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Photo: Stockcrafterpro (Shutterstock) We are less than a month away from the next generation becoming the current generation and more details have steadily been trickling in about what the consoles will be capable of at launch. On Thursday, Xbox released a list of the 30 games that will be optimized …

Before the debate, the pollsters asked panelists to rate their expectations of the candidates on a zero-to-100 scale. The guesses came in the middle of the pack—51 for Trump and 50 for Joe Biden. The pollsters resurveyed after the summit. The former vice president didn’t have a great night, and …

A whole new generation of fans have been introduced to the popular 90s sitcom Family Matters through syndication, but two of the show’s actors are reuniting in a way that might make some folks a bit uncomfortable. EW.com reports Darius McCrary and Kellie Shanygne Williams who played siblings Eddie and …

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be battling for the attention of Americans in dueling town hall events Thursday night. The town hall events will be held in lieu of a second presidential debate, which was canceled by the Commission on Presidential Debates after Trump tested …

Photo: SevenMaps (Shutterstock) Glendale, where less than 2 percent of residents identify as Black, has become the first California city–and the third in the nation—to publicly apologize for its racist history, with the city council unanimously passing a resolution this week addressing its history as a “sundown town,” a term …

How do Mexicans protest? With humanitarian demonstrations, or law-and-order demonstrations? It is harder to offer human aid in Mexico than harsh cruelty. The government looks down on any extension of charity to migrants. Still, along the way, in many of the towns where the train stops, local people of little …

Black McDonald’s workers are reportedly suing the fast-food chain over racial discrimination. According to Business Insider, on Tuesday (October 13), the employees who worked at a Rock Island, Illinois location filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The plaintiffs, Selynda Middlebrook, Stephanie Stevens, …

Originally scheduled to hit theaters in mid-December, Coming 2 America, the sequel to the classic Eddie Murphy comedy could be moving to the Amazon streaming platform.  The highly anticipated movie will see Murphy return as Prince Akeem who is set to be crowned as  king while discovering that he has …

The podcast industry continues to balloon and shows no signs of stopping. More than one-third of Americans over age 12 consume podcasts regularly, and big companies like Spotify and Pandora are changing their platforms to accommodate more listeners. This is a perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs and professionals to leverage podcasts …

New York, NY – October 14, 2020 – Today, BET+ announced the pick-up of new original scripted comedy, “Ms. Pat,” from Imagine Television and Lee Daniels Entertainment. Based on Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams’ stand-up comedy and memoir, the ten-episode multi-camera sitcom will tell the story of a former convicted felon turned suburban mom (Ms. Pat), whose hustle and resilient spirit was forged on the …