In this day and age, the young and beautiful live and die on social media. And it’s been a sudden and ugly death for the ill-fated Fyre Festival, a multiday music, art and culture party that promised “an invitation to let loose and unplug with the likeminded” on the Bahamian island of Exuma. The festival’s […]
The Rihanna & Lupita movie of Twitter dreams may actualize.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A video showing a man stopping a fight between two teenagers in New Jersey and refusing to leave until the boys shake hands has drawn millions of views and heaps of praise for his intervention. The video has been viewed more than 20 million times since being posted on Facebook […]
Have they gone too far?
This story of missed flights, house mice and desperate DMs from mom exposes the many risks of social media romance.
Tears were shed by former American Idol contestant Bo Bice as he recounted his story of being called a “white boy” at a Popeye’s restaurant by a Black female employee, who has since been suspended over the incident. Bice, who lost in the finals to Carrie Underwood on “Idol’s” fourth season, took to Facebook complaining […]
In Donald Trump’s vision of AmeriKKKa, angry, Obama-hating white folks feel that their call of duty is to attack people of color as a way to show their unity with the president-elect. Last week, a pro-Donald Trump white supremacist website called the Daily Stormer said it created 1,000 fake Twitter accounts of fictional black people […]
Fantasia Barrino has joined the likes of Christina Milian, Raven Symone and Stacey Dash. Over the weekend, she announced her headlining concert in Charlotte, N.C., and fans went crazy after seeing the event’s name: “Hear Me Now! – All Lives Matter.” https://twitter.com/VashtiHurt/status/780069385859923968 The dismissive statement, which is a response to the Black Lives Matter outcry, caused social […]
Soledad O’Brien’s Twitter feed was bombarded by angry Donald Trump fans Monday after she appeared on her old network to discuss the media’s coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, and accused cable news in particular of promoting his hate speech for ratings, reports TV Newser. “If there’s any lesson to be learned, it’s, ‘Wow, over-the-top […]
The former Destiny's Child member and Single Ladies actress split from Rob Hillman after just two months of wedded bliss.
The Twitterverse did what it does best, using a hashtag to air out grievances about Hillary's rise in becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Well-known for his top-notch rap skills and laid-back persona, Big Boi, one-half of the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum duo Outkast, found out how it feels to face the wrath of #BlackTwitter.
