Davis recently appeared on Variety’s ‘Awards Circuit Podcast’ Weeks ahead of her big night at this year’s Oscars ceremony, Viola Davis opened up about Hollywood’s treatment of Black talent, explaining, “We’re the leftovers.” Fresh off her major SAG Awards win, the acclaimed actress is in full awards season mode as she continues to collect accolades for…
“I am faced with racism in my everyday life and even within the interpreting community. I, personally, feel compelled to interpret these events,” Kenton Myers says. Kenton Myers is fiercely trying to blaze a path where representation through people of color in the interpreter space is no longer an anomaly. Myers, a trilingual interpreter, helps…
Snoop’s a rap icon, but he’s no stranger to acting, having appeared in movies like Oscar-winner “Training Day.” Snoop Dogg is joining the cast of a new vampire comedy film headed to Netflix called Day Shift. The film will also star Jamie Foxx, with Megan Good, Karla Souza, Scott Adkins, Eric Lange, Zion Broadnax and…
OPINION: The new Amazon Prime series doesn’t say anything new or provocative about race, except give us more graphic images of Black suffering repackaged as horror. In the 2017 blockbuster Get Out, there’s an iconic scene that features a Black housekeeper named Georgiana, who constantly says “No, no, no” to Chris Washington (played by Daniel…
At one point, Odom reached out to him, he said, after he “gathered up the strength and put my pride to the side.” Retired Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom recently revealed that his longtime teammate, late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, tried to help him pay off his gambling debts. Odom was a guest on All…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport cut Coleman’s ban from two years to 18 months, but it won’t expire until November, three months after the Olympics The man who had been expected to succeed Usain Bolt as Olympic champion will miss the Tokyo Games after failing Friday in an appeal to overturn his ban for…
A Florida woman sent videos to her incarcerated spouse expressing her plans to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a criminal complaint filed in Miami-Dade County earlier this month. In March, a member of the Secret Service learned that Niviane Petit Phelps sent threats against Harris to her spouse, who was incarcerated at the…
Source: Nick Agro / Getty Patrisse Cullors has been busy making the media rounds amid financial criticism of the Black Lives Matter Global Network that she co-founded. On Thursday night, Cullors appeared on the Black News Channel (BNC) for an interview with Marc Lamont Hill to set her record straight by addressing the controversy around her…
Police in Indianapolis say eight people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a FedEx facility After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has already seen several deadly cases. Police in Indianapolis say eight people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a…
In an emotional Instagram post, Marsh writes she’s “dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer for the rest of my life.” In a heartbreaking Instagram post, CNN correspondent Rene Marsh says her son, Blake, 2, has passed away from brain cancer. Marsh has been incredibly vocal about her son’s cancer diagnosis. Last year, she wrote an opinion…
