Actor Michael B. Jordan reflects on growing up with the same name as NBA legend Michael Jordan (photos:Getty images) Sharing a name with NBA legend Michael Jordan sparked relentless teasing for a young Michael B. Jordan, but also drove him to greatness. Before being the Michael B. Jordan who captivated audiences in projects like “Sinners”…
Donald Trump shares more than just a birth name with his oldest son, as the two apparently also shared an unpleasant nickname. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Donald Trump Jr., 48, allegedly built a reputation for partying hard and getting inebriated before graduating in 2000. The economics major was even accused of wetting other…
Source: Jason Kempin / Getty The gospel titan Richard Smallwood died Dec. 30, at the age of 77, from complications of kidney failure, and Black America responded the way it always does when a true architect of our inner lives leaves us. We responded with sound. Choirs leaned into his harmonies. Church musicians pulled his…
Source: sakhorn38 / Getty The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in Memphis, Tenn., has issued an arrest warrant for a man, not because he committed what any reasonable person would consider an actual crime, but, seemingly, because he exposed the conditions he experienced in a jail where he had already been detained. According to WREG Memphis, Derrick…
Jordan Chiles attends Variety’s 2025 Power of Women at The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images) Fresh off ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finals, Jordan Chiles debuts a brand new floor routine with UCLA Gymnastics. Jordan Chiles is already setting the tone for the new…
President Donald Trump cracked a joke at a White House reception that initially played like familiar off-the-cuff banter — the kind that usually drifts by with a laugh and little follow-up. This time, it didn’t. Standing beside billionaire casino magnate and Dallas Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson, Trump told the crowd during a Hanukkah even on…
Four Florida firefighters have been charged, and their colleagues were fired, after a 19-year-old firefighter reported that he was kidnapped, beaten, and waterboarded, all because his co-workers tried to gain access to his phone. The violent hazing happened at Marion County Fire Rescue’s Station 21, where 10 employees were fired, including a battalion chief, captain,…
Jill Scott performs onstage during Day 2 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for ESSENCE) Jill Scott recalls a time when high praise was taken as less than a compliment while promoting her new…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 09: (L-R) Delroy Lindo and Ryan Coogler attend The Critics Choice Association’s 8th annual celebration of Black Cinema & Television at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)Photo by: Randy Shropshire / Getty Images While onstage accepting…
Coco Gauff, of the United States, reacts during a match against Naomi Osaka, of Japan, in the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) American tennis star Coco Gauff issued a social media clarification about her remarks on U.S. tennis fan support ahead of…
