The Bills, the Sabres and the Buffalo Bandits lacrosse team took pictures and handed out meals in the community most impacted Buffalo resident Jamie Lash was giddy as Buffalo Bills player Josh Thomas draped his arm around her shoulder and smiled for a picture Wednesday. It was a rare moment of lightness in a week…
The Oscar, Tony, and Emmy-winning actress sat down with Variety for a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival In a powerful and illuminating recent interview with Variety, Viola Davis opened up about her journey throughout Hollywood as a dark-skinned Black actress, revealing stories about her career, including one when a director called her by his…
Eddie Murphy quickly became a trending topic on Twitter during the wee hours of Thursday, May 19. The legendary actor and comedian is currently preparing to reprise his role as Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop 4,” but fans took the opportunity to revisit some of their favorite Eddie Murphy movies, scenes and comedic skits….
‘The Book of Clarence’ take place in the biblical era, making space for Black characters in an often-white film genre LaKeith Stanfield and director Jeymes Samuel are reuniting for a brand new film. The Book of Clarence is Samuel’s follow-up to the hit Netflix film The Harder They Fall. As theGrio previously reported, The Harder…
Sanders has denied rumors that Barstool Sports ponied up $1M to secure an athlete at Jackson State. Deion Sanders has fired back at Alabama coach Nick Saban after he claimed Jackson State paid a top recruit $1 million dollars to sign a National Letter of Intent. “Jackson State paid a guy a million dollars last…
Thermo Fischer reportedly made over $30 billion in revenue in 2020. Biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific has requested that the lawsuit brought by the family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cells have been used for research for decades, be dismissed, according to CBS-affliliated WJZ. The original lawsuit filed against Thermo Fisher was submitted in…
Albany High School student-athletes were booted from practice for wearing sports bras instead of shirts, which led to immediate activism. The girls’ track and field team at Albany High School in upstate New York received a suspension after they launched a petition calling out gender dress code bias. Several members of the Falcons were asked…
One of the most iconic pieces of Black art has fetched an eight-figure auction bid. The work, made popular by a 1970s hit sitcom, was sold for 76 times more than the seller’s estimated value. The Sugar Shack” by Ernie Barnes, from 1976. Credit: Christie’s Images Ltd. According to the New York Times, on Thursday,…
Criminal justice major Jada Sayles welcomed a baby boy and a diploma at a New Orleans hospital. After four years at Dillard University in New Orleans, Jada Sayles was ready to walk across the stage and receive her diploma when life took a slight detour. “I thought I was gonna walk across the stage to…
Sean “Diddy” Combs is not ready for his daughters to start dating. The media mogul and father of six talked about his teenage daughters during his 18th appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Wednesday, May 18. Chance, 16, and twins D’Lila Star and Jessie James, 15, accompanied their hip-hop dad to the Billboard Music Awards…
