AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 15: Singer/songwriter D’Angelo performs onstage during the Samsung Supper Club at SXSW 2015 on March 15, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung)Photo by: Rick Kern / Getty Images The legendary R&B artist passed away from pancreatic cancer on Oct. 14. As news spread of D’Angelo’s untimely…
Bruce Willis’ new wife, Emma Heming Willis, is learning firsthand that caregiving decisions can come with some of the harshest public criticism — especially when those decisions involve no longer sleeping next to your husband of 16 years. The 47-year-old model and entrepreneur recently spoke candidly about the emotional toll on their daughters, Mabel, 13,…
Source: OCTAVIO JONES / Getty Maybe there’s a reason the people of Chicago have been rebelling against ICE agents and other feds who have been deployed into their neighborhoods, supposedly, to arrest violent, undocumented criminals. Perhaps Chicagoans simply don’t believe the Trump administration is trying to make their streets safer by ridding them of dangerous…
A Tennessee man was jailed on a $2 million bond after being accused of inciting violence by posting memes of President Donald Trump and slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a Facebook group where members were organizing a vigil for Kirk. According to The Tennessean, 61-year-old Larry Bushart, Jr. was charged with threats of mass…
Solange Knowles attends as USC Thornton School of Music appoints Solange Knowles “Scholar-In-Residence” in collaboration with Saint Heron at USC Thornton School of Music on October 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for USC Thornton School/Solange Knowles) Solange Knowles is joining USC Thornton School of Music for a three-year residency…
(Photo: Getty Images/Adobe Stock) “Unfortunately, this kind of racist, hateful rhetoric has become all too common under Donald Trump,” DNC senior spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson told theGrio after a bombshell report published by Politico. The Republican Party is being called out after leaked text messages from leaders of several young Republican groups revealed several racist…
Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God, 47, has added his two cents in the back-and-forth between Alexis Ohanian, 42, and Stephen A. Smith, 58. Ohanian had a problem with Smith blasting his wife, Serena Williams, for performing alongside Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February. tennis legend Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian,…
Nia Long (L) and Ime Udoka attend BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images ) Nia Long and Ime Udoka ended things in 2022 amid the former Boston Celtics coach’s public cheating scandal with a female staffer. Nia Long is in…
Jessie Woo, Ayanna Pressley, Gabrielle Union, Tarana Burke, Viola Davis, Bevy Smith and more join forces in Me Too’s Disruptor Council (Photos: Getty Images) With voices like Viola Davis, Gabrielle Union, and Ayanna Pressley, the Disruptor Council is pushing Me Too’s mission forward. Eight years ago today, the “Me Too” hashtag became a global rallying…
Donald Trump stole the spotlight with his appearance during an event at the renovated White House Rose Garden. On Oct. 14, the commander in chief posthumously honored political personality Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Also present was Charlie’s wife, Erika Kirk, but all eyes were on Trump as multiple viewers noticed something…
