A Monday morning visit to “The Breakfast Club” by Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to tout the Biden Administration’s dedication to historically Black colleges and universities left a lot to be desired as hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy asked him questions about HBCUs. But when the topic turned to the recent student…
The large-scale analysis also found that the vaccine provides just 33% protection against infection from omicron variant A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides just 33% protection against infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, but 70% protection against hospitalization, according to a large-scale analysis in South Africa released Tuesday. A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at…
AUP EP#31 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 12/13/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture, and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, entertainment director at theGrio. And this week we’re speaking to a couple…
The documentary captures the final moments of shooting the last season of Insecure, as well as interviews with the main cast Insecure is coming to an end, and HBO Max is celebrating the end of the groundbreaking series with an official documentary, Insecure: The End. Issa Rae’s popular HBO series has maintained critical acclaim throughout…
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty Wearing a $1,200 Givenchy hoodie, Herschel Walker’s son Christian tried to go after the president for the high price of gas. And yet, local news outlets are running stories that gas prices are going down in the Peach State. A trend that is expected to continue. It seems like the Walker family…
Former Washington Football Team great LaVar Arrington is not feeling Robert Griffin III, who was once controversially called a “cornball brother” by former ESPN analyst Rob Parker. It was announced that the former WFT quarterback would be releasing a franchise expose next year. Arrington felt like the timing was fishy. LaVar’s Not Feeling RGIII “My career…
Faizon Love is taking something of a public pummeling following his remarks about fellow comedian Nicole Byer. “The Parent ‘Hood” actor found himself at the intersection of support and criticism after sharing on social that he was not amused by Nicole’s sense of comedy in her newly released Netflix special “Nicole Byer: Big Beautiful Weirdo.”…
Source: CHANDAN KHANNA / Getty After news of the devastation from multiple tornadoes spread, Jimmy Finch knew he had to do something. So he loaded up supplies and set out from his home in Clarksville, Tenn, driving nearly two hours to Mayfield, Ky., to help feed people. According to local news reports, Finch brought his…
The former NFL star’s son is a social media personality with a big following, Christian Walker, a popular social media star whose father is former NFL player Herschel Walker, posted a video this weekend blaming President Joe Biden for high gas prices. But Christian’s receiving flak for doing so while wearing a pricey designer hoodie. Walker, a…
Samuel L. Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson are helping a long-talked-about project come to fruition at Spelman College. For years leaders of the historically Black college in Atlanta have hoped to begin the process of renovating its John D. Rockefeller Fine Arts building. Now, with a total of $17.3 million in donations received,…
