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Montel Williams hasn't been in the spotlight for a while, but the beloved former television host has been trending lately - and not for reasons that appeal to him.Read more...

A 72-year-old serial killer who terrorized South Africa during the 1980s post- apartheid has died of his medical condition. But families are pushing the police to investigate the 20 alleged murders beyond the few he was convicted of.

Former president Donald Trump will appear at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual conference in Chicago on Wednesday (July 31). The announcement Monday night. He will sit for a panel moderated by three Black women - ABC's Rachel Scott, FOX News' Harris Faulkner and Semafor reporter Kadia Goba.Read more...

Phaedra Parks has come home. The reality TV personality has returned to The Real Housewives of Atlanta" amid a rocky production of the show's 16th season. Parks, who is currently a full-time cast member on Bravo's Married to Medicine," announced her return in a glamorous Instagram post.Read more...

America is less than one hundred days away from choosing the next president. From President Joe Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to former President Donald Trump being shot at his own rally, this election season has been nothing short of a rollercoaster.

Amid the nonstop racist attacks Kamala Harris has received from white conservative supporters, more than 150,000 white men joined the online stream for the White Dudes for Harris" online fundraising event that raised more than $4 million for the presidential hopeful.Read more...

Tiffany Haddish is one of those celebrities who seems to enjoy letting the world in on every aspect of her life. But maybe we don't need to know everything she's thinking all the time. The Girls Trip" star once again found herself in trouble on social media when she posted a TikTok video of her visit to a Zimbabwean...Read more...

Ever get the feeling someone was dodging you? You know, if you catch up with them it's gonna get real so they never return your calls or texts. Your emails go unanswered and when you see them in the street you have to yell: Yo muthaf**** what up, doe!?"Read more...

I'm not sure if an actual basement exists when it comes to the quality of Tyler Perry content, but Divorce in the Black" has to be close.Read more...

Love takes Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall around the track and around the world. Tara is returning to the Olympics for the second time after representing Team USA in the long jump at the Tokyo Games in 2020. Hunter, who medaled in both the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics, will run in his third Paralympics in Paris.Read more...

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is infused with enough #BlackGirlMagic to help her kill it in the Oval Office and be a successful world leader. Here are just seven reasons, based on accomplishments throughout her career and all sorts of research on how Black women excel at...well, almost everything.

The internet is at again, having a ball with comments made by a British sports reporter after seeing tennis legend Serena Williams walk the red carpet ahead of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris on July 26.

After more than 30 years in the entertainment industry, Snoop Dogg has quite literally done it all. Nowadays, he's seen as a hip-hop legend, an entrepreneur, a pitch man, a hilarious media personality and a vocal cannabis advocate. However, he started out as a kid from Long Beach who just wanted to be a rapper. He's...Read more...

On Saturday (July 27), comedian Amanda Seales lit up the internet once again with her commentary. This time, she directed her sights to Vice President Kamala Harris and recounted a meeting that Seales said took place between the two women.

Last week as a group of Black boys, who are known for their entertaining drum performances on plastic buckets, were performing in downtown Nashville, members of a neo-Nazi group started harassing the crew and shouting racial slurs.

Nearly a year after sending the nation into a frenzy over her disappearance and pleading guilty to faking the abduction, Carlee Russell has broken her silence... again.

There are some white people who really hate it when Black folks have nice things that don't involve whiteness or make it the focus. When Slave Play" began having its Black out" performances, which are a showcase for all Black audiences to enjoy the production, the criticism was loud and ridiculous.

If it's one thing Flavor Flav knows how to do, it's steal the show! The Public Enemy hype man is making headlines after fans noticed his unwavering support for an unexpected sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Since he dropped his first self-titled album in 1994 at age 15, Usher has been no stranger to stardom - and the wealth that comes along with it. But rather than allow himself to get Caught Up" in the perils that can come with making a lot of money at a young age, the U Got it Bad" singer has had done his best to...Read more...

A professional basketball player since 2013, Brittney Griner's impact on and off the court has been nothing short of extraordinary. As a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team and a six-time WNBA All-Star, she has solidified her place among the basketball elite.Read more...

Swae Lee, best known for being one-half of the rap duo Rae Sremmurd, decided to voice his opinion about Vice President Kamala Harris over the weekend and was quickly reprimanded for it.Read more...

As more details emerge surrounding the July 6 killing of 36-year-old Sonya Massey, the chilling history of her killer, Sean Grayson, 30, is raising eyebrows over how he was even allowed into the police force in the first place.

When it comes to enjoying their wealth, there's no right way for celebrities to proceed. If they spend their money on seemingly meaningless purchases, they're seen as out of touch and entitled. If they don't ball out the way fans expect, people are suddenly counting their coins. Music superstar Lil Nas X found himself...Read more...

In a blistering 69-page brief filed Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg demanded Judge Juan Merchan throw out Donald Trump's appeal of his infamous hush money conviction, arguing that Trump's behavior is not protected by the Supreme Court granting him immunity for his official duties.Read more...

Richard Pryor's former Hollywood home is on the market. That's right, the same home where he sat down for his infamous interview with Barbara Walters is on sale. - Noah A. McGeeRead more...

Drafted by the San Antonio Stars in 2015, Dearica Hamby looks to add another gold medal to her collection on the 3 x 3 team in Paris. Let's look at five facts of this 2024 WNBA All-Star and first-time Olympian from Marietta, Georgia.

In an interview with Hot 97, Audrey Jackson-the mother of the late emcee Pop Smoke (real name Bashar Barakah Jackson) discussed her son's death. In addition, she also talked about the infamous No Jumper podcast interview with Pop Smoke's alleged killer.

Oregon shot putter Jaida Ross set an earth-shattering record of 20.01 meters at the NCAA track and field regionals last May. This made her the first collegiate female athlete to break the 20-meter mark and one of only seven women in American history to reach this milestone.Read more...

As two of the most influential artists in music history, Michael and Janet Jackson have achieved unparalleled success. Alongside his brothers in The Jackson 5, Michael became famous at a very young age. Meanwhile, Janet broke into the mainstream with her iconic 1986 album Control." - Stephanie HollandRead more...

When it comes to celebrities, we keep up with what they're wearing, what they're eating and who they're dating. But how often do we think about what they smell like? Never mind, don't answer that. But seriously, if you can't be a celebrity yourself, you can at least try to smell like one. That's why we scoured the...Read more...

As if the investigation into Sonya Massey's shooting couldn't get anymore disturbing, the new information emerging about the deputy who shot her makes us wonder if he even deserved to be employed as a cop. - Kalyn Womack Read MoreRead more...

All the negative predictions and chatter about disgruntled Black voters abandoning the Democratic Party are nonsense.Read more...

Kendrick Lamar's music is always going to have a deeper meaning, even when he's dissing his biggest rival, Drake. So it should be no surprise that K. Dot's much-anticipated music video for Not Like Us," which dropped earlier this month, is packed with symbolism and hidden meanings. Let's dig into it.Read more...

Last year, 20-year-old gymnast Frederick Richard etched his name in history by becoming the youngest individual medalist in the men's world championship. He also scored two bronze medals in the all-around division, which propelled the U.S. men's team back on the podium for the first time in nine years.Read more...

Republicans are feeling the heat after President Joe Biden stepped aside and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency. Scratching at anything they can find to make Harris look bad, here comes Tenn. Rep. William Andy" Ogles trying to impeach her. - Phenix S Halley Read MoreRead more...

The excitement is brewing for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes from all over the world will descend on the host city to go for gold in sports like track and field, basketball, and, for the first time - breakdancing. But you can't go to Paris, a city known for fashion, without looking your best, which...Read more...

The gorgeous, restored Charles Fisher Mansion in Detroit is a stunning work of art. According to MLive, in 2018, The Good Doctor" actor Hill Harper, who owns the home, brought in designers from six states to redesign 44 rooms in the historic home. In a mansion this size, it's tough ask to get everyone to find a...Read more...

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As the world watches the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, all eyes will be on 27-year-old gymnast Simone Biles. After withdrawing from competition at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo to focus on her mental health, she's hoping to get a little redemption for herself and her teammates, who brought home a silver medal in...Read more...

There's a lot to keep track of during the 2024 Paris Olympics. As much as you want to watch everything, it's just not physically possible. Also, France is six hours ahead of the eastern time zone and nine hours ahead of the pacific time zone, so you may be asleep during some of the Games' biggest moments. However, to...Read more...

Two months after rapper Sean Kingston and his mother Janice Turner were arrested on fraud and theft charges back in May, it appears things have only gotten worse.Read more...

Christopher Dunn, 52, has maintained his innocence for more than three decades after he was convicted of the 1990 murder of Ricco Rogers. After spending 33 years in a Missouri prison, Dunn was scheduled to be released Wednesday evening after a St. Louis Circuit judge found there to be insufficient evidence to hold...Read more...

As two of the most influential artists in music history, Michael and Janet Jackson have achieved unparalleled success. Alongside his brothers in The Jackson 5, Michael became famous at a very young age. Meanwhile, Janet broke into the mainstream with her iconic 1986 album Control." - Stephanie HollandRead more...

Prolific filmmaker and billionaire mogul Tyler Perry is hearing all of y'alls comments about his films and his treatment of Black women as characters in his stories, and he is not playing around about his art. - Emell Adolphus Read MoreRead more...

Black women, Black men, Latinos, Asian-Pacific Islanders, a herd of boastful Bison from Howard University, Kamala Harris' alma mater, and just about every group imaginable is gathering to put her in the Oval Office. White women even broke Zoom with 164,000 on their call to get behind Harris - some abandoning not only...Read more...

In news that can only be described as cool story, bro, nobody cares"-Tory Lanez is back in the headlines.Read more...

If you've ever wanted to live like Shaqille O'Neal, you may have the opportunity to do just that thanks to the home he recently put up for sale.Read more...

After Tyler Perry ruffled a few feathers with his clapback towards critics of his films and highbrow negroes" during his appearance on Keke Palmer's podcast, Baby, This is Keke Palmer" earlier this week, Palmer is coming to his defense.Read more...

Every single day, Candace Owens makes it a point to disrespect Black people to satisfy her following, and she managed to reach yet another new low: Owens defended the police officer who fatally shot Sonya Massey, and Cardi B had a few things to say about it.Read more...

On Wednesday, Oprah Winfrey, 70 and Gayle King, 69, sat with Melinda French Gates' Moments That Make Us" interview series and discussed the nature of their friendship, including one pesky rumor that has followed them for decades.Read more...