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WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s Kennedy Center honorees will include two singers, a television writer, a dancer – and for the first time, a hip-hop artist. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced the recipients of the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. They are: hip-hop artist LL Cool J, singers Gloria […]
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry pumped his right fist, raised his arms in the air with club in hand and gave a firm shoulder bump to caddie Jonnie West, his golf partner on road trips with the Golden State Warriors. A birdie at last after he scored three bogeys over his initial five holes […]
Ex-NFL quarterback Michael Vick‘s past has come back to haunt him again. His former college, Virginia Tech, has plans to induct him into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame, but apparently, that’s not gonna happen without protest. It seems two online petitions have gathered almost 100,000 signatures opposing the move. But there’s even more opposition. […]
MSNBC is literally jumping for joy. Anchor Joy-Ann Reid has been pulling in big numbers for the cable news channel with her weekend show “AM Joy” on weekend mornings. According to Nielsen, the program tops CNN viewership in the same time slot for the fifth consecutive month. In July, her Saturday edition averaged 1.02 million […]
The surprise success of “47 Meters Down” has the founder and chairman of Entertainment Studios, Byron Allen, on a mission to become the next Walt Disney. The film stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters vacationing in Mexico who get trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less […]
Fantasia performed at the Cincinnati Music Festival for the second year in a row and had us on our feet! The former American Idol winner took the stage on Saturday night to the biggest crowd for the festival yet along with Usher, Bell Biv DeVoe, Anthony Hamilton and more! If you missed this performance […]
Serena Williams hasn’t let her pregnancy get in the way of a strenuous workout. The tennis star, currently in her third trimester, is seen in Snapchat footage bouncing a heavy ball and pushing a metal contraption using high knees, a move she titled “The Turtle.” She’s 35 weeks and counting, y’all. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow […]
She also dishes on her rumored rivalry with Aretha Franklin, Deborah Cox’s career, and why she doesn’t consider herself a “diva.” Soul legend Patti LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records, won multiple Grammy and NAACP Image awards, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and been inducted into several musical […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he called the White House a “dump.” Trump responded on Twitter to an article posted Tuesday on the website golf.com. The story recounts a scene in which Trump was chatting with some club members at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump reportedly told the […]
Suge Knight, the man who founded the now defunct, but history making, Death Row Records has got another legal problem to contend with. Knight has been indicted by a Los Angeles County grand jury for making felony criminal threats against F. Gary Gray, the director of the hit film, “Straight Outta Compton.” A copy of […]
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says its Induced Seismicity Department and the Oklahoma Geological Survey are investigating several earthquakes in the central part of the state. At least six quakes of magnitude 3.0 or stronger have struck since Tuesday in an area about 4 miles (6 kilometers) northeast of Edmond — about […]
Niecy Nash plays Desna in the show Claws. Her character represents somewhat of a sex symbol. The TJMS crew asked how she felt about it. She said, “It’s kind of a strong word. I have never been asked to be sexy. Yall gonna wait till I’m forty damn seven to ask me!” She explains that the industry can be polite […]
