Harris spokesperson Sabrina Singh said Harris would not participate in a planned Equal Pay Day event on Tuesday evening at the White House with President Joe Biden Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative, but is curtailing her schedule as a result…
Lashana Lynch from ‘No Time To Die’ took home the Rising Star award at Sunday evening’s ceremony Award season is here and in addition to the Critics Choice Awards, this weekend also saw actors gather for the British Academy Film Awards, better known as the BAFTAS. Held on Sunday night at the Royal Albert Hall…
Source: xavierarnau / Getty Here’s a question: Where are all of the anti-critical race theory warriors when school lessons make Black students uncomfortable? Because that’s what all of this anti-CRT hoopla is supposed to be about, right? Legislators are falsely claiming that CRT teaches that certain races are inferior to others or that white people,…
Zendaya‘s father, Kazembe Ajamu, claims several Black fathers with successful daughters, such as himself, are “shunned” by Hollywood. The musician shared a screenshot of an E! News article on Monday, March 14. The message from the “Euphoria” actress and co-producer read, “I have standards I don’t plan on lowering for anybody… Including myself.” Kazem Beajamu…
Tracie Ellis Ross, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, and Halle Bailey will also hand out awards at this year’s show The 94th Oscars have added more presenters for the 2022 ceremony. Producers of the awards show, Will Packer and Shayla Cowan, announced on Tuesday that media mogul Tyler Perry, Academy Award-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson, and others…
A California judge tossed out a civil complaint against the city of Palo Alto filed by six officers alleging harassment and discrimination. The lawsuit claims that the city “forced” them to “pass” a Black Lives Matter mural on a public street near their precinct, causing them “humiliation” and “mental anguish.” A Black Lives Matter mural…
EXCLUSIVE: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump tells theGrio that the U.S. Department of Justice is “investigating all possible civil rights violations from the top to bottom” in Taylor’s police-involved killing. A day after the second anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s police-involved death, her mother and civil rights attorneys met with U.S. Department of Justice officials looking…
“We need students to know that they can inform policy,” Bush said. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) held a listening session with several St. Louis high schoolers on Monday, during which the teenagers expressed concern about the rising violence in the city. The “youth speak-in” was held at Sumner High on March 14, the St Louis…
Campion said that her comments were ‘thoughtless’ and she wasn’t trying to ‘devalue’ the Williams’ accomplishments. Jane Campion was criticized for her comments about Serena and Venus Williams during her acceptance speech at Sunday’s Critics’ Choice Awards. The filmmaker has now apologized for her remarks involving the legendary tennis players. Campion won Best Director at…
Video: A Tony-winning designer already well-known on Broadway, Tazewell has earned his first Oscar nom for Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story.’ Reimagining a beloved classic is no small feat. When Steven Spielberg decided to try his hand at a reboot of West Side Story, he no doubt knew the vision was dependent on a design…
