By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago filed a lawsuit against Jussie Smollett on Thursday in a bid to recoup the costs of investigating a racist, anti-gay attack that authorities say was orchestrated by the “Empire” actor as a publicity stunt, with the city saying — at minimum — that it […]
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Grime Star Stormzy Cancels Austria Gig on Racism Allegation
By The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian music festival is apologizing to British grime artist Stormzy, who pulled out of an appearance after accusing security staff of racial profiling. Snowbombing festival organizers said security responded Wednesday night to a report that an individual at the show in Mayrhofen had a weapon, and a […]
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Donald Glover, Rihanna Film ‘Guava’ to hit Amazon Saturday
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Glover and Rihanna’s secretive new film “Guava Island” is coming to Amazon Prime Video this weekend. Glover tweeted Wednesday that it’d be available to stream for free starting Saturday at 12:01 am. According to Vanity Fair, it will be available to watch for free for 18 […]
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Co-Founder of Chart-Topping “The O’Jays” Dies of Cancer at 78
By The Associated Press OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Isles, an original member of the chart-topping R&B group The O’Jays, has died at his Southern California Home. He was 78. Isles died of cancer last month at his home in Oceanside, just north of San Diego, his son, Duane Isles, told The San Diego Union-Tribune. The funeral […]
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At Just 14, Marsai Martin is a Hollywood Mogul in the Making
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — You might have heard the story by now: That Marsai Martin pitched “Little,” a modern spin on “Big,” to Universal Pictures at age 10. It’s true, she did, but that precocious move was preceded by another, more impressive act of rebellion and a pivotal moment […]
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Jay-Z’s 2019 Shawn Carter Scholarship Program Now Open
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Created by rapper Jay-Z and his mother Gloria, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund (SCSF) was founded on the belief that any motivated individual in need should have the opportunity to further his or her education. By removing some of the financial burdens associated with going to, surviving in, and graduating from college, the […]
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7 Who Accused Cosby of Sex Abuse Settle Defamation Suits
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have settled defamation lawsuits against the imprisoned actor. Court documents filed Friday in Springfield, Massachusetts, show a settlement has been reached since Cosby went to prison last fall in a separate […]
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Netflix Teases Upcoming Beyonce Special ‘Homecoming’
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It took just one word for Netflix to send Beyonce fans into a full-on freak out. The streaming giant on Sunday posted on its social media channels a yellow image with the word “Homecoming” across it. The only other information was a date: April 17. Netflix on Sunday, April […]
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R. Kelly Makes Brief Paid Appearance at Illinois Club
By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly made a paid appearance early Sunday at a club in Illinois’ capital city, but the fans who each shelled out $50 to $100 for tickets got only a 28-second performance, followed by a half-hour meet-and-greet. Hours before his appearance at the Dirty South […]
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Review: True-life Tale of Black-KKK Friendship Comes to Big Screen
By Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer If you didn’t know that “The Best of Enemies” was based on a true story, you’d likely find the premise preposterous, and for a movie, probably ill-advised: A lowbrow Klan leader in North Carolina and a Black single mom/community activist are forced into dialogue and become lifelong friends and allies. […]
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Jenkins Brothers Hope “Sinners Wanted” Speaks To Their Generation
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Filmmakers Jimmy and Joshua Jenkins grew up as children of a successful Black pastor of a church in the most affluent African American county in the United States. From their seats near the front of the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, they listened intently for years as […]
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Ex-Reality TV Cast Member Gets 1-year Term in Fraud Case
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former cast member of the reality TV series “Bad Girls Club” was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the debit card information of a man found dead from a drug overdose in his Manhattan apartment the morning after hiring her as a prostitute in […]
