Jodie Turner-Smith’s casting as Anne Boleyn is causing quite the stir on social media. The historical figure was infamously beheaded on treason charges after failing to give her husband King Henry VIII a son. Many have expressed their disapproval of the producers’ choice to use identity-conscious casting for the series — a practice often used…

Basketball legend Michael Jordan is putting the focus on empowering the next generation of leaders who will shape the world of sports journalism. According to ESPN, he recently teamed up with Nike’s Jordan Brand to donate $1 million to Morehouse College. The endowment will go towards the creation of scholarships, programming and digital tools for…

Throughout her storied career track and field legend Florence Griffith Joyner broke several barriers for women in the realm of sports and a new project will delve into the different chapters of her journey. According to Variety, Tiffany Haddish will portray Joyner in a biopic. The film will capture the Los Angeles native’s rise to…

Mariah is reportedly working on a “heavily R&B influenced album” The emancipation of Mimi is official as music icon Mariah Carey parted ways with Roc Nation after a heated discussion with rap mogul Jay-Z over her future. According to The Sun, a source told the outlet that Carey and Jay-Z’s meeting was “explosive” which has…

The church first started offering vaccine doses in January First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a COVID-19 vaccination site at a historic Harlem church on Sunday. First lady Jill Biden, center left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, visit a vaccine clinic at the…

Williams career spanned over five decades in theater, television and film Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.  Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer,…

A Mississippi family is grieving the loss of a loved one after a trip to Tijuana, Mexico, for bariatric surgery ended in tragedy, WLOX News reported recently. Markita “Kiki” McIntyre of Biloxi, Mississippi, died on May 6 while undergoing sleeve gastrectomy surgery. The operation is a surgical weight-loss procedure in which the stomach is reduced…

“Nessa! Nessa!” is the phrase late comedian Bernie Mac used to say to his co-star Camille Winbush, known as Vanessa Thomkins, on “The Bernie Mac Show.” Now, fans are saying the exact phrase as the 31-year-old actress left fans shocked when she uploaded an Instagram Live of herself twerking over the weekend. Winbush appeared in…

Kemp’s supporters tried drowning out the boos with cheers Gov. Brian Kemp was met with overwhelming anger while giving a speech during the Georgia GOP convention on Saturday. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the media before health care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside of the Chatham County Health Department on December 15,…

The Biden administration is requiring states to devote relief dollars to summer programs With her three teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19, Aja Purnell-Mitchell left it up to them to decide whether to go back to school during summer break. The decision was unanimous: summer school. “Getting them back into it, helping them socialize back with their…