SoulTrain.com Brought Soul Train into the Future, Kept Soul Train Alive
*BET Networks’ acquisition of Soul Train this past April has given the historic brand a new beginning. One can only imagine what to expect from this year’s upcoming Soul Train Weekend in Las Vegas, Nov. 3 – 6. According to reports the purchase of Don Cornelius’ iconic creation includes ownership of one of the largest […]
Halle Berry Tells ‘Extra’ She’s in a Good Place Since Split from Oliver Martinez
*“Extra’s” Teri Seymour caught up with ageless beauty Halle Berry, who opened up about life since filing for divorce from husband Olivier Martinez. Berry revealed that she is in a good place after splitting from Martinez, her husband of two years. She said: “I just feel happy, you know? I’ve arrived at a really good […]
Regal Theaters Denies Racism After Accusation of Killing Tkt. Sales of ‘Birth of a Nation’
*Is the Regal Theaters chain shady? Or, maybe we should as if they are racist? Maybe. Maybe not depending on your point of view. The question is being asked because a viral video purportedly caught one of the company’s theater lying to a customer about Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” being sold out. […]
Hillary Clinton Responds to FBI; Wants Information About Email Investigation Released (WATCH)
*(Via ABC News) – Hillary Clinton has called on the FBI to release all the information it has in relation to the newly discovered emails that prompted the bureau’s latest review of the private server she used while she was secretary of state. “We are 11 days out from perhaps the most important election of our […]
#ClownLivesMatter? Mississippi County Bans Them Until After Halloween
*I’m one of a seemingly diminishing minority who loves clowns. I grew up watching Oopsy The Clown in Detroit …before moving on to Bozo ..and who could forget my boy Ronald, who’s probably responsible for my membership in the seemingly increasing majority of obese, hypertensive people. ANYWAY, because of my lifetime affinity for clowns, […]
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Continuing Email Flap Won’t Derail Clinton, But There’s Still Danger
*GOP presidential contender Donald Trump giddily and predictably wasted no time when FBI Director James Comey announced that the agency was looking at more Clinton emails. For the umpteenth time, Trump branded her a criminal and demanded that Americans not let her “criminal enterprise” into the Oval Office. No matter that Comey made it clear […]
Knowledge Shabazz: Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Am I My Sister’s Salvation?
*We must progress with the love we have, brother to brother, sister to sister. Finally shed the hundreds of years of making black symbolize all that is negative, untrustworthy and void of essence, as well as color. All the stereotypes sink into the black concise. Black cats are bad luck, black represents evil… (Hmm, untrue. […]
Joy Bryant as Eleanor Holmes Norton in Amazon Series ‘Good Girls Revolt’ Out Today (Trailer)
*The 10-episode series “Good Girls Revolt,” based on the book The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace by author Lynn Povich, becomes available today on Amazon Prime video. Amazon’s adaptation follows a group of young female researchers in 1969 at “News of the Week,” as they embark […]
ARRIVAL – Finding the Common Ground (WATCH)
*See what happens when we put two strangers who don’t speak the same language in a room together. The task: find what they have in common. ARRIVAL arrives in-theaters November 11. Synopsis: When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team – lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – are brought together to […]
Mayor Declares Oct 28 ‘Paisley Park Day’ as Prince Museum Reopens (Watch)
*Prince’s Paisley Park studio complex and home reopened permanently Friday as a museum honoring his musical legacy, and the mayor of the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen paid tribute by declaring October 28, 2016, “Paisley Park Day.” “Prince was known to love all, and today we welcome the world to our city while extending an open invitation […]
Bill Cosby’s Lawyers Now Argue He’s Legally Blind and Can’t Recognize His Accusers
*Bill Cosby’s legal team has come up with a new argument regarding his upcoming sexual-assault trial. According to NBC News, his lawyers are now claiming that the actor is legally blind and therefore cannot recognize his accusers in court. “No 79-year-old blind man could possibly defend himself against a claim that he sexually assaulted someone he supposedly […]
Kid Cudi Responds to Drake From Rehab: ‘Say it To My Face, P**sy’
*After checking into rehab earlier this month for depression, Kid Cudi returned to Twitter in response to a perceived shot from Drake. The Toronto emcee announced a new project titled More Life and dropped four tracks earlier this week, to commemorate his 30th birthday — including “Two Birds, One Stone,” which featured a line thought […]
New Destiny’s Child Instagram Account Has Internet Thinking 2017 Reunion
Where they at, where they at? “Soldier,” featuring raps from T.I. and Lil Wayne, was released as a single on this day in 2004! A photo posted by Destiny’s Child (@destinyschild) on Oct 25, 2016 at 12:30pm PDT *Destiny’s Child fans are wondering if a comeback is afoot after the group suddenly and quietly opened […]
Kurupt, Hill Harper, Bobby Bland, Frankie Knuckles in New Season of ‘Unsung’ and ‘Unsung Hollywood’
*TV One has revealed the subjects featured in new seasons of its flagship shows “Unsung” and “Unsung Hollywood,” set to premiere next week. “Unsung Hollywood” will start things off highlighting the life and career of Hill Harper on Nov. 2, followed by Joe and Guy Torry on Nov. 9 and Bill Bellamy on Nov. 16. […]
76ers Apologize to Sevyn Streeter for Nixing Her National Anthem
*So now they’re sorry. Days after pulling Sevyn Streeter’s scheduled performance of the national anthem because she wore a shirt that said “We Matter,” the team has issued an apology and invited her back to sing it before another game. “We are sorry that this happened. After receiving feedback from our players, basketball operations staff […]
