Movie mogul Tyler Perry received the Icon Award at the 2019 BET Awards. The award was presented to him by Academy Award nominated actress Taraji P. Henson, who has starred in two of Perry’s films including Acrimony (2018) an...
This summer, television audiences can listen in on amazing real life stories told by everyday people as WORLD Channel presents a 24-hour binge-a-thon of the television series Stories from the Stage beginning on Saturday, June 22, ...
The North African Country of Sudan is in crisis. After the forced and successful removal of president Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled with an iron fist for three decades, the country broke out in celebration. In December of 2018, pr...
Today is Juneteenth (June 19th)! Juneteenth.com refers to this special day for many African Americans as the ‘oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.’ The author writes: “Dating back to 1...
Last night, OWN celebrated the premiere of its new drama series “Ambitions,” from Will Packer Productions, at an Atlanta screening and party at The Gathering Spot. Robin Givens, Essence Atkins, Brian White, Kendrick Cr...
Five-time Formula One winner Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix after German race car driver Sebastian Vettel was penalized 5 seconds for rejoining the track “dangerously.” Hamilton, who was forced off the trac...
USA Today is reporting former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Steve Gardner is reporting that Ortiz was shot in the back and in stable condition. However there are conflicting ...
Writing for the New York Times, film critic Manohla Dargis discusses the politics of identity surrounding Mati Diop, the first black woman director to compete in the main category at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, one of the world...
Nicknamed The Reggae Girlz, Jamaica’s women’s football team made history by qualifying for the 2019 Women’s World Cup. They are the first women’s soccer team from a Caribbean country to quality for the prestigious socc...
Famed University of North Carolina and NBA basketball star George Lynch is making a difference. The man who counts a high school championship (Patrick Henry (Roanoke, VA – 1989), college championship (UNC Tarheels – 1993) an...
