2015 Golden Globes Speeches: Gina Rodriguez’s Winning Words
The 2015 Golden Globe Awards aired last night. Winners included Common and John Legend for Best Song “Glory” for the film Selma and Best...
Flex & Shanice: Black Love and Family Prevail
After 15 years of marriage, Flex and Shanice Knox understand wholeheartedly that love conquers all for better or for worse. The couple currently stars...
Akosua Report: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Burton Wire is proud to announce the addition of The Akosua Report: Facts on The African Diaspora, written by Akosua Lowery. The Akosua...
Lalah Hathaway on Sisterhood, Donny and the Future of Soul Music
Lalah Hathaway is blessed to have both strong musical genes and a one-of-a-kind loyal following. The sultry tenor and eldest daughter of late Grammy...
Serena Williams and Sloane Stephens: 'Idol' Misrepresentation
written by Benjamin Snyder
With the conclusion of the Australian Open, the year’s first major tennis tournament, the women’s event anointed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka once...
‘Motown 25’ Anniversary Special to Air on PBS
For the first time since its original telecast, the commemorative variety show, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, is airing on PBS as part of...
‘Scandal’s Ferguson Inspired Episode: Shonda Tweets
Lauren Duca of the Huffington Post is reporting that the latest episode of 'Scandal' was inspired by "institutionalized racism and police brutality in Ferguson."
The author...
Malcolm Jamal Warner: Remembering an Icon
Our little brother. Play cousin. First crush. First image of many of our actual lives. The boy who gave us the incredible Theo Huxtable...
Bill Duke’s ‘Dark Girls’ Documentary on OWN Tonight
Seminal actor/director Bill Duke's documentary Dark Girls will premiere on OWN, Oprah Winfrey's Network tonight at 10 p.m. EST. Dark Girls explores issues of...
Greenleaf: Oprah Bids Farewell to OWN Hit Megachurch Drama
LOS ANGELES – The stars of OWN’s hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf,” the critically-acclaimed series from Lionsgate, award-winning writer/executive producer Craig Wright (“Lost,” “Six Feet...
