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Lifetime is once again throwing their hat into the biopic arena. The network has released the trailer for the upcoming movie, “Whitney”, starring Yaya Alafia (“The Butler”) in the title role, which marks screen legend Angela Bassett’s directorial debut on Jan 17. The film will focus on Houston’s rise to stardom from her humble start in […]
Because this is how America works: White male police officers are being granted immunity for killing unarmed Black men, but there’s a group of female police officers who are being chastised for posting sexy photos alongside photos of themselves in uniform on the Instagram account @BluelineBeauties. While there’s no real reporting on what exactly this […]
AJ Cooper III, former host of BET‘s Teen Summit and burgeoning politician who most recently made a bid for D.C. Council, passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 34 in his hometown of Washington, D.C. According to his aunt Peggy Cooper Cafrtiz, he had been feeling dizzy and experiencing chest pain for days, only […]
Last night, while thousands of protestors marched in New York City to protest the non-indictment of Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the murder of Eric Garner, the usually upbeat Daily Show host, Jon Stewart opened his show on a somber note. MUST READ: #ICantBreathe: Protestors Demand Justice For Eric Garner “I honestly don’t know what to say. […]
The protests in Ferguson center around the killing of yet another young innocent Black male, and of course, Black media sources including the thousands of everyday contributions via social media have helped document the evolution of this story and the movement taking root around the country. It stands to reason that all publications with any […]
NBC wasn’t going to allow a few people demanding justice for Eric Garner spoil their fun on Wednesday night as they jammed out to Christmas carols in Rockefeller Center. Had you been watching NBC’s Christmas Tree Lightning last night, what you might have noticed aside from Mariah Carey floundering on stage is that the network […]
Keke Palmer’s come a long way from her Nickelodeon days. Sporting a new pixie haircut, the actress/singer/talk show host has landed the cover of the January issue of Essence Magazine. Palmer dishes with the magazine her Broadway debut in Cinderella as the first black actress to play the lead role and more. While discussing […]
After a Staten Island jury deciding not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner, a discussion surrounding whites arrested has taken center stage on Twitter. Using the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite, many users of the social media site talked about their brushes with the law and how the incidents were vastly opposite […]
After a Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday decided to not indict New York Police Department officer in the death of Eric Garner, the unarmed Black man…
Let the world say “duh.” We’re having a hard time not blank staring at the screen. The President just appeared on television to admit that the unpunished killings of unarmed Black men across the country are a thing. Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele appeared on MSNBC shortly thereafter and called the POTUS remarks […]
Beauties, we have more sad news from the headlines today. Sharneen Norman, the daughter of retired Dallas Cowboys tight end Pettis Norman, was found dead in her downtown Dallas apartment. According to the Crime Blog of the Dallas Morning News, she was killed by a shotgun wound over the weekend and wasn’t found until after 5PM on Monday […]
Another Black life lost, another White police officer gets away with murder. Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island police officer responsible for forcibly putting 43-year-old Eric Garner in the chokehold, killing him, has not been indicted by the Staten Island grand jury. Despite Garner’s death being ruled a homicide due to “the compression of his chest […]
