Media personality Wendy Williams is bringing her life story to TV screens. In addition to a dramatic film, Williams has also produced a feature-length documentary about her journey. The documentary, “Wendy Williams: What a Mess,” features Williams herself and several people in her life, including her sister and Charlamagne Tha God, speaking directly to the…
‘I had no experience in this medium,’ said Questlove Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Shaka King sat with The Atlantic staff writer Hannah Giorgis for the Sundance Film Festival 2021, to discuss their films, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) and Judas and the Black Messiah. King, director of Judas and…
A Seattle-area hospital system was rebuked by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee after it offered COVID-19 vaccination appointments to major donors While millions of Americans wait for the COVID-19 vaccine, hospital board members, their trustees and donors around the country have gotten early access to the scarce drug or offers for vaccinations, raising complaints about favoritism…
A volunteer nurse said she saw the founder stuff a handful of vaccines into his bag The group of college friends who wanted to help during the pandemic seemed to have good intentions when they organized the nonprofit, Philly Fighting Covid, and opened a testing site in a Philadelphia neighborhood that didn’t have one yet….
Lewis spent his entire life fighting for civil rights A symbol of the dark legacy of slavery, a 30-foot stone pillar that suggested the Civil War was fought to uphold “Southern Honor” has stood outside the courthouse grounds in the city of Decatur, GA for 112 years. That structure was finally taken down last year….
‘Today is 1776,’ said Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert More Republican Congress members are facing scrutiny after the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. When asked whether the country heading to Civil War, Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona said “We’re in it. We just haven’t started shooting at each other yet.” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) talks to…
The wait is finally over for fans who have been keeping a hawk’s eye on singer Kelly Rowland’s social awaiting a birth announcement! After being largely missing in action for a week, Rowland revealed she is now the mother of two boys. Baby No. 2, Noah Jon Weatherspoon, was born Jan. 21. Rowland surprised fans…
Due to strict quarantine protocols and regulations, Australia is coronavirus free Serena Williams played for a packed arena of 4,000 people in Adelaide for the Australian open on Friday alongside fellow players Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic. In photos, fans appeared to be sitting side-by-side, with neither social distancing protocols nor masks as Australia hasn’t…
At least six students or their parents said that McNeil used racially insensitive or outright racist language on a trip The New York Times top COVID reporter, Donald McNeil Jr. joined a group of students on a trip to Peru in 2019, and it has come to light that several participants accused the award-winning journalist…
Tyson wrote about working several jobs to help support herself and her daughter Hollywood legend, Cicely Tyson, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, opened up about her relationship with her daughter in her new memoir “Just As I Am.” Choosing to keep her daughter’s real name private, she refers to her in the…
