Not long ago, Keith “One Time” Thurman sat atop the boxing world in one of the sport’s hottest weight classes, the welterweight division. After consecutive wins over Robert Guerrero, Luis Collazo, Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, ‘One Time’ held both the WBA and WBC titles. His bout against […]
Ballerina Chloé Lopes Gomes, the first Black ballerina to join Berlin’s principal ballet company, the Staatsballett, has after going public in 2018 with racism allegations against her company. Last October, the company opted not to renew her contract for the summer. Lopes Gomes believed she was […]
Producers halted production on an upcoming Netflix series after sources disclosed that The Proud Boys were planning a protest at the shoot location. TMZ reported that Colin Kaepernick’s project, Colin in Black & White, was forced to add heightened security because the bigoted organization prepared an anti-Black Lives Matter protest. […]
Trevor Noah on Wednesday tore into conservatives shamelessly blaming Texas power outages on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her Green New Deal proposal to address the climate crisis. “The Daily Show” host noted that unprepared and poorly maintained coal, natural gas and nuclear plants were primarily to blame blackouts that […]
Since taking office in her first television interview, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the importance of vaccinating educators. “Teachers should be a priority,” said Harris on Wednesday. “They must be able to teach in a safe place … Therefore, teachers must be a priority along […]
*(Burbank, CA) – The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today that award-winning actress and activist, and current Critics Choice Award nominee, Zendaya will receive the fifth annual SeeHer Award at the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards. The honor will be presented by her “Malcolm & Marie” co-star John […]
As part of its $25 million commitment to empower Black creators, Facebook is amplifying and investing in Black voices through its new We the Culture content initiative. Launched on Tuesday, We the Culture was curated by a team of Black Facebook employees to help Black content […]
Lupita Nyong’o’s 2019 New York Times bestselling children’s book about colorism and self-love, “Sulwe,” will be adapted as an animated musical on Netflix, the streaming service announced Thursday. Facebook Launches ‘We the Culture’ Accelerator Program to Fund and Support Black Content Creators “Sulwe,” written by Nyong’o […]
FKA twigs recently joined Gayle King for a new interview in which she goes into further detail about her tumultuous relationship with, and now lawsuit against, actor Shia LaBeouf. In the lawsuit, the singer claims that he abused her mentally and physically over the course of their nine-month […]
Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76, her publicist has said. Wilson died suddenly at her home in Henderson, Nevada, on Monday. A statement confirming her passing did not state a cause of death. Wilson, a singer […]
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