Machel Montano (Instagram) I spent the weekend shadowing Machel Montano’s triumphant return to Trinidad Carnival with his new album, “One Degree Hotter”, and the wisdom of a Master’s degree in Carnival Studies. It’s noon on Sunday, and the check-in area of the docked Epic Carnival Cruise ship buzzes with pre-carnival energy as I search for…
President Donald Trump gave ABC News a tour of the Oval Office earlier this week and the results were disastrous for the commander in chief, whose lack of knowledge of basic U.S. history was on embarrassing display. Asked, for one, about the portrait of James Monroe which hangs behind him, Trump responded, “I think the…
Sometimes, “Shark Tank” judges don’t get along with guests. In one resurfaced episode from 2016, one passionate contestant leaves all the judges disinterested and gets silenced by Kevin O’Leary. On episode 7 of season 8, entrepreneur Kash Shaikh pitched his marketplace app called BeSomebody to the sharks. In the clip posted on the show’s YouTube page,…
FILE – Janelle Monae poses for a portrait at Dream Downtown, on Monday, August 12, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File) This year’s Met Gala marks the first show centered exclusively on Black designers and the first in more than two decades to spotlight menswear. Black dandyism is taking center stage at the Met…
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 19: Elon Musk speaks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as they watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Elon Musk has described it as a “Ponzi scheme” and insisted that reducing waste in…
Pastor John Gray raised more than a few eyebrows with his recent appearance on the “Dear Future Wifey” podcast, where he shared some surprisingly intimate details about his marriage. The special fifth anniversary episode, hosted by Laterras R. Whitfield at Love Story Church in Greenville, South Carolina, brought together a roster of guests to chat…
Since going public at the beginning of this year, Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster have been keeping a low profile with their relationship. Now, it seems all the controversy that’s been simmering since their rumored romance began is finally taking a toll on the Broadway couple. Jackman and Foster were co-stars in the Broadway revival…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: Kendrick Lamar, winner of the Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, and Song of the Year Awards for “Not Like Us” poses in the press room during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles,…
Six people, including one teenager, were charged after a Kansas courtroom brawl broke out during the sentencing of a 19-year-old man who was convicted in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy. The fight happened on April 8 in the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, where family members of 14-year-old TrenJ’vious “Tubby” Hutton crowded…
While nothing will ever compare to a mother’s love, these Black-owned gifts come pretty close. (Photo: Adobe Stock) While nothing will ever compare to a mother’s love, these Black-owned Mother’s Day gifts come pretty close. If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that Black mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and the women who raised us…
