Alfonso Ribeiro does not want or need anyone’s help to revive his acting career, especially not Tyler Perry. The actor, who seldomly tweets, set off a ringing alarm when he extinguished a fan’s hope that the filmmaker and studio owner could clear a pathway to get him booked for a role. “Tyler Perry needs to…
T.I. is giving his son King Harris grace, as the young man seems determined to graduate from the school of hard knocks despite his suburban and well-to-do upbringing. The 19-year-old has the reputation of being the “bad” offspring among the Grand Hustle rapper’s crew of seven children, three of whom he shares with his wife,…
One of three former Tacoma police officers acquitted of manslaughter last year in the fatal arrest of a Black man four years ago has filed a $47 million lawsuit against city and state officials, claiming his reputation was destroyed after being falsely accused of racism and criminal misconduct. Timothy Rankine, who is Asian American, was found…
A video being widely shared on social media claims to show officers with a Florida police department brutally beating a Black teenage boy. The footage making the rounds on social media on Tuesday is just shy of a minute long and lacks any context. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump was among those who shared the…
The rolling hills of headstones mark the final resting place of service men and women at Arlington National Cemetery on May 27, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia. | Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty It has been nearly three and a half years since an angry and misinformed MAGA mob staged an attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Gabrielle Union is the movie star in her family, but Kaavia James is who the people want to see. Even when sitting courtside with her mom and retired NBA superstar of a dad, Dwyane Wade, all eyes are still locked on the 5-year-old. Such was the case when Union shared a carousel of images and…
Source: Sean Pavone / Getty A Black Drag Performer in Idaho was awarded more than $1 million on Friday after a jury found that he was defamed by a conservative blogger. According to AP, the Kootenai County District Court jury awarded Eric Posey $926,000 in compensatory damages for defamation after blogger Summer Bushnell posted a doctored…
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi recently denied qualified immunity to a detective who had falsely accused a Mississippi man of capital murder and, in doing so, also agreed with the plaintiff that qualified immunity itself is unlawful. The decision could reshape the landscape of civil rights litigation. …
Steve Harvey believes that men only have to remember one golden rule in order to have a lasting marriage, but his own alleged marital strife has made it impossible for some skeptics to receive the message. The comedian’s words of advice come months after rumors that he and Marjorie Harvey were working through a rough…
Source: screenshot / Twitter A Chicago man is gradually trying to pick up the pieces after spending 12 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. One of his first steps included suing the city and the police department for his wrongful arrest and conviction. According to AP, Darien Harris filed a civil…
