Issa Rae attends the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 at BMCC Tribeca PAC on September 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company) Issa Rae will become the second-ever recipient of the Pandora Leader of Change award. Issa Rae is getting her flowers — in style. The 39-year-old writer, actress,…
Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has garnered displeased reactions after showing off her body online. Days ago, Sánchez uploaded a revealing selfie to her Instagram Story, which was captured by Daily Mail and other outlets. Sánchez, who is also the vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, was dating the billionaire…
Keke Palmer says Will Smith’s words of wisdom helped her decide against emancipating from her parents. (Photos: Getty Images) Keke Palmer says Will Smith’s words of wisdom helped her decide against emancipating from her parents. Like many youngsters, actress Keke Palmer went through a phase where she bumped heads with her parents. Recently, in an…
(Photo: House Creative Services/Courtesy of Office of Rep. Yvette Clarke) The New York congresswoman tells theGrio “it’s all hands on deck” as Democrats stare down a Republican trifecta in Washington next year. U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.) is poised to become the next chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in the next session of…
Denzel Washington attends Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson” LA premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on November 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Netflix) Denzel Washington discusses his history growing up in New York and dabbling in drug and alcohol use. Denzel Washington has been sober for nearly the last…
Source: YouTube screenshot Another police shooting. Another innocent Black person dead. Another instance of a police department investigating one of their own in the wrongful death of someone who called them for help. Brandon Durham, a 43-year-old homeowner in Las Vegas, Nevada, called police on Nov. 11 to report he had heard gunshots outside of…
Viola Davis attends the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images) Next year, the Golden Globes will recognize Viola Davis for her outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Hollywood is already preparing for next year’s award season….
A California cop with a history of lawsuits against her will be sued again after harassing and profiling a Black man over a pair of gold-plated handcuffs she lost while trying to detain him earlier this year over questionable circumstances. Vallejo Police Lt. Jodi Brown was a sergeant when she confronted Robert Baker in April,…
Donald Trump listens to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in the Cabinet Room of the White House May 13, 2020, in Washington, D.C. | Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump first began nominating people to be in his cabinet, none has been Black. Instead, the president-elect has opted to pick unqualified…
Just in case you were wondering, comedian Jay Leno is just as tough as the classic cars he loves to restore. Over the weekend, the comedy icon took a dramatic 60-foot tumble down a hill outside his Pennsylvania hotel. The fall left him bruised, battered, and sporting a swollen-shut eye and a broken wrist. Yet,…
