Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In this March 31, 2016 file photo, Wendell Pierce, a cast member in “Confirmation,” poses at the premiere of the HBO film in Los Angeles. Pierce has decided not to attend and speak at a Rutgers University graduation ceremony in New Jersey following his arrest in Atlanta. TV news anchor Soledad O’Brien will speak at […]

In this Sept. 19, 2015, file photo, Puff Daddy, left, performs with Lil Kim at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Puff Daddy is reuniting with Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans and more for a Bad Boy Records reunion tour kicking off Aug. 25, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP, […]

CANNES, France (AP) — Jeff Nichols’ quiet drama about the profound and simple love that toppled interracial marriage restrictions in the United States has made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Actress Ruth Negga, left and actor Joel Edgerton pose for photographers during a photo call for the film Loving at the 69th international […]

Fashionistas, bathing beauties, and lifeguards—is your wardrobe ready to stroll the sugary-sand beaches of the British Virgin Islands? As the warmth of summer breathes across you, have you decided what resortwear you will fashion?  Will your plans to scuba dive, snorkel, sail or swim show off luxury bikinis, one-piece swimsuits and men’s board shorts? Let […]

J.L. King, the New York Times best-selling author. (Updated 5/14/2016) J.L. King, the New York Times best-selling author of the book “On the Down Low,” has relaunched his own publishing company focused on aspiring Black writers. J.L. King Publishing, based in New York City and Atlanta, relaunched on April 27 to provide Black writers with […]

Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU), a historically Black institution in Daytona Beach, Fla., recently launched a student-run record label and has already signed two artists to its roster. HBCU Records was formed in 2015 by The Mike Curb Music Business, Entertainment & Sports Institute at Bethune-Cookman. The label provides students with “real world experience in real time” […]

Lauryn Hill’s recently canceled a show in Baltimore. (Courtesy photo) Singer Lauryn Hill cancelled a planned performance at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore on May 12, the latest in a string of late-appearances and no-shows. Since gaining notoriety as a member of The Fugees in the mid-90’s, Hill has become better known for her eccentricity, […]

Author and activist bell hooks (left) criticized Beyonce’s (right) Lemonade album. (Twitter photo and a still from Beyonce’s visual album) Bell hooks, an award-winning author, feminist and social activist, recently criticized Beyoncé’s latest album “Lemonade,” claiming that it was a “celebration of rage,” and that “violence is made to look sexy” in accompanying videos. In […]

Shonda Rhimes arrives at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, April 30, 2016, in Washington. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Scandal” producer Shonda Rhimes is collaborating with William Shakespeare on a new ABC series. The network said Thursday it’s ordered a period drama from Rhimes […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning nonfiction author, journalist and comic book writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says he and his family won’t be moving into a recently purchased New York City brownstone because of media attention. Coates says once word of the $2.1 million sale was published in various media outlets along with his new […]

The Baltimore Washington D.C. Metropolitan area has never been more prevalent in the world of hip-hop as it is today. Long removed from the days of Nonchalant and Section 8 Mob making splashes on the scene in the ‘90’s, D.C. has burst on the scene thanks to artists like Wale, Fat Trel and Shy Glizzy. […]

ROME (AP) — Beyonce told Serena Williams to dance and the tennis champion let loose. Top-ranked Williams recounted Sunday how she came to have a part in the singer’s video, “Lemonade.” Williams says, “I have known the director since I was like nine years old. I know Beyonce pretty well, so they were like, ‘We […]