“Respect” new trailer is out and it looks like it will more than live up to expectations when it hits theaters on Aug. 13 When Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award in her first film role for Dreamgirls, one could easily think, where does she go from here? How about portraying arguably the greatest voice…
Students from a Virginia school recently made a surprise massive donation to help out a Black history museum in their community. Richard Stewart’s home on Pocahontas Island, a peninsula located in Petersburg, Virginia, doubles as the museum. Stewart, who is considered the unofficial “mayor” of the island — reportedly the home, as early as the…
Harris will be among several A-list celebrities who will also participate in the special which airs on Sunday CNN will honor the millions of students graduating from high school or college this weekend with a star-studded prime-time special airing on Sunday. Read More: Kamala Harris’ first 100 Days paints complicated political picture for Black women…
Music executive Russell Simmons is reportedly suing his ex-wife and entrepreneur Kimora Lee Simmons and her husband Tim Leissner for allegedly transferring and using his shares from an energy drink company to pay for Leissner’s expenses related to his court case, The Blast reported. In 2018, the former Goldman Sachs managing director pleaded guilty to a…
Rapper DMX‘s ex-wife Tashera Simmons was just as stunned as his fans to learn of his passing a little over a month ago. Simmons and DMX, born Earl Simmons, were married for more than a decade before divorcing in 2014. They became parents to three sons — Xavier, 28, Tacoma, 21, and Sean, 18 — and…
“[Nikole Hannah-Jones] represents the best of our alumni and the best of the business…I don’t want to get into a food fight. I want to make sure that our students have the opportunity to have someone of her caliber here and to learn from her,” said Susan King, dean of the UNC Hussman School of…
The hip hop icon has accused his former wife, Kimora Lee Simmons, of stealing his shares from an investment to bail her new husband out of jail Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons claims his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons stole from him. Read More: Master P says hip-hop needs union to help struggling stars before tragedy hits Russell…
Four white men from Mercer Country, Pennsylvania, are looking at several charges, including conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after they were accused of beating a Black man at a local bar, the Sharon Herald reported. The charges stem from an assault that reportedly took place in the city of Sharon in western…
The former First Lady says she is “proud” to rock the line, whose proceeds go entirely to The Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Michelle Obama rocks a hoodie from the Mambacita fashion line, praising Vanessa Bryant in the caption. Read More: Vanessa Bryant accepts Kobe Bryant Hall of Fame…
A senior NBCUniversal source revealed to the press, “Tiffany is a favorite, she has humor and empathy in spades.” If you are betting on Tiffany Haddish replacing Ellen DeGeneres on her longtime-running talk show, don’t bet all your coins yet. During a recent appearance on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, the comedian recently announced that she had not been officially offered…
