For last night’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” comedian Paul Rudd created a spoof of the Black holiday films, “Best Man Holiday,” “Madea Christmas” and…

Dr. Maya Angelou, a living legend among us, has delivered a powerful, gripping tribute to Nelson Mandela on behalf of the American people. Released by…

Patrick G. Barclay has become the first American and only African American to earn the Master of Chinese Civil and Commercial Law degree from Renmin University of China. Renmin University is ranked as the best law school in China by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Barclay spent two years completing his courses and thesis and […]

Martin Bashir may be history at MSNBC, but Joy-Ann Reid could very well be the network’s future, according to two polls on the Internet. Reid, an MSNBC contributor who serves as managing editor of TheGrio.com, is the front-runner to take over Bashir’s 4 p.m. time slot as she holds a lead over Ronan Farrow by […]

Sony Pictures’ first official teaser for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” hit the web Thursday, offering a first look at Jamie Foxx’s Electro in hot pursuit of the webslinger through the skies of New York. According to Deadline.com, the clip, seen above, launches Sony’s massive global marketing campaign leading up to its May 2, 2014 release. […]

Now that Metta World Peace is playing in New York, Knicks fans were wondering if he’ll change back to his original name, Ron Artest. During an interview a while back with “ClevverNews,” Mr. World Peace said he is planning a name change for this season, but not legally. “We are going to do a name […]

Jay Z easily led Grammy Award nominations announced Friday with nine, but left-of-center rappers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kendrick Lamar were among a group of new stars who took many of the major nominations. Macklemore and Lewis’ gay marriage anthem “Same Love” was among song of the year nominees and the Seattle rap crew […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jameis Winston and No. 1 Florida State made it look easy again. The Seminoles are headed to the BCS national championship game after one of the most dominant regular seasons in college football history. “This whole week has been very high emotion,” Winston said. “We wanted to win this championship so […]

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions says an anonymous bidder paid $1,466,574, the highest price for a piece of Olympic memorabilia. The online auction ended Sunday. Owens won gold in […]

The Mariners made the kind of splash they’ve wanted for nearly a decade. They reached agreement with Robinson Cano, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. ESPN reported earlier Friday that the contract was worth $240 million for 10 years. The person told the AP that the deal was pending […]

The NFL often promotes football as a bad weather sport. It got its share early Sunday in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pittsburgh. Blowing snow made traction and visibility difficult for Lions at Eagles, Vikings at Washington Football Team, Chiefs at Washington Football Team, and Dolphins at Steelers. Detroit running back Reggie Bush injured himself on […]

DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit university professor is pledging $5 million, hoping it will spark a wildfire of private financial support to protect valuable art from being sold to pay creditors in the city’s bankruptcy. A. Paul Schaap said he wants to help the Detroit Institute of Arts as well as retirees whose pensions […]