Entertainment
Our girl and favorite First Lady Michelle Obama is back from vacation and ready to get back to work! Along with hitting grassroots efforts with husband, former President Barack Obama, she is making a guest appearance on the Food Network. According to The Grio Michelle will be a guest judge for the fifth season of FOX’s […]
Trevor Noah‘s Afraid of the Dark premieres on Netflix tomorrow, February 21st. The stand-up comedian and the host of The Daily Show talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about Donald Trump, his special and more. https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/833466219650969600 Has his stand-up changed? “It changes in therms of what I’m going through in life. As you grow older […]
BET’s new show scripted show about a fictional Black college, The Quad, has generated some positive reviews. But its storylines that include a shady band director, a strip club-owning alumnus, a college president with secrets and issues of her own have angered others. Hampton University’s president, William R. Harvey had several issues with the show […]
Without a doubt the 2016 Rio Olympics was a historic event for African-Americans. Over 28 million people on average witnessed the overload of #BlackGirlMagic daily and if that wasn’t enough, tens of millions streamed the games online, getting an even bigger dose of what black athletes were made of. Check out the individual accomplishments of the black […]
BET’s new show scripted show about a fictional Black college, The Quad, has generated some positive reviews. But its storylines that include a shady band director, a strip club-owning alumnus, a college president with secrets and issues of her own have angered others. Hampton University’s president, William R. Harvey had several issues with the show […]
Drummer Clyde Stubblefield passed away this weekend in Madison, Wisc., but his indelible mark on music lives on in one of the most sampled drum breaks ever. As a member of the Godfather of Soul James Brown’s band, Stubblefield’s performance on the “Funky Drummer” track has been used as a backdrop for hip-hop and dance […]
Howard University President Wayne Frederick welcomed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos with open arms. Only time will tell if Frederick made a wise decision. DeVos, the polarizing Education Secretary, got her first photo-op at a historically Black college since her razor-thin confirmation thanks to Frederick’s high-profile meeting. A billionaire who is facing mounting […]
I am so excited about this movie. It is high time for our stories to be told! HBO has finally released the first trailer for its upcoming anticipated film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Starring Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne and 2016 Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, the made-for-television movie tells the real life story of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells were […]
David & Tamela Mann talk about making their 29-year marriage a priority.
The Athens County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit is warning parents about edible drugs. The unit found a bounty of drugs in a Nelsonville home on Thursday. A helpful tip helped police uncover THC in the form of candy, chocolate bars, and butane honey oil commonly known as dabs. Along with drugs, agents found six firearms, […]