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Us star Lupita Nyong’o will be taking her talents from the wonderful world of Wakanda to an eerily silent space for the upcoming prequel film, A Quiet Place: Day One.Read more...

If you’re like me and have been watching holiday movies since mid-October, you don’t need the warning. But for everyone else, it’s Mariah season! Just in case you live in a cave or move to Mars during November and December, this is the period where Mariah Carey becomes our queen and we worship at the altar of “All I…Read more...

Everyone in hip-hop is still shocked and mourning the death of one of the genre’s most beloved rappers, Takeoff.Read more...

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Did anyone know Al B. Sure! was in such critical condition?Read more...

It’s been less than a day since pay transparency has gone into effect in New York, but already eagle-eyed sleuths on Twitter are giving some of these salary ranges the side-eye.Read more...

Turns out Clarence Thomas wasn’t his savior after all.Read more...

It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean time to hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” on endless loop. Although, it is that time too. I’m talking about Open Enrollment, the time when you can enroll or make changes to your healthcare coverage. Although that doesn’t sound nearly as fun as…Read more...

Starr Andrews made history at just 21 years of age on Saturday by becoming the first Black US figure skater to earn the ISU Grand Prix medal. This historic feat is a first in the series’ twenty-seven year history. It took place at Skate Canada in Mississauga, OntarioRead more...

What a way to end spooky season. Monday morning, Elk Township police responded to a life-like doll resembling a young Black girl hanging from a tree by a noose, per The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s unclear who hung the doll, but witnesses who caught a glimpse were left horrified and debated online whether it was a hate…Read more...

Comedian and former Saturday Night Live star Chris Redd is recovering well after being assaulted in front of a New York City comedy club last week.Read more...

Every time a celebrity gets in trouble and becomes persona non grata on the internet, there’s an equally loud crowd complaining about “cancel culture.” For those crying about celebrities being canceled, talk show host/comedian Amber Ruffin has a timely reality check.

The widow of Chadwick Boseman, Simone Ledward Boseman, is breaking her silence about her husband in her first-ever TV interview.Read more...

As anticipation ramps up for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, some fans are already looking ahead to a possible Black Panther 3. By now, Marvel Studios would have usually announced the third entry in the Wakanda franchise, but the company is keeping things more secretive with the Multiverse Saga than it did with the…Read more...

This year, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis will be amongst the newest Rock and Roll of Fame inductees this year. Others being honored this year include Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte, Eminem, Carly Simon and Dolly Parton.Read more...

We’re only in the second week of the NBA season and life in the Eastern Conference just got a lot more interesting.Read more...

I’ve heard of NBA players getting together and talking in the off-season about joining teams, but never commenting on a potential trade they are involved in on a podcast during the season. Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner has heard the same trade scenario we have. He and Pacers guard Buddy Hield would go to the Los…Read more...

As Gunna and Young Thug still sit in an Atlanta jail awaiting their in their YSL RICO case, others on the outside are still fighting on their behalf.Read more...

A Chicago police lieutenant retired from the department just weeks before the Civilian Office of Police Accountability exposed him for his mess: racist Facebook posts, says a report from the Chicago Tribune. The COPA report concluded he violated the department policy and was unfit to serve. It seems he foresaw the…Read more...

During a speech on Wednesday about the economy and inflation, President Joe Biden revealed that hidden airline fees often affect “marginalized Americans” the most. The conference took place at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House.Read more...

For those of us who have been following the Williams sisters since the beginning of their careers, it seems like they just came on the scene yesterday. However, Venus Williams reminded us all how old we are with an Instagram post celebrating the anniversary of her professional tennis debut.

The seemingly never-ending saga of Ye—the artist formerly known as Kanye West—continues as more and more developments arise in the aftermath of his anti-Semitic comments.Read more...

More sad news continues to come out of the music world.Read more...

Takeoff, who served as one-third of the hip hop group Migos, was shot to death early Tuesday morning. The rapper, whose real name was Kirsnik Khari Ball, was only 28 years when he died. Police responded a little after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shooting at 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston.Read more...

If you think the person in the cubicle next to you is getting paid more than you are for the same job, you could soon have a reliable way to find out. Starting November 1, employers in New York City must provide “a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, and transfer opportunity advertised,” according to the…Read more...

I’ve been to enough comic book conventions to know that some people take their cosplay very seriously. They’re not just dressing as the character, they’re embodying them. Ever since Heath Ledger’s iconic performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight, we get flooded with over-the-top impressions/tributes every Halloween.…Read more...

The University of Missouri is having trouble retaining its Black faculty staff members. At the beginning of this school year, there were only 83 Black faculty members, down from 92 from the previous year, according to the Columbia Missourian. MU provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs Latha Ramchand…Read more...

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After the death of 7-year-old Ja’Ceon Terry, the foster care facility where he lived was exposed for numerous allegations of abusing minors, according to a special report from NBC News. The facility and its sister campus had racked up complaints for several years before this tragic accident.

Most people want to look like a million dollars. But no one actually wants to spend that much on their beauty routine.Read more...

It looks like Emmy award-winning actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will be trading out his DC digs for a Marvel mansuit for an upcoming Disney+ series, Wonder Man.Read more...

MF DOOM is such a unique figure in the history of entertainment, let alone hip-hop. Once an enigma, DOOM ended his career as one of the most praised and beloved figures in music history.

Twitter now being in the hands of Elon Musk becomes more and more unbearable by the day. Not only did he fire the app’s top executives and let racists spew the N-word at insane rates (it got so bad Lebron James had to step in), but now he is charging for blue checkmark verification after firing the entire Twitter…Read more...

There are things that are so obviously scam that they shouldn’t need to be clarified in 2022. If you’ve never left the country but that Nigerian official desperately needs your bank routing number and password, don’t answer the email. Choose better friends if the people in your phone actually hit you up about joining…Read more...

Just when the United States started to close the gap between life expectancy rates amongst races, Covid-19 wrecked the chance.

It looks as though former Trump aides are at it again regarding racist political ads running in crucial battleground states. America First Legal, a group founded by former Trump Senior Advisor Stephen Miller, is putting out radio ads as a “warning” to white Americans that President Joe Biden is putting policies in…Read more...

The Supreme Court may be gearing up to land the final blow in the decades long debate over affirmative action.Read more...

This election cycle has seen its fair share of crazy, as election deniers and conspiracy theorists try to infiltrate every level of government.Read more...

We all know Sean “Diddy” Combs doesn’t need a reason to brag, but this is a pretty big deal, so I’ll give him a pass on this one.

Despite the voting restrictions signed into law by Georgia’s Republican-dominated legislature last year, Black church leaders and activists joined together for a rally on Sunday. Two dozen cars and a large bus with the image of civil rights icon John Lewis headed from Rainbow Baptist Church to a nearby polling…Read more...

If you had there being a connection between civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and “America’s Sweetheart,” actress Julia Roberts, on your 2022 Bingo card, then boy, oh boy, do I have some good news for you!Read more...

Kanye West had another eventful weekend, and like everything he does nowadays, it was all bad.

The Rev. William Barber II has become an avatar for ministry rooted in social justice during an era where activism has largely become unmoored from organized religion. His thundering delivery gives his sermons—which refuse to spare capitalism, white supremacy, attempts to whitewash American history or either political…Read more...

Tennessee sports reporter Kasey Funderburg has been fired from all her reporting positions after her old racist tweets were exposed, per Knox News. Some Twitter users called her a hypocrite given moments before she was exposed, she had called out a Knoxville reporter for a racist joke. Though, a looming question…Read more...

In the current media climate we live in, it’s becoming harder and harder to be a Karen without a camera pointing directly in your face. As a result, the consequences that Karens avoided for so many years are now being brought to light.Read more...

Listen up, Corporate America. In case you need another reason to consider a Black person for the CEO spot of your company, you should know that it could impact your bottom line. Results of a recent study released in the Strategic Management Journal found that companies’ stock prices increase when they hire Black CEOs.Read more...

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In July, Muhammad A. Aziz, one of the men exonerated in the murder of Malcolm X last year, sued the city of New York and former law enforcement officials involved in the murder investigation years ago for $40 million.Read more...

A federal judge in Arizona has rejected a request for both a restraining order and preliminary injunction against a far-right group that has been accused of gathering near ballot boxes and watching voters, ABC News reports. U.S. District Judge Michail T Liburdi, appointed by former President Trump, claims he cannot…Read more...