What happens when you tell kids that Stacey Dash wants to cancel Black History Month? Their reaction is priceless. Watch below: Thanks to the people at Because Of Them We Can for this! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. (Photo/Video Source: Because Of Them We Can Youtube)
Actress Janet Hubert stops by The Real Thursday and reveals to the ladies details on her headline-making social media video rant against Jada Pinkett Smith. Aunt Viv also speaks on what she’d say to Will Smith, her former co-star on the 1990s TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. And yes, she acknowledges the Oscar diversity […]
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Halle Berry said Hollywood’s lack of diversity stems from a lack of honesty. Filmmakers and actors should tell the truth, she said, “and the films, I think, that are coming out of Hollywood aren’t truthful.” “The reason they’re not truthful these days is they aren’t really depicting the importance […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith doesn’t plan to be at the Academy Awards, but he’s scheduled to attend the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the “Concussion” star is among the nominees expected to attend Friday’s ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Southern California. Smith is […]
Janet Hubert has turned her ire from Will & Jada to Stacey Dash, saying, “Somebody needs to slap the little bit of black she got on her, off of her.” Fresh from criticizing the Smiths for their planned #OscarsSoWhite boycott of the Academy Awards, the original Aunt Viv from “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” has now […]
When news broke that the cast of “Straight Outta Compton” were not invited to this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, it only fueled further uproar over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy. Ice Cube – the executive producer of the film – previously said that he’s never attended the show in the past so this year will be no […]
Comedian Tony Rock is bringing the funny to your city next month as he takes part in The Royal Comedy Tour. The funny comes to its first city February 13th and it stars Gary Owen, Sommore, Tommy Davidson and Earthquake. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about big brother Chris, Super Bowl 50 and how […]
Oscar winner Mo’Nique blasted Hollywood’s struggle to embrace diversity in an interview with HuffPost Live on Tuesday. The comedian and actress received critical praise for her role as the abusive Mary Lee Johnston in the film Precious and won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Last year, she received rave reviews […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy Awards has unveiled a distinctly diverse slate of presenters and performers for the Feb. 28 Oscars including Kevin Hart, Benicio Del Toro and Whoopi Goldberg. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced the names of 11 people taking part in the show. The makeup of […]
The 240th Anniversary of First Baptist Church of Williamsburg is celebrating the special bell ringing ceremony and Concert for Hope on February 1. The event, hosted by Danny Glover, features music Icon Dionne Warwick, musician Esperanza Spalding, and Valerie Simpson performing with the Hampton University Choir. The legendary actor talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show […]
Roland Martin talks to National Urban League’s Marc Morial about the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars and the calling of a meeting with film studios to diversify their hiring efforts. “Hollywood has a long history of making and breaking promises. Taking any controversy around inclusion an race and treating it like a public relations strategy. The […]
She’s at it again. Stacey Dash is doubling and tripling down on her comments calling for the elimination of Black History Month and the BET Network. Now she’s saying she wants an apology from her critics . And why is that, you ask? Because in a blog post entitled, “Twitter Haters, When Do I Get […]
