Denzel Washington in “Gladiator II.” (Cuba Scott/Paramount Pictures). “Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film the first one was in 2001. It’s more a swaggering, sword-and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else, and no one understands that more than Denzel Washington. Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is…
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) is defended by Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Wembanyama — who had 34 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three blocks in the Spurss defeat of the Sacramento Kings…
Source: GIORGIO VIERA / Getty Donald Trump is on his way back to the White House, and this time he’s back for revenge. This is the point at which the sociopsychological experiment that is the United States of America has jumped the shark and descended into madness. We are a week past the election, and…
Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole, is reportedly feeling distanced from her football wives friend group. Nicole hinted that her relationships with the Kansas City Chiefs wives and girlfriends — “WAGs” — had become strained after her five-year on-again, off-again relationship with Kelce ended in 2022. Now Marca has reported that its purported sources are doubling…
Janet Jackson, shown performing at the 2018 Essence Festival in New Orleans, will be taking the stage at this year’s 30th Essence Festival of Culture, happening over 2024’s Fourth of July weekend, in New Orleans. (Photo: Amy Harris/Invision/AP, file) The non-performer nominees include Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, who contributed to the hit ″The Boy Is Mine″…
Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music” is a one-credit class that will focus on the period from her 2013 self-titled album through this year’s…
A pastor convicted of murdering his girlfriend on the night before he was set to marry his other girlfriend will remain in prison for the rest of his life. William Pounds, who served at King’s Chapel Memorial CME Church in Perry, Georgia, had appealed his conviction of killing fiancée Kendra Jackson, saying the state’s case…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Vice President Kamala Harris fought with a relentless determination to become the first woman, first Black, and first South Asian American Vice President of the United States—a victory that reflected the same grit she put forth in her historic bid for the presidency. Reaching such heights takes not only…
In a new lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice accused the Mississippi state Senate of severely underpaying a Black staff attorney for years. Federal officials allege that the state Senate discriminated against former staff attorney Kristie Metcalf and paid her a much lower salary than her white colleagues during her eight years working in the…
The world’s biggest billionaire bully, Elon Musk, who was a major funder of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, is getting a taste of his own medicine. Following SNL’s opening skit featuring comedian Dana Carvey’s portrayal of him, the X owner has found himself trending as people mock his body shape and his attempts to post…
