Subscription Box Sends You Products from Women of Color Only
*SassBoxx is a monthly subscription service which provides curated items from popular beauty & lifestyle brands and delivers them directly to you. 27-year-old Sapphira Martin is the founder of SassBoxx, and “BUY BLACK” enthusiasts will be over the moon to know that the site offers products exclusively from businesses owned by women of color. “It’s […]
TLC’s Chilli’: ‘All Lives Matter. There’s a Time When Different Groups Are Targeted’ [WATCH]
*Maybe Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas of TLC isn’t the duo’s most qualified person to answer questions on race. Chilli and Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins are over in London promoting their comeback album and they were asked by Channel 4 News how strongly they felt about the Black Lives Matter movement and if they participated in any of […]
Andy Cohen Speaks Out About Phaedra Parks’ Firing from ‘RHOA’
*“Real Housewives of Atlanta” executive producer Andy Cohen is speaking out about the pearl-clutching final reunion episode, where the bombshell was dropped that former cast member Phaedra Parks was responsible for spreading a vicious lie about Kandi Burress. If you watched the episode, then you witnessed Parks admit that she spread a rumor that Burruss […]
Donald Glover’s Animated Deadpool Series Headed to FXX
*Donald Glover’s adult-themed, animated adaptation of Marvel’s Deadpool has found a network. FXX has given a 10-episode order to the action-comedy series from Glover and his brother Stephen Glover. Both are attached as showrunners, executive producers and writers, according to Deadline Hollywood. The untitled series is set to debut in 2018 from producers Marvel TV in […]
Laura Govan Talks to ‘The Doctors’ About Her Chronic Yeast Infections (Watch)
*Reality star Laura Govan got extremely candid on Tuesday’s episode of “The Doctors,” revealing her battle with a chronic string of vaginal yeast infections. The situation is under control now, thanks to antibiotics and a new diet. But Govan decided to bring her ordeal to a national audience so that other woman can feel empowered about seeking treatment. The 37-year-old […]
Lakeith Stanfield Film ‘Crown Heights’ Gets Release Date from Amazon/IFC Films
*“Crown Heights,” the Sundance Audience Award winner starring Lakeith Stanfield of FX’s “Atlanta,” has been picked up by Amazon Studios and IFC Films, and will arrive in theaters on Aug. 25, reports Deadline. Written and directed by Matt Ruskin, the drama tells the true story of a wrongful prison sentence. In the spring of 1980, […]
Twitter Births #TheBowWowChallenge With Deceptive Struggle Photos
*The Internet is having too much fun roasting Bow Wow after he got caught in an Instagram lie. On Monday, the rapper shared a photo of a private jet with the caption “traveling to NY today,” implying he was about to board that particular plane. But Twitter user @Al_Khee, flying commercial, looked up to see […]
Sheila E., Cee Lo Green, Ced the Entertainer Set for Apollo Theater’s 2017 Spring Gala
*Sheila E., Cee Lo Green and Wé McDonald of NBC’s “The Voice” are in the performance lineup of Apollo Theater’s 2017 Spring Gala, to be held on June 12. Actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer will host the 12th annual benefit, according to Billboard. Two awards will be presented during the evening. Director/producer Stan Lathan will receive […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is the Richest Man in Hip Hop
*Forbes just released its annual list of hip-hop’s richest artists of 2017, and Mr. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop sits at the top, yet again. Sean “Diddy” Combs topped the list with a net worth of around $820 million, all thanks to an ongoing partnership with Ciroc vodka, as well as his investment in the TV […]
Today on News One Now: FBI Director James Comey Fired As Trump ‘Tries To Deflect Attention’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning on “News One Now,” host and managing editor Roland Martin spoke with Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) about the abrupt firing of former head of the FBI James Comey. Comey found out the news yesterday after hearing it on television while addressing agents in Los Angeles, and originally thought it […]
Watch Ed. Secretary Betsy DeVos Get Booed During Her Bethune Cookman Commencement Address
*Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was loudly booed by Bethune-Cookman University graduates on Wednesday while delivering a commencement address that many students and grads never agreed to. Some students turned their backs on DeVos during her opening remarks. “While we will undoubtedly disagree at times I hope we can do so respectfully,” she said, barely heard […]
Tiffany Haddish Books Leading Role in TBS’s Untitled Tracy Morgan Series
*Comedian Tiffany Haddish, the breakout actress from NBC’s “The Carmichael Show,” has landed a lead role opposite Tracy Morgan in his untitled TBS comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The single-camera comedy created by Jordan Peele and John Carcieri was developed at FX, but ordered straight to series at TBS following a multiple-network bidding […]
ABC’s ‘Scandal’ Will End After Season 7 (Report)
*ABC has reportedly chosen an end date for “Scandal.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is expected to announce at next week’s upfront presentation that the Shonda Rhimes drama starring Kerry Washington will wrap for good following its previously-announced seventh season. ABC, producers ABC Studios and Shondaland declined comment. In its current sixth season, […]
2 Brothas Brawl on Southwest Airlines Plane; It Looks Like it Sounds (WATCH)
*Oh Lord, this is NOT a good look. Not at all. Unfortunately two knuckleheads, both black, got into argument which of course led to a WWF brawl breaking out on a Southwest Airlines plane. The shameful display happened shortly after Southwest Airlines flight 2530 landed in Burbank, California before traveling on to Oakland, California on […]
Change! BET Moving HQ from DC to NYC, but CEO Debra Lee Has Relocated to LA
Cha-cha-change is in the air at BET. And it’s a big one. On Tuesday, the network issued a statement saying that it’s getting’ the hell out of Washington, DC, its longtime headquarters home since 1980. OK, they didn’t exactly say they were “gettin’ the hell” out of DC, but the bottom line is that they […]
