The four-day entertainment festival kicks off with a show from comedian Kevin Hart on Thursday and ends with New Edition. After two years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Essence Festival is returning to New Orleans this summer with in-person events. The four-day entertainment festival will kick off with a performance from comedian…
EXCLUSIVE: “I didn’t realize it until I got the nomination and so many people were texting me and they were saying, ‘This feels like us,’” Ellis says Black excellence shined bright at the 13th annual African American Film Critics Awards on Wednesday where some of Hollywood’s biggest talent took home prizes. Aunjanue Ellis was one…
Karl-Anthony Towns had fans gushing over his relationship with Jordyn Woods on March 3, after the Minnesota Timberwolves center revealed a kind act by Woods while Towns is away working. Towns and Woods began dating in 2020, and became Instagram official in September of that year after the model shared a photo of the pair…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty On April 12, last year, 27-year-old Black man Miles Jackson was shot and killed by police officers in a Columbus, Ohio, emergency room. Jackson allegedly had a gun tucked into his sweatpants and the gun reportedly went off, which doesn’t mean he opened fire in the ER, it just means…
“I’ve loved working with Boz and have been inspired by her creativity and energy,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a statement. Netflix’s Bozoma Saint John is exiting the streaming company after serving as chief marketing officer for nearly two years. Marian Lee, who joined the company last year as VP of marketing for the…
After bravely sharing her personal experience with self-harming, T.I. is reminding his daughter Deyjah Harris that there isn’t anything “ever too big or small” to approach her father with and that she is fully supported during this journey. As previously reported, Deyjah, whom T.I. and singer Ms. Niko welcomed in June 2001, shared a photo…
There’s been a surge in Black businesses during the pandemic. In fact, Black business ownership is up 38 percent from pre-COVID levels, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. As of 2021, Illinois had more than 132,000 Black-owned businesses. And in the Chicago area, there has been a spike in Black ventures. Stock photo…
OPINION: After almost three hours of noir lighting, pale sexy stars and bland action sequences even the Riddler couldn’t explain why Gotham’s hero makes sense in 2022 I like Batman, as a comic and a movie franchise, but as a Black comic fan, he’s always been a problem. Bruce Wayne is a genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist…
West Orange High School’s principal says he respects his students’ right to protest, but he won’t be flexible on dress codes. A group of activist students in West Orange, New Jersey, are reportedly planning a protest today over a ban on wearing durags on their campus. On Tuesday, Hayden Moore, the principal of West Orange…
Three Texas middle school paraprofessionals have been fired after a video emerged of them watching an older student beat up a special-needs young student. The aides stood around as spectators as the child, whose mental capacity is equivalent to a pre-K or kindergartener, was hit, pushed to the ground, and kicked repeatedly. Surveillance footage captures…
