Waithe’s imprint will be an extension of the Hillman Grad production company she founded with Rishi Rajani “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn is a familiar name on bestseller lists, but her personal reading tastes run to books most haven’t heard about. “I start every conversation about books with ‘What’s the weirdest things you’ve read this…
Dash’s Labelle co-founder, Patti Labelle, took to Instagram with an emotional tribute to the late singer Sarah Dash, the singer known for being a co-founder of the all-female singing group Labelle, passed away at the age of 76 on Monday. Dash was born in Trenton N.J., originally forming the vocal group, The Capris. When moving…
“No matter where you go in this conversation, you’re going to come back to this: The wrong people were in the room. If the right people were in the room, this wouldn’t have happened,” said Dr. Charles Isbell, John P. Imlay Jr. professor and dean of College of Computing at Georgia Tech. This month Facebook…
Brittany Stokes of McDonough holds a sign calling for Georgia state officials to halt the scheduled execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia, on September 21, 2011. | Source: ERIK S. LESSER / Getty Tuesday marked the 10-year point since the state of Georgia executed…
Among the men scheduled to die is Julius Darius Jones, even though the parole board recommended that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison Oklahoma scheduled seven executions Monday in what would be the first lethal injections for the state since putting them on hold six years ago following a series of mishaps….
It is hard to imagine multi-hyphenate talent Nick Cannon ever has a free moment to himself between juggling hosting duties and bonding with his seven children. But, according to the “Wild ‘N Out” host, his downtime is spent simply being a father to his children ranging in age from 10 years to two months old. “When…
J&J said in statement that an extra dose — given either two months or six months after the initial shot — revved up protection Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose. J&J said in statement that an…
The Mabel Rush Elementary School staffer in Newberg, Oregon came to the campus on Friday calling herself Rosa Parks with her face darkened. An elementary school staff member in Oregon came to work wearing blackface as a “protest” against coronavirus vaccine mandates. According to a local news report from KOIN, the staffer from Mabel Rush Elementary School…
George Holliday, the man who filmed the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991, has died from COVID-19, according to a friend who announced his death Monday. Nearly 30 years before the recorded death of George Floyd and an entire generation before the existence of camera phones and viral video, Holiday…
Two central California police officers were indicted for beating a Black teenager during a pursuit and arrest in December 2020, the San Joaquin County district attorney announced Friday, Sept. 17. Former Stockton Police Department officers Michael Stiles and Omar Villapudua had previously been fired in March after it was determined that the force they used…
