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Serena Williams graces the latest cover of WIRED magazine to explain how tech plays a huge role in her life and reveals even more about her efforts to empower other women. As this month’s guest editor, Serena explains that the passwords for her devices consist of affirmations, and though a small act, it helps her […]

This is the perfect response to the backlash the new Star Wars film has received for having a black actor in one of the leading roles.

Gerald Slink Johnson is getting his Jesus on as the title character in Adult Swim’s Black Jesus which airs Friday nights at 11 p.m. Created by Aaron McGruder of Boondocks fame,  it places Jesus in the South Central L.A. hood, along with a cast of neighborhood characters that he interacts with, including Charlie Murphy, Kali Hawk, […]

Lamar Odom‘s father has been banned from visiting his son in the hospital – and he’s blaming his daughter-in-law Khloé Kardashian, according to a report. “I’m upset because this is the second time I came to see my son and they won’t let me see my son,” Joe Odom told TMZ Wednesday night. “And, you […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Show me your hands, or your dance moves. A D.C. police officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a Washington park by challenging one of them to a dance-off. Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah Taylor says a woman officer arrived Monday and when she saw Taylor dancing to the popular song, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae […]

A California wedding has gone viral for its creative way of mixing American and Nigerian traditions. Elizabeth Bisola and Eric Riedel invited their close family and friends to witness their grand nuptials at San Francisco City Hall. https://instagram.com/p/8dm09kOC4n/?tagged=beriedel2015   Check out more photos below. https://instagram.com/p/7Yy1FwOC3i/?tagged=beriedel2015 https://instagram.com/p/7tO3cLDu5m/?tagged=beriedel2015     Congratulations to the happy couple! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us […]

RushCard, the pre-paid debit card backed by rap mogul Russell Simmons, will create a “multi-million dollar” fund to help cover the costs that its customers suffered while the card was hit with technical problems earlier this month. RushCard customers who can show they incurred late fees, lost a deposit on an apartment, or any such […]

Let it be known that Sofia Vergara is not among those who were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby. Responding to claims from the Spanish radio show El Candela that she “could’ve been one of Cosby’s victims,” the “Modern Family” star slammed the show, which weighed in on a recently resurfaced interview Vergara did with Cosby […]

Michael Jackson may be dead, but that doesn’t mean he’s not making money. The entertainer, who died in 2009, at the age of 50, is at the head of the list of top-earning dead celebrities tabulated by Forbes. Jackson brought in $115 million over the past year. Another dead singing legend, Elvis Presley, is number […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — London-born model and TV actor Sam Sarpong has died in Southern California after jumping to his death from a bridge. Sarpong, who was 40, died Monday afternoon in Pasadena, where he lived. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says the case is being investigated as a possible suicide. But the official […]

Actor O’Shea Jackson Jr., who played his father Ice Cube in the NWA biopic “Straight Outta Compton,” is among the actors chosen to perform live reads of select scenes from five winning screenplays written by this year’s Academy Nicholls fellows. Kathy Baker, Freida Pinto and Jimmy Smits will also perform at the 2015 Academy Nicholl […]

Like any mini-diva, North West has her on and off days. At just 2-years-old, she’s already letting the paparazzi know how she feels. When the littlest West was heading to the car from ballet class, adorably dressed in Balmain, she told the paparazzi assembled that she didn’t appreciate them taking her picture. Check out the […]