If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

Tammy Williams is the first black woman to own her own post-production studio in the state of Georgia. Williams has recently started Open River Studios in Fayetteville. Open Rivers Studios is a 16,000 sq. ft. complex with production and post-production operations. Williams hopes to attract Independent filmmakers and provide original programming that will lead to […]

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Keyshia Cole‘s husband, professional b-ball player Daniel “Boobie” Gibson, confirmed to TMZ that he turned himself into authorities in New Orleans today. Here’s what Gibson told TMZ via a statement: “Earlier this month during the Essence Music Festival, I was involved in an incident with other individuals while I was out with my wife.” He […]

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Saturday night in Cincinnati, OH  the Paul Brown stadium was filled with tens of thousands of people who were not happy campers. The show at the Macy’s Music Festival was delayed by up to an hour and a half  all because R. Kelly was not in the building ready to move when the preceding act […]

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It should come as no surprise that CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon is catching shade for agreeing with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly‘s anti-black community comments. In fact, Lemon went a step further and said O’Reilly didn’t go far enough. Black folks took to Twitter and other social media to let Lemon know his remarks were […]

National News, News

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights. The president met privately Monday with more than a dozen civil rights leaders to talk about strengthening the Voting Rights Act. Last month the Supreme Court struck down the most powerful provision of the 48-year-old […]

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Director Spike Lee recently came on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to raise $1.25 million on Kickstarter.com for a very secretive project he’s working on. In a conversation with Black&Sexy.TV on Saturday night, Lee announced he has begun working on a sequel for his 1988 musical drama School Daze. Lee said the sequel would take […]

News, Top News

Roy Middleton, 60,  of Warrington, Fla., was shot in the leg about 2:42 a.m. Saturday morning while searching for a cigarette from his mother’s car in the driveway of their home. A neighbor believed a burglary was taking place and called 911. While he was looking into the vehicle, deputies arrived. Middleton said he was […]

The city of Chicago honored ten-time Grammy award-winning R&B singer Chaka Khan with a street named in her honor in a ceremony on Saturday, July 27th. The…

I’m angered that Kevyn Orr, Detroit’s emergency manager, would approve the city’s plans to spend $400 million to build a new hockey arena when the city is broke and thousands of city workers are worried about receiving their hard-earned pensions. It’s a tragedy that Orr – and Detroit’s city administrators – are gambling with the […]

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In an interview with MSNBC, Mr. Belafonte was asked if Jay Z should continue to play a concert with Justin Timberlake in Florida in August…

Watch out Kelis! Tina Turner was fierce and fabulous in her green wedding dress and at 73-years-young we are not made at her! The legendary…

Commentary

The last thing Orlando Shaw needs is a reality show. Shaw, 33, who is unemployed, has 22 children by 14 women, and he’s being sued in Nashville, Tennessee’s most expensive child support case. Shaw claims he’s a good father but says he can’t afford the tens of thousands of dollars he owes in child support […]