British singer Estelle is heading to Versus and Flow on the August 13th episode of Lexus’ Verses & Flow, airing Thursday nights on TV One. On behalf of the show, Lexus is giving away $100,000 in scholarships to HBCU students this season. Estelle is not doing any poetry on the show, but you can expect to […]
Misty Copeland is having a great year. She starred in an Under Armour commercial, was named a principal dancer in the New York City Ballet, appeared in a revival of Our Town on Broadway and she’s now landed an Essence cover. Photographed by Dennis Leupold in a Zimmerman gown, the graceful ballerina maybe one of the […]
In a move sure to delight their fans, BET has announced they will be doing a miniseries on the group New Edition. Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Ralph, Mike and Johnny will be profiled in a deal announceed this week. Reports EW.com Members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant will co-produce the […]
Remember 26-year-old North Carolina lottery winner Marie Holmes? She’s the woman who walked away with $88 million after taxes after playing the winning numbers in the North Carolina lottery in February. Holmes, a single mother of four, was living in a trailer with her kids and had just quit two fast food jobs to take […]
The TJMS is on the road again and this time, Sherri Shepherd is with them on the air all week. Kelly Osbourne, who made disparaging comments about Mexican-Americans on The View last week , isn’t the only celebrity to get into trouble for not thinking before she opened her mouth. So she empathized with Osbourne, […]
Today’s U.S. Armed Forces features a wealth of racial diversity. Much of that is owed to the efforts of 1st Sergeant Percy Ricks Jr. of Augusta, Ga. Sergeant Ricks was the first Black non-commissioned officer to lead a racially integrated unit in 1946. Ricks was born in the town of Adrian, Ga. in 1920. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling for a “new college compact,” Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will unveil a $350 billion plan aimed at making college more affordable and reducing the crushing burden of student debt. At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, the state with the highest average student debt in the country, Clinton will […]