Emilie Kouatchoue says she nearly cracked under pressure ahead of her first performance in October as the first Black female lead in Phantom‘s 34-year run Emilie Kouatchou made history in October when she became the first Black actor to play the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. The University…
Cannabis industry leaders say heavily taxed and regulated businesses are unable to compete with the black market Leading California cannabis companies warned Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday that the state’s legal marijuana industry was on the verge of collapse and needed immediate tax cuts and a rapid expansion of retail outlets to steady the shaky…
While social media debates whether Denzel Washington is a better actor than Will Smith, Washington’s focus is on his legacy and career. At the Dec. 17 premiere of his new film “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Washington explained to Entertainment Tonight what quality a project needs to have for him to want to be a part…
Dozens of men’s and women’s basketball games have been canceled or postponed this season due to COVID-19 protocols No. 21 Kentucky will now face North Carolina on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in Las Vegas after each of their opponents had to drop out due to COVID-19 issues, while No. 16 Seton Hall’s second…
“I am honored to have earned the support and the trust of my colleagues to be their Speaker,” the Adrienne Adams of Queens says in a statement Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from the Queens borough of New York, has made history as the first-ever Black city council speaker for New York City. Adams, who has…
“I’m really really ashamed of what I did,” Robert Palmer tells judge after watching footage of himself from the chaos on Capitol Hill A Capitol rioter who attacked police officers working to hold back the angry pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far…
Jay Jones steps down as he and his wife prepare to welcome their first child Del. Jay Jones, a Democratic member of the Virginia House from Norfolk who mounted a serious but unsuccessful primary challenge in the race for attorney general this year, announced Thursday he was resigning his seat. In a public letter, the two-term House…
Charles Johnson in 1970 became the first Black faculty member at Duke’s School of Medicine and served 26 years until his retirement in 1996 Dr. Charles Johnson, the first Black faculty member in the Duke University School of Medicine and first Black physician on the university faculty, has died. He was 94. A news release…
Ye’s 2020 campaign committee may have violated federal laws by failing to report paying covert GOP advisers. Kanye West may have run as an independent member of the Birthday Party during his 2020 presidential campaign, but there’s a growing amount of evidence suggesting the GOP had a hand in the rapper and fashion mogul’s White…
Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets cheers from the bench during a preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on October 3, 2021, in Los Angeles. | Source: Kevork Djansezian / Getty The announcement that unvaccinated NBA superstar Kyrie Irving would be rejoining his team after he sat out in protest…
