TV & Film

Nick Cannon’s presence at NBC is getting bigger. The network has just given the “America’s Got Talent” host and his manager, Michael Goldman, the principals at NCredible Entertainment, the option to develop both scripted and unscripted programming in a “first-look” production deal. The 32-year-old film star, comedian, musician, writer and director, who is married to […]

National News

The first dog has his family’s Christmas card all to himself. Iowa artist Larassa Kabel’s painting depicts a snow-covered Bo Obama running across the White House’s North Lawn. It pays homage to the 2010 snapshot, which caught the 4-year-old playing in the snow during a February blizzard, reports People. (Photo: EURWeb)

Entertainment, Gossip

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been found in contempt of court and ordered to pay $500,000 in overdue child support to his ex-wife. An attorney for Rodman’s ex-wife Michelle said Thursday that the flamboyant basketball player was also sentenced to informal probation. City News Service reports that Orange County Superior […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Viro Small a.k.a. “Black Sam of Vermont” was one of the first black professional wrestlers in America. The 5′ 10″ heavyweight started as a collar-and-elbow wrestler around 1880. A former slave in Buford, South Carolina, Small’s first documented match was against Mike Horogan. He lost the match but was taken in by Horogan as a […]

News, Originals, Top News

See “Survivors of Abuse” photo gallery below. Left to die in a car with two gunshot wounds to the head and one in the arm, Stephanie Powe refused to take her last breath. She miraculously dialed the car phone and told a friend, “I’m not playing. I’ve been shot two times in the head…” She […]

News, Top News

Lights, ornaments and the most festive of trimmings overlay one of the world’s most bustling metropolises, testaments of a time of season when man’s humanity to man is thought to be as common as the air one naturally inhales. And yet all is not regal or cheerful in NYC, where the Coalition for the Homeless […]

Entertainment

See “Celebrity Dads Who Make Us Laugh” photo gallery below. We’re pretty sure one day we’ll look up and Gary Owen will be hosting the Soul Train Music Awards. Not only has he starred in Black movie hits like “Think Like a Man,” he’s also among the few white comics who routinely does the Black […]

Entertainment, Gossip

As citizens in Washington light up joints celebrating the first day of legalized marijuana, Snoop Lion reveals just how many blunts he smokes per day. While chatting with fans on Reddit, the rapper formerly known as Snoop Dogg discussed not only the number of blunts he smokes but also some of his favorite smoking buddies […]

National News

Former Vice President Al Gore delivered words of praise and criticism during a speech on Thursday. While speaking at an event sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters and the Regional Plan Association, Gore applauded New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his work during Hurricane Sandy. However, the words of praise went abbreviated as […]

National News

See “Celebs React to Obama Reelection Via Twitter” photo gallery below. Despite her anti-Obama views during the election, Ann Coulter has decided to wave the white flag when it comes to the fiscal cliff. The outspoken Republican commentator took Sean Hannity by surprise on Wednesday when she said the GOP should give up the fight […]

National News, News

WASHINGTON (AP) — New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases. The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. dropped to an estimated 11.1 million last year from a peak of 12 million in 2007, part of an overall waning of Hispanic […]

News, Top News

ATLANTA (AP) — An elderly man accused of gunning down a Georgia woman after his motorized wheelchair and her car bumped is a military veteran and church deacon who has suffered strokes in recent years, his attorney said Thursday. Frank Louis Reeves, 73, is accused of killing 65-year-old Linda Hunnicutt at a Macon gas station […]