“The franchise has spent 19 years cultivating a toxic audience,” Lindsay wrote. Rachel Lindsay continues to air her grievances about her experience with the Bachelor franchise. In a new op-ed for New York Magazine published Monday, Lindsay details being “exhausted from defending myself against a toxic fandom” surrounding the show, which fueled her decision to…
Three years after he was dropped from PBS amid allegations of unwanted sexual behavior, Tavis Smiley is making a return to the media circuit with the launch of his new radio station, KBLA 1580 Los Angeles, the only Black-owned and -operated radio talk show in Southern California. Smiley told the Associated Press that in Los…
Osaka shared pictures from her exclusive photoshoot for the magazine to her social media accounts Naomi Osaka is back on social media — sort of. The tennis star is officially the cover model for Vogue Japan‘s August issue. It’s been weeks since Osaka’s historic decision to pull out of the French Open to protect her…
“What more do you want out of your dad than to love and support whatever you do in life?” Zaire Wade wrote about his father, Dwyane Wade. This Father’s Day, Zaire Wade shared his heartfelt appreciation of his father, former NBA player Dwyane Wade and delivered a message to any of his critics. On Sunday,…
“When I touched the wall, I was literally like, ‘Please, God, please!’” said the 2016 gold medalist Simone Manuel is headed to the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan after winning the 50-meter freestyle at the U.S Olympic Team Trials in Omaha Sunday night. “When I touched the wall, I was literally like, ‘Please, God, please!’”…
OPINION: The drug war has taken so much from us. It’s time to decriminalize all drugs and give reparations and give Black people what is rightly ours. As we enter the 50th year of the War on Drugs, we need to not only end the policy, but also give reparations to survivors for the enormous…
Sullivan didn’t give specifics but says that she had a negative experience while shopping at a suburban Philadelphia Macy’s. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is calling out an employee at the major retailer Macy’s. The “Pick Up Your Feelings” singer is calling out the retail giant after she had what she says was a racist encounter with…
A man was arrested Wednesday, June 16 after chasing and punching a Black man walking home from work in Las Vegas, Nevada. The assailant, 24-year-old John Arellano, told police he should have killed the man and that he is at war with Black people and has been charged with a hate crime and attempted murder,…
Rhythm and blues singer John Legend is coming to the defense of his wife, Chrissy Teigen, following allegations by fashion designer Michael Costello that Teigen sent him bullying messages in 2014. Legend said that Costello fabricated the screenshots of a direct message exchange between him and the 35-year-old model. Developments continue to play out in…
“I like what he said but it don’t take seven games for you to realize you’re not playing right,” said the four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal is not impressed with Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons after his lackluster performance in Game 7 Sunday night. The NBA star had strong words for Simmons, who is taking heat for his team’s…
