We can’t say this isn’t well deserved! Actor-comedians Tracy Morgan and Kevin Hart, and rapper-actor LL Cool J will each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the 2016 ceremony. They will also be joined by other 2016 honorees Shirley Caesar, Adam Levine, Bradley Cooper, Quentin Tarantino and Cyndi Lauper, among others. From Comedy Hype: […]
Netflix announced what titles will be coming and going for July, so let’s pick our favorites for our the month. We’re pleased to see Chris Tucker’s first stand up in years is on the list with Chris Tucker Live, and we’ll all finally be able to see if Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus was just as bad […]
Chuck Brown, the singer and guitarist known as the “Godfather of Go-Go,” a style of music similar to funk that was popularized in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., will be featured on this week’s Unsung episode on TV One. Brown led a turbulent life, filled with poverty and crime. He didn’t graduate from high school, and was […]
After a month of speculation, the news is finally confimed: Ava DuVernay is set to direct Marvel’s film adaptation of Black Panther, according to MCU Exchange. It looks like having the Selma director behind the camera for Black Panther is part of Marvel’s master plan to release additional films with a “diversity” mission. From MCU Exchange: Part of the […]
Kendrick Lamar just jumped on the remix of Jidenna‘s “Classic Man,” a cut that might become the song of the summer. And while Lamar isn’t the typical “classic man” Jidenna raps about on his song, lyrics like “I got key to my city/I got key to California/I might legalize your homicide and mourn marijuana” he […]
ESPN’s First Take is losing their co-host, Cari Champion, to SportsCenter, according to The Wrap. Champion started with the network in 2012, and quickly became a draw for the show for her fresh opinions and the way she handled the debates between Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless. From The Wrap: “I grew up watching […]
We’ve seen the back-and-forth between Nicki Minaj and her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels ever since the two announced their split in October 2014. But now the cast of MTV2’s Wild ‘N Out are joining in on the fun when Samuels appeared as a guest on the hit sketch show. Caught by TMZ, we see cast member Chico […]
Kerry Washington is set to play Anita Hill in the upcoming HBO movie Confirmation, and the network just released the first picture. Confirmation will be about the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings where Hill said he sexually harassed her. According to Variety, actor Wendell Pierce is signed as Thomas and Greg Kinnear will be playing […]
Rachel Zoledal, the former Spokane NAACP president who stepped down yesterday after being outed as white, sat down with Matt Lauer on the Today show and said plainly that she identifies as a black woman. When Zoledal was asked if she was an African-American woman, she replied, “I identify as black.” “It’s a little more complex […]