Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Ellen Holly, whose role on ABC’s hit soap opera One Life To Live made her the first Black actor to lead a daytime TV show, has died at the age of 92. Holly’s rep confirmed to NBC News that she passed away on Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New…
A Pennsylvania school bus aide was arrested for attacking a 6-year-old passenger. MacArthur Wilson was charged with attempted simple assault, strangulation, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment in relation to the Oct. 16 incident, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. The boy’s parents informed local police that their son darted off the bus when he…
Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie have forged a friendship out of their shared experiences of love and loss. The two stars are currently in pre-production for their upcoming film, “Maude v Maude,” for which they will serve as co-leads and co-producers. The film’s plot is still being closely guarded, but the Warner Bros. movie already…
A 26-year-old woman made headlines this week after authorities said she tried to burn down Martin Luther King Jr’s birth home, a beloved National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia. Laneisha Shanrice Henderson was charged with interfering with government property and second-degree attempted arson for carrying out the alleged act on Thursday, according to preliminary details…
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty So… There are a number of things that were not on my 2023 Bingo card. Those things include Anita Baker beefing with Babyface, Ice Cube cruising through South Central L.A. with Tucker Carlson, Larry Elder giving Charlamagne Tha God his “n*gga wakeup call,” and, of course, KK-Karen Reps Marjorie Taylor…
Jennifer Lopez is the latest celebrity who has fallen victim to verbal attacks from Beyoncé’s ride-or-die fanbase, the BeyHive. At Elle’s annual Women in Hollywood celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 5, E! News caught up with “Jenny from the Block” and asked her to name who should be “Woman of the Year” for 2023, in reference…
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty California Congresswoman Maxine Waters is prioritizing her constituents’ financial needs by demanding banks open up more branches in her district in which the largest ethnic group of residents is Black people. The demands come as research shows African Americans face considerable challenges in accessing bank services for a number of…
Dionne Warwick continues to prove that pettiness is not just a young person’s sport, as her witty presence on X, formerly known as Twitter, has drawn attention to an old industry feud. The legendary artist renewed interest in claims that the late U.K. entertainer Cilla Black hijacked Warwick’s singing style and songs to pave a…
A county commission in rural Georgia is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging zoning changes in one of Black America’s most treasured former enslaved communities in the rural South. The legal action, filed in October on behalf of a group of Black residents in the Hogg Hammock community on a Georgia barrier…
A group of Republican senators abruptly stormed out of a classified briefing earlier this week following an outburst from South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who exclaimed, “Can we f—king get someone in here who knows anything?” during foreign aid discussions with defense secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Gen. Charles Q. Brown, who are both Black….
