Culture

There’s nothing like that golden, glistening, we-know-it’s-bad-for-us, but it’s oh-so good deep fried piece of heaven that is chicken! If you don’t believe me, check out what happens when you get in the way of someone and their beloved chicken. Here’s a gallery of some of the best and most ratchet fights over…you guessed it…chicken. […]

Cuba Gooding Jr., Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams star in the 2013 Broadway revival of the classic 1985 film “Trip To Bountiful.” REVIEW: Cicely Tyson Requires Your “Trip To Bountiful” Enter the special “ONENOW” code here, for a discount on tickets! Valid for performances through October 9, 2013 and subject to availability and prior sale. Offer […]

In the end, there’s monsters, robots and Idris Elba. With this weekend’s latest action adventure, fans get a dose of the multi-talented, ever-intoxicating actor in a role that offers a potent, commanding and gruff imagination of the world’s greatest man. (Well, that’s according to “Pacific Rim.” After all, he’s saving us from the apocalypse!) Must […]

This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of Coming to America, one the most phenomenal films to come out of Hollywood. The creative genius of Eddie Murphy, the strong casting of actors who were at their prime (as well as those yet to shine), the beautiful script (loaded with bits that have become cinematic karaoke), the savvy […]

You may not know that you are a comic book fan, but the box office begs to differ. This summer is already back-to-back action packed, superhero thrillers. “Iron Man 3,” “Man of Steel” and the upcoming “The Wolverine” will probably bring ticket sales that may reach just under $1 billion.  On television, shows like “True […]

I remain on the tail end of a generation raised when Black culture was not synonymous with Hip-Hop. I was one of the last kids to know what it was like to have a R&B/Soul radio station and an urban music station. I was raised amidst the era of Stevie Wonder, Phyllis Hyman and Luther […]

Chenoa Maxwell recently unveiled her latest project, “Leaders of the New Cool,” at a pop-up exhibition hosted at Canoe Studios in New York City, sponsored by Hennessy. Estelle, Luke James, and Danny Simmons were among the attendees on hand to celebrate the digital photography installation from Maxwell that was represented in a large touch screen viewing […]

Cheerios was forced to disable the comment section on its YouTube page yesterday, after a new ad for the heart-healthy cereal sparked a large number of racist posts. The brand’s latest commercial, which features an interracial couple and their mixed-race girl daughter, received a string of ugly comments with phrases such as “Nazis,” “troglodytes” and […]

For the first time ever, all tiers of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater were under one roof for a star-studded event. On May 7th, the Apollo Theater hosted performances by the young dancers of The Ailey School, the rising stars of Ailey II and the talented students from AileyCamp Washington Heights and Newark. […]