Source: Mickalene Thomas / Mickalene Thomas The gorgeous cast of The Color Purple adaptation graces the cover of Essence Magazine’s November/December holiday issue. The star-studded lineup includes Black Hollywood heavy-hitters Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., Fantasia Barino, and Taraji P. Henson. The Color Purple was first published as a novel in 1983. In 1995, it was turned into a movie…
Catching many travelers off guard is a new practice being stealthily carried out by drug agents dressed as plainclothes passengers at the Atlanta airport who are randomly searching people they suspect are transporting drug money. Atlanta News First Investigates reporters tailed Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officers at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as…
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in a park near the Washington Monument during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on October 21, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a rally near the Washington Monument to demand a ceasefire in Gaza as the war between Israel continues. Israel has heavily bombed the Gaza…
Rickey Smiley is feeling the weight of seasonal depression brought on by the cooler autumn temperatures. The entertainer also has been mourning the tragic loss of his firstborn child, Brandon Smiley, since January, as well as the pain of being estranged from his son’s daughter, Storm. “The changing of the season is triggering. Sadness, anger,…
Fans are fawning over Marlon Wayans’ supportive message to Lupita Nyong’o following her split announcement from boyfriend and sports commentator Selema Masekela. On Thursday, Oct. 19, the “Black Panther” actress shared a lengthy post about entering a “season of heartbreak” due to “deception.” after a sudden love in her life revealed themselves as untrustworthy. Trending…
Tyler Perry is pictured on September 3, 2023, in Malibu, California. | Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty Tyler Perry is opening up about what he described as a “disrespectful” process when Paramount Global made BET available for purchase earlier this year. The movie mogul spoke out more than two months after the company that…
A French museum is being called out after it unveiled a wax figure of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that appeared to resemble a Caucasian man more than it did the ex-WWE star. Johnson is Black and Samoan, and his fans noted that the wax figure displayed at the Musée Grévin museum in Paris, France, is…
Mo’Nique is keeping her views about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith‘s marriage to herself after being asked her thoughts during the “Big Tigger Morning Show.” The comedienne was asked to share her opinion surrounding the “Matrix” star’s revelation in her new memoir “Worthy” that the duo separated back in 2016. Mo’Nique was asked if…
Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine after he violated a gag order by attacking a court clerk on social media. Reports show that Trump was issued the fine for a “blatant violation” of the gag order imposed on the ex-president during the early days of his civil fraud trial….
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, Illionis on May 9, 2019. | Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty Minister Louis Farrakhan has sued the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for allegedly misusing the terms “anti-Semite” and “anti-Semitic,” both of which terms the leading Jewish advocacy group has assigned to the Nation…
