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Regé-Jean Page is speaking out after claims circulated he was allegedly passed up for a role because he is Black.  On Tuesday (April 6,) The Hollywood Reporter interviewed actor Ray Fisher, who detailed how DC Films co-founder Geoff Johns allegedly passed on casting Page due to his race. The London …

Hulton Archive / Getty here in this carload i am eve with abel my son if you see my other son cain son of man tell him that i        The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis, by Dan Pagis, translated by Stephen Mitchell. © 1989 Stephen Mitchell, as …

Shaquille O’Neal paid for an engagement ring a young man was buying in a Georgia Zales jewelry store in a wonderful act of kindness. The current NBA analyst originally visited the store to purchase earrings when he overheard the stranger discussing payment options for the piece of jewelry.  New York …

Nicco Annan displayed a high level of sophistication at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards. Keep scrolling to learn more about the P-Valley actor’s custom suit!  Dressed in a custom Kamsi-Tcharles suit, the Best Actor nominee looked dapper as he snapped a few photos for the award show. After a bit of research, we learned that the one-of-a-kind …

If you’ve been missing Madea, then you’re in luck!  Variety reports Tyler Perry is developing a prequel drama series, Mabel, currently in the works for Showtime.  “Every great story has to start somewhere, and every legend has a beginning. Long before she was the force of nature known as Madea, …

For the first time in its 69-year history, public relations giant Edelman has named an African American to run its business across this country. The global firm says Lisa Osborne Ross will become CEO of its U.S. operations effective May 3. It declared she will be the first Black woman …

Kanye West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards on November 6, 2019.Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP (Getty Images) Twenty-one years, twenty-one years… In his 2005 single “Gold Digger,” Kanye West lamented about the 18-year financial hold that child support has on a nigga to emphasize the length of time …

This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and the Fuller Project. On a summer afternoon nearly four years ago, Maryam Muhammet thought her family’s long journey to freedom was almost complete. The Uyghur woman had arrived in Istanbul from Egypt weeks prior with her two sons, a toddler and …

DMX currently remains in a coma while staying at a White Plains, New York hospital on Wednesday (April 7). The legendary rapper (born Earl Simmons) suffered a heart attack after a reported overdose last week, according to his attorney, and is in a “vegitative state.” According to X’s manager, Steve …

A number of flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan were found in Los Angeles’s Huntington Beach one week before a planned “White Lives Matter” rally is set to take place. The KKK flyers were found on Easter Sunday, KTLA reports. Huntington Beach Police were tipped off about the racist propaganda …