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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ousted Grammys CEO fired back at the Recording Academy on Tuesday,alleging that she was removed after complaining about sexual harassment and pay disparities and for calling out conflicts of interest in the nomination process for music’s most prestigious awards. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: Lawyers for Deborah Dugan, who was […]
In case you missed it a while back, “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” star Erica Dixon gave birth to twin girls this past May. She opened up at that time about the pain of having to leave them in the hospital for undisclosed health reasons and praying that they would get to be with her soon enough. […]
TORONTO (AP) — Prince Harry has reunited with his wife Meghan in Canada as he steps back from royal duties. Video from Sky News shows Harry landing at Victoria’s airport on Vancouver Island late Monday. The prince, Meghan and their 8-month-old son Archie were reportedly staying at at mansion on the island off Canada’s Pacific […]
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continued to run up his advantage among black political leaders Tuesday, with four Congressional Black Caucus members announcing their support, including three who previously backed Sens. Kamala Harris or Cory Booker. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: Georgia Rep. Sanford Bishop was making his first public […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The winners of last year’s acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Olivia Colman, Rami Malek, Regina King and Mahershala Ali will present during the Feb. 9 ceremony. SIGN UP FOR […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers want to use intimate emails from his accusers to try to convince jurors in his rape trial that any contact was consensual, the defense said Tuesday as an appeals court rejected an 11th-hour request to move the trial out of town. Opening statements are set for Wednesday in […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday. Former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews also videotaped himself advocating for killing […]
Wendy Williams dropped a bombshell on her talk show Tuesday when she revealed that her good pal NeNe Leakes is quitting “Real Housewives of Atlanta.” “I took a break between commercials, my office is right there behind the set. I had to go to the bathroom and so I looked at my phone between commercials. And NeNe texts, ‘I’m […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire outside of a Kansas City nightclub, killing a woman and injuring at least 15 other people before a guard killed him, had a past weapons charge dropped after lawmakers loosened the state’s gun laws. Jahron Swift, 29, had been in trouble with the law before […]
MIAMI (AP) — Four Florida passengers were in for a shock when actor Will Smith answered their Lyft call and gave them a ride around town. The actor was in Miami promoting his new movie, “Bad Boys for Life,” over the weekend. He picked up four riders in a 2020 Porsche Taycan, occasionally getting into the attitude […]
A Miami cop who has numerous complaints and lawsuits leveled against him for racist actions against Blacks is now claiming to be Black. “I’m a Black male,” Capt. Javier Ortiz said at a City of Miami commission meeting regarding his racially-charged abuse of power against Black employees at the Miami Police Department, Miami New Times reports. “Yes, I am. […]
Monique Pressley, the lawyer who represented Bill Cosby in his sexual assault case, has responded to reports that she has been suspended from practicing law indefinitely amid claims she misappropriated funds. Pressley spoke with theJasmineBRAND about the allegations in a statement on Friday (Jan. 17). “The allegations against me of impropriety are unequivocally not true. The claim that my suspension […]
