to tell the story of a mother’s pursuit for justice of the lynching of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till. Danielle Deadwyler, who is widely known for her role in HBO’s …
Read More »Down With Morning People
Tim Lahan This article was published online on July 30, 2021. Me, I can fake it. Stale as I may be from the night before, one foot—one leg—stuck in the underworld, I can still crank up the sociability. I can manufacture perkiness at an early hour. Good morning! Good morning! …
Read More »Haiti Planning To ‘Quickly’ Elect New President
Following Haitian president Jovenel Moïse’s assassination on July 7, the country is looking to quickly elect a new leader. According to Reuters, on July 28, Haiti’s new Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has been in office since last week, said at a brief news conference, “The mission of this government …
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