The trailer for John David Washington and Zendaya‘s new Netflix film “Malcolm & Marie” sparked excitement among Black Twitter earlier this month. Fans appear to be eager to see what many call one of Zendaya’s best performances to date. Still, where there is praise, there is a hint of criticism. Despite the beauty of it…
Dorsey says the aftermath of the Capitol riots created an ‘extraordinary and untenable circumstance’ for the company Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s ban of President Donald Trump in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject. When Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol last week, then continued…
Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit includes dozens of examples of alleged misconduct during the spring demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd’s police killing New York’s attorney general sued the New York Police Department on Thursday, calling the rough treatment of protesters against racial injustice last spring part of a longstanding pattern of abuse that…
A lawyer for William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Jr. wants his ‘humanitarian release’ due to high blood pressure. William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., who — along with father-and-son Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael — is charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, is asking to be released from a Georgia prison. Bryan, 50, is requesting a “humanitarian release”…
Deyjah Harris felt empathetic toward her longtime friend Reginae Carter on Jan. 11 when she sent well-wishes to the 22-year-old on Twitter. The reality star wrote, “Reginae deserves nothing but the best.” Although the post’s motive is unclear, many assumed it could be referencing Carter’s on-again, off-again relationship with rapper YFN Lucci who recently turned himself for an alleged…
Fischbacher died Wednesday at his home from pancreatic cancer, Dave Kirvin of Kirvin Doak Communications said Thursday Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions using rare animals, has died in Las Vegas, his publicist tells The Associated Press. He was 81. Fischbacher died Wednesday at…
Snyder joined a parade of former state and local officials pleading not guilty in Genesee County courts Two former Michigan health officials were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis, as prosecutors revisiting how the city’s water system was contaminated with lead…
A Black man who served 26 years on death row after he was wrongfully convicted for killing a white woman and sentenced to death in 1994 is now free after key evidence against him was debunked. Eddie Lee Howard, a 67-year-old Mississippi man, was exonerated Friday when Lowndes County District Attorney Scott Colom decided not…
Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man from Wisconsin who survived an almost deadly encounter with police on Aug. 23, 2020, is speaking out for the first time in a sit-down interview. Here is my @GMA exclusive interview with Jacob Blake. As Jacob Blake speaks out for the first time. More from our interview tonight on…
“Being Mary Jane” star Raven Goodwin will tackle on the role of actress and the first Black actor to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, in the new film “Behind the Smile,” Deadline was first to report last week. The indie film will be produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group. Gregory Blair wrote the…
