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Ahead of the Primetime Emmys, the Television Academy hands out awards in production design, makeup and hairstyling; guest actors and actresses at the Creative Arts Emmys. On Saturday and Sunday, Black stars dominated this year's event with winners ranging from a record-setting drag legend to former child stars to the...Read more...

Among the still-cascading effects of Katt Williams' Jan. 4 interview on Shannon Sharpe's Club Shay Shay podcast - which has 33 million views at press time - is the glut of receipt-digging everyone is doing to corroborate the many claims Williams made.Read more...

Ari Lennox has finally opened up about that viral moment when an audience member threw a bottle at her on stage. Lennox was the opening act for Rod Wave's Nostalgia tour last year, and in an Instagram live she said she struggled with finding acceptance from the audience during her sets.

After two years of controversy regarding its lack of diversity and inclusion, The Golden Globes changed nearly everything about its organization to preserve its standing and reputation. However, if you watched Sunday's 81st Annual Golden Globes, it felt like business as usual for Black actors, films and television...Read more...

After months of silence, Jonathan Majors is finally speaking out in his first interview since being convicted of misdemeanor reckless assault, and he has addressed those wild Coretta Scott King" comments.Read more...

In whispered phone calls, across private group chats and on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, Black people have been dumbfounded. No, not for what some might think. We all know Claudine Gay did not lose her job as president of Harvard because of plagiarism.Read more...

Oppenheimer kicked off its march to the Academy Awards in a big way. The film dominated the first major show of Hollywood's 2024 awards season, the 81st edition of the Golden Globes, on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Christopher Nolan's epic biopic captured five Globes, including Best Picture...Read more...

On Sunday, the 2024 Golden Globes took place, live from the Beverly Hilton.

With the kick off of the 2024 awards season, Black glamor has officially taken over Hollywood. With The Color Purple," Rustin," American Fiction," Abbott Elementary" and The Bear" among the nominated films and series, fan favorites like Colman Domingo, Quinta Brunson, Issa Rae, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Oprah Winfrey...Read more...

If there was one thing we learned in 2023, it is not to mess with Dionne Warwick. No one could have anticipated Ms. Warwick becoming the queen of X (fka Twitter) at 83 years young-yet here we are, and she continues to prove why she deserves her crown into the new year.

We'll always support Black bromances. No matter how much people try to question them, Black men need to have a great loving relationship with other Black men. It's essential.Read more...

Draymond Green is a future NBA Hall of Famer who is one of the most important players on the Golden State Warriors. He was extremely instrumental in helping the team win four NBA championships in seven years. But those days are long behind him.

With The Color Purple" receiving awards buzz, a Back to the Future" musical on Broadway and the teaser trailer debut for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F"-the fourth film in the franchise-it seems like 80s nostalgia is sweeping through Hollywood.

This weekend, viewers around the world will be glued to their televisions as awards season kicks off with the 2024 Golden Globes! Last year we watched Angela Bassett, Zendaya, Tyler James Williams, Quinta Brunson, and more snatch up a golden trophy. This year we can't wait to see who comes out victorious as the Globes...Read more...

Whatever happened in Atlanta on New Years Eve left an 18-year-old girl dead, robbing her of a future with her newborn son.Read more...

Ever since Cher confirmed that she is indeed dating Amber Rose's ex-boyfriend, rapper and producer Alexander AE' Edwards, she's been having some very How-Stella-Got-Her-Groove-Back cultural moments.

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On Sunday, Jan. 7, the 81st annual Golden Globes will take place.Read more...

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Around the holidays is when we typically see an uptick in crime not exclusive to robberies and theft. Over the past few decades we've seen more serious, heinous crimes including the murder of innocent people in callous ways. Mothers taken away from their children, party goers targeted by hate and average citizens preye...Read more...

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Nikki Haley has run out of excuses for her widely mocked response to a question about what caused the Civil War. So the Republican presidential candidate is going for a tried and true method for avoiding accusations of racism, I have a Black friend!

This year's 81st Golden Globe Awards ceremony may not look any different to viewers watching at home, but behind the scenes it's another story. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the notoriously small and scandal-plagued group that used to select the winners, has been disbanded in favor of a more racially and...Read more...

Updated as of 1/4/2024 at 10:00 a.m. ET

Our King of Pop, Michael Jackson is gone-but reportedly his 93-year-old mother Katherine Jackson is still very protective over how his estate makes money off his legacy and licensing his name. According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, the Jackson matriarch of the legendary family is asking Michael's...Read more...

When it comes to medical myths, Philly-based family physician Dr. Jen Caudle is known online for shedding light on popular misconceptions. The more than 224,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel and 162,000-plus followers on TikTok turn to Caudle to break down everything from the potential dangers of sea moss to what...Read more...

On Wednesday, court documents were unsealed (following a federal judge's ruling in December) that included more than 100 names allegedly connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It's a hefty read and features more than 900 pages of primarily unredacted documents. - Candace McDuffie Read MoreRead more...

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After losing his race for Kentucky Governor, former Attorney General Daniel Cameron is moving on to the most predictable career pivot possible for a Black conservative. You guessed it - he's waging a war on wokeness at the 1792 Exchange.

A 20-year-old Florida man has just been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison after crafting a plot to kill his girlfriend. Allegedly, he falsely accused her of giving him an STD. If you thought that was bad, just wait until you get to the part where his mother was in on the hit.Read more...

Victoria Monet may be a new face in music to some, but she's already a certified legend-and just got a major cosign from fellow legend Anita Baker.Read more...

Katt William's tell-all interview with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay" has taken over social media. Every day people are pulling out new tidbits from the explosive two-hour conversation with the NFL Hall of Famer.Read more...

Taraji P. Henson continues to discuss her Hollywood struggles as a Black actress very openly. In a new interview with The New York Times, the 53-year-old Oscar-nominated actress talks about her illustrious career and how she wants longevity and work that matters."Read more...

A fight on the SEPTA platform in Philadelphia turned fatal as one person ended up falling onto the train tracks just milliseconds before the train approached the station.

The main reason we're still talking about Katt Williams' nearly three-hour interview with Shannon Sharpe for his Club Shay Shay podcast days later is that there's so much material to sift through. Even we did the best that we could.Read more...

In a recent interview with The Root, Grammy nominated artist Victoria Monet said she feels that music labels and copyright laws are a bit behind" when it comes to protecting artists from artificial intelligence (AI) being used to recreate their likeness.

Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? Bill Ackman, the conservative billionaire who viciously called for Harvard's Claudine Gay to be fired, has a wife who was accused of the very same plagiarism allegations that eventually costed Gay her job.Read more...

On Wednesday, court documents were unsealed (following a federal judge's ruling in December) that included more than 100 names allegedly connected to the late Jeffrey Epstein. It's a hefty read and features more than 900 pages of primarily unredacted documents.Read more...

On Jan. 8, 21 days after Jonathan Majors' career was flushed down the toilet by way of a guilty assault verdict, his first post-conviction interview will air on ABC.Read more...

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay announced her resignation on Tuesday - to the disappointment of many who lauded her appointment as the first Black president as a major achievement. For weeks, accusations of plagiarism plagued Gay. But many Black scholars argued that her real crime was being a Black woman in a...Read more...

Don't play with Whoopi Goldberg. From her beginnings as a stand up comedian to Oscar-winning movie star, and now co-host of The View," Goldberg deserves her flowers. She has also always been forthright about what she likes and what she loves to do in her personal life: nothing.

Earlier this week, Texas mourned the loss of civil rights icon and political trailblazer, former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. But her passing has been made all the more tragic with this latest allegation from her family.Read more...

After the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, studio release schedules got a little hectic. Major films that were expected last year, like Dune: Part 2, got pushed back to 2024 instead. Which means that this year, the film calendar is actually pretty packed. We've got classic January horror movies like Night Swim,...Read more...

What's really going on with Auntie Oprah Winfrey as of late?Read more...

Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google's years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of its users, about 30 million people. By the end of the year, cookies will be gone in Chrome forever-sort of.Read more...

Sofia may have had to fight all her life, but in the newest movie musical adaptation of The Color Purple," star Danielle Brooks recently shared how she had to fight through pain to bring her character to life.

The legendary rapper Chuck D took to X/Twitter on Thursday morning to defend Queen of Pop Madonna against ageism. The 63-year-old rapper had a word or two for the trolls criticizing the 65-year-old Material Girl" singer's dancing abilities at her age.Read more...

Very few stars had a more tumultuous 2023 than Keke Palmer. Most of her headline-grabbing moments stemmed from her toxic relationship with Darius Jackson. It started back in July when he publicly criticized her outfit at Usher's Vegas show. This led to a Black Twitter dragging for him, the likes of which we've rarely...Read more...