AllAfrica.com is reporting that popular Nigerian actor Muna Obiekwe has died. Obiekwe died after a long battle with kidney disease. Obiekwe starred in the Nollywood films Blackberry Babes, Eye of the Gods, Wicked Intentions, Scarl...
BBC News is reporting that South African Apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock has been given parole after serving 20 years in prison. De Kock, 66, was nicknamed ‘Prime Evil’ for killing and maiming activists fighting white rule in So...
Marjon Carlos of Fusion is reporting that Timberland has severed ties with French fashion designer Jean Touitou over his use of the N-word during his A.P.C. Fall menswear show in Paris. A.P.C. founder Touitou “glibly” dropped the ...
Caribbean 360 is reporting that popular talk show host Marcia Henville was murdered. The author writes: “Marcia Henville, the television talk show host, whose charred remains were discovered after a fire gutted her bedroom early S...
Karen Pittman is a star. Not a star like Viola Davis, Meryl Streep or Julia Roberts, yet, but a star in the making. Pittman is currently co-starring in Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced. Like Akhtar’s celebrated ...
It’s always refreshing when viewers can tune into primetime cable shows that portray male hip hop artists as mature and responsible heads of household as opposed to criminals, philanderers or superstars. Programs like MTV’s Run Ho...
Terrence Howard is one of many premier talents slated to appear at the 2015 aTVfest, which will be held on Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) Atlanta campus, Feb. 5-7. The Oscar-nominated actor currently starring as artis...
Nzingha Stewart is on the brink of becoming a household name. The music video director turned filmmaker and producer For Colored Girls (2010) is making her mark in the television world ‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘The Game,’ and ‘The F...
USA Today is reporting that baseball legend Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks has died. Banks was an 11-time All-Star, a first-ballot Hall of Famer and won consecutive National League MVP awards in 1958-59. Banks, a beloved figure in baseball...
CNN‘s Nic Robertson has been covering the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and neighboring countries. Boko Haram’s terror across the country has continued with an invasion of Cameroon over the weekend. Boko Haram took nearly 80 people...
