Keke Palmer attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) Keke Palmer tells her side of the story behind the viral Usher moment and her breakup in a…
A Cincinnati man facing a possible death sentence for allegedly killing a sheriff’s deputy with his car has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against the Cincinnati Police Department and Hamilton County officials, accusing them of excessive force, intimidation, and violating his constitutional rights during his arrest. Rodney Hinton Jr., 38, is accused of intentionally…
Source: Greg Doherty / Getty New information has emerged about the stabbing incident involving rapper Tory Lanez. According to a statement shared on the Hip-Hop star’s Instagram account on May 12, Lanez was stabbed 14 times by an inmate at the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi, the prison where he’s currently serving out his 10-year…
The steely look on Alex Fine’s face told a story of its own as the husband of R&B singer Cassie Ventura exited a Manhattan courthouse Monday afternoon. The day’s proceedings had been filled with disturbing testimony against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, including graphic descriptions of Fine’s wife, having sex with a witness named Daniel…
FOREVER. (L to R) Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in Episode 101 of Forever. Cr. ELIZABETH MORRIS/Netflix © 2024 We break down the cast of Netflix’s new hit coming-of-age drama “Forever” by Mara Brock Akil. It’s Black Love season over at Netflix. The streamer’s latest binge-worthy series, “Forever,”…
Source: JLco – Julia Amaral / Getty I never thought single fatherhood was going to be easy, especially as a Black man. But damn. I used to think parenting was about raising upstanding citizens, well-adjusted creatives, maybe even future homeowners with 700+ credit scores and definite opinions about Merlots vs. Malbecs vs. Pinot Noirs. I…
FOREVER. (L to R) Michael Cooper Jr. as Justin Edwards and Lovie Simone as Keisha Clark in Episode 101 of Forever. Cr. ELIZABETH MORRIS/Netflix © 2024 OPINION: Mara Brock Akil’s new series is a breakout hit—and a powerful reminder that diverse Black family stories matter. It’s official—the people have fallen in love with “Forever,” the…
Timmie Lee Knox, a then 17-year-old Black teen, was on his way to a kids’ party when he ended up Tasered and paralyzed by a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy in 2021 – the second unarmed Black man to be paralyzed by deputies from the same agency within a 10-year span. Last week, the Palm…
Sean Diddy Combs, left, stands as his defense attorney, Teny Geragos, gives her opening statement to the jury on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) Cassie’s lawsuit against Combs was settled within hours but it was followed by dozens of similar…
Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty We are, without question, one brisk step away from authoritarianism. With his latest power grab, Donald Trump has made it clear: nothing is sacred—not even the Library of Congress. What was once a revered institution of learning, recordkeeping, and nonpartisan research is now under siege by a man whose ambitions…
