A first-term Republican congressman offered a non-apology apology when confronted this week with photos taken of him dressed as Michael Jackson, his face visibly darkened. Mike Lawler, who represents a district in New York’s Hudson Valley, contends that blackface, a practice long considered racist, was not his intent. Instead, he said in a statement, the…
Daniel Penny is escorted in handcuffs by the NYPD after turning himself into the 5th Precinct on May 12, 2023, in New York City. | Source: Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty The criminal trial is underway for Daniel Penny, the vigilante Marine who was charged with second-degree manslaughter after he was captured on video applying a chokehold…
Normani attends the Roberto Cavalli fashion show during the Milan Womenswear Spring/Summer 2025 on September 18, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) Speaking with Law Roach and Keke Palmer, Normani discussed how she learned to use style to shine. Normani is sharing more of what it was like to be the…
Mariah Carey performs at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, Dec. 31, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File) “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now a holiday staple. In a Q&A with The Associated Press, Mariah Carey explains why she hesitated making a Christmas album, as well…
Gymnast Simone Biles is seen on the field before the game between the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams at Soldier Field on September 29, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Part Two of Netflix’s “Simone Biles: Rising” shows the moment the gymnast sustained an injury during the 2024 Paris Olympics….
Arsenio Hall and Murphy in the 1988 movie, “Coming to America.” | Source: Everett Collection In all the years I’ve called Hollywood home, I have never once heard anyone say, “James Earl Jones is an asshole.” That is a rarity in a town where friends and enemies too often wear the same faces. These hills,…
Civil rights advocate and legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw speaks after she received her medal during the Harvard University Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony on October 1, 2024, at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, Masachusetts. | Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Congratulations are in order for the esteemed Kimberlé Crenshaw. This week, the world-famous…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 15: Gina Torres attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) From “Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico” to “Black Mexicans,” there is a wave of new television and films that illuminate the diverse experiences of Afro-Latinos and…
The streets are flooded near Peachtree Creek after hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains over night on September 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) Kobe Williams, 27, and her infant sons, Khyzier and Khazmir, died while sheltering in their trailer home in Thomson, Georgia, during Hurricane Helene. Obie Williams could hear…
The celebration was short-lived for two former Kentucky cops recently cleared of felony charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor — only to be indicted again by the U.S. Department of Justice this week. Now former Louisville Police Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany are once again facing life in prison if…
