Stanley Nelson, Jr. and Traci A. Curry shed light on making the documentary and interviewing subjects involved in the historic event. On the latest episode of theGrio‘s “Acting Up” Podcast, Entertainment Director Cortney Wills sat down with Stanley Nelson, Jr. and Traci A. Curry, directors of the acclaimed Showtime documentary Attica. Attica centers around the…
Eduard Florea of Queens, New York threatened the Georgia lawmaker online, prosecutors say. A New York man who is affiliated with the Proud Boys has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for making threats against Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Eduard Florea of Queens pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Warnock and to…
Lowery previously worked as a publicity executive at Epic and Sony Records Courtney Lowery was recently appointed as the new executive vice president of media strategy and lifestyle for Motown Records. Besides overseeing media strategy in this brand new role, Lowery is also tasked with handling the execution of the label and its stable of…
Tia Mowry‘s Christmas video with her children Cree and Cairo Hardrict on Dec. 17 gets sidetracked after fans point up the toddler’s attitude. In the Instagram post, Mowry, who appeared to be in the holiday spirit, shared the joy by uploading a recording that showcased before and after transitional clips of her decorated tree and…
The Queen of Christmas has no interest in “battling” Mrs. Carter In an interview with E! News, Mariah Carey shut down the idea of a Verzuz battle with Beyoncé. “I love Beyoncé and I admire her so much as a performer for what she’s done for the world and everything else,” Carey said. “I’d be disrespecting…
The hip-hop community has been hit with another loss. Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, Grammy Award-winning bassist and founding member of the hip-hop group The Roots, has died following a long battle with blood cancer. He was 62 years old. Hubbard’s wife, Stephanie Hubbard, confirmed the musician’s passing with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s ABC 6. She revealed that her…
Adam Jenne told flight attendants that he was in compliance with the mask mandate because his nose and mouth were covered by the red underwear. A Cape Coral, Florida man was kicked off a United Airlines flight for testing the mask mandate by wearing a pair of women’s underwear as a face mask, NBC2 reported….
More than 100 NFL players and 39 NBA players are currently sitting out of team activities due to COVID-19 procedures NFL and NBA leaders are overhauling their COVID-19 regulations in response to a recent rise in players catching the highly contagious virus. At least 52 NBA players began league COVID protocols this month, according to…
Source: Court TV / Court TV Call it déjà vu all over again. Nearly one full month after the world saw killer Kyle Rittenhouse‘s acquittal following a perfectly times emotional outburst replete with “white tears” while testifying in his own defense, a former police officer trying to convince a Minnesota jury that killing a Black…
The family of a Black man in Texas who died after he was taken into custody by Williamson County sheriff’s deputies in March 2019 has now settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the local sheriff’s department for $5 million. Javier Ambler II’s death was filmed by “Live PD” producers, who at the time were working…
