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Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has made it a mission to uncover and celebrate history. One of his most compelling ways to do so is the work he does in genealogy. On the show African-American Lives, he traced the ancestry of African-Americans (including Tom Joyner’s) through slavery and back to Africa. He expanded his reach […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Mavis Staples is getting the tribute treatment. An all-star lineup of musicians including Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Taj Mahal, Eric Church, Michael McDonald, Patty Griffin and more will salute Staples during the I’ll Take You There – Celebrating 75 Years of Mavis Staples tribute concert Nov. 19 in Chicago. Staples has had […]
For Better For Worse is back on OWN and actors Micheal Jai White and Tasha Smith have had some experience playing husband and wife. They were a couple in both of the Why Did I Get Married movies. Their characters proved to be so popular that Tyler Perry spun them off into a TV show. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — With a picture of his mother on a large screen behind him, Doug E Fresh struggled to complete his sentence. The rapper dubbed “The Human Beat Box” choked up and shed tears as he received the “I Am Hip-Hop Award” at the ninth BET Hip-Hop Awards on Saturday. Fresh eventually told the […]
Carolina Panthers baller Cam Newton made a stir on Twitter when he showed up to a post game interview dressed in a Lilac blazer and what looked to be like black, capri leggings. To complete the look, monogrammed black velvet slippers a la Hugh Hefner. Click through to the next page to see his getup and […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Let’s just go ahead and make it official. “Thursday” should be renamed “Shonday.” At least it should on ABC, which has handed its entire Thursday prime-time schedule to drama doyenne Shonda Rhimes. Starting this week at 8 p.m. EDT, it’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” with Rhimes the showrunner for this medical melodrama’s […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Jenner is ending her 22-year year marriage to Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch filed for divorce on Monday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. The pair’s relationship and its troubles have been featured prominently on the reality show that focuses heavily on Kris […]
Saturday Night Live has responded to a report that Kenan Thompson is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after the upcoming season. A spokesperson for the show says that a report from TMZ is inaccurate. According to TMZ, the most tenured African-American cast member in the show’s history was planning to leave after last season, but decided […]
Right in the smack dab of leaked nude celebrity pictures, Alicia Keys has decided to leak her own, but it’s for a good cause! The singer, songwriter and well known social/civil rights activist has launched the ‘We Are Here’ campaign urging others to push forward in making a difference in the world. The mommy […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee was memorialized Saturday in poetry, dance and song at a packed Harlem cathedral where Alicia Keys sang her song “Superwoman,” Wynton Marsalis performed a stirring trumpet solo, and well-wishes were sent from Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and the White House. The three-hour celebration of […]
Comedian Sheryl Underwood revealed recently that she turned down the opportunity to be a part of the “Queens of Comedy” because she once overheard some…
Inside sources are hopeful Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom will get back together. After all, they haven’t finalized their divorce, and Kardashian is back on the market. Odom is allegedly pursuing reigniting a relationship with Kardashian now that she finally got rid of that temporary rapper guy also known as French Montana. According to Inquisitr, […]
