Approximately 80% of the domestic market is currently allowed to operate with limited capacity Theaters reopening in New York City this weekend did not set the box office on fire. North American theatrical grosses stayed relatively muted, despite some major new releases like Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” and Lionsgate’s Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley action…
Support for Cuomo has eroded with surprising speed The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first senior Democrat in the state to say the three-term…
Howard University is furthering its efforts to cultivate a new generation of leaders in the music industry and the institution will be able to do so with the help of a new grant. The HBCU recently received a $4.9 million endowment from the Warner Music Group-Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund. The new center will…
The road to motherhood had been a rough one for actress Gabrielle Union. After suffering multiple miscarriages, unsuccessful experiences with IVF, and eventually being diagnosed with adenomyosis — a disease that could sometimes cause infertility — Union and her husband Dwyane Wade welcomed a sweet baby girl, Kaavia James Union Wade, by way of a surrogate….
NBA star Joel Embiid is on a mission to combat homelessness. According to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Cameroon native has pledged to make a huge donation to homeless shelters in the Philadelphia area. .@JoelEmbiid announced today that he will donate his winnings from Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game to Philadelphia homeless shelters, including Project HOME, Sunday Breakfast…
Hollywood Foreign Press Association commits to adding Black members and increasing transparency around operations Facing heightened scrutiny arounds its membership and practices, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards says that it is committed to immediate “transformational change” and reforms. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said in a statement Saturday that it would focus on…
Having children changes a person, but the bond between a father and his daughter arguably is unmatched. Recently, rapper Ludacris shared a lesson he learned while being a father to his girls. On Friday, March 5, the “Fast & Furious” star uploaded an adorable clip of himself and his two youngest children, 7-year-old Cai Bella and 5-year-old…
This year’s commemoration comes as some states seek to roll back ballot access, while advocates desire to restore a key part of the Voting Rights Act The commemoration of a pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights for African Americans is honoring four giants of the civil rights movement who lost their lives in…
School officials and local police are investigating after a Black woman claimed that her 13-year-old son was subjected to severe bullying and abuse at the hands of his peers at a Texas middle school, culminating last month with the boy being forced to drink urine at a sleepover party. Summer Smith wrote in a lengthy…
‘Threatening to call the cops on a Black man in this country is you declaring your willingness to see him killed,’ Selwyn Seyfu Hinds tweeted Screenwriter and former editor-in-chief of The Source, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, has called out Citibank on Twitter after being racially profiled at one of their local branches in Los Angeles. The…
