Oop! Deshaun Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million | WATCH

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*(CNN) — The NFL and the NFL Players Association have agreed to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for 11 regular season games without pay and fine him $5 million after he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women. Watson will undergo “a professional evaluation by behavioral experts and will follow […]

2022 BET Hip Hop Awards Returns to Atlanta This Fall

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*BET has announced the return of “BET Hip Hop Awards” to Atlanta, GA, on Friday, September 30, with the broadcast premiere airing Tuesday, October 4, at 9 PM ET/PT on BET. The annual celebration will bring together the hottest names in hip hop to pay homage to the best in hip hop culture, per the […]

Apple Original Films Drops Trailer for ‘SIDNEY’ Documentary | Watch

*Apple Original Films documentary has dropped the trailer for “SIDNEY,” the upcoming documentary on film icon Sidney Poitier that will stream on Apple TV+ beginning September 23. The project hails from producer Oprah Winfrey and is directed by Academy Award nominee Reginald Hudlin. Per press release, this revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier and […]

Alabama Death Row Inmate Suffered Through Painful 3-Hour Execution

*Alabama death row inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend in 1994 and sentenced to death. His execution last month reportedly took longer than any lethal injection in recorded US history. James Jr., 50, was subjected to 3 hours of pain and suffering because the execution team “took time to […]

Another Man Fatally Shot at George Floyd Square In Minneapolis

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*A man was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting at Minneapolis’ George Floyd Square on Sunday. Both victims, reportedly in their twenties, were taken to Hennepin Healthcare where the survivor is suffering life-threatening injuries, BET reports. The shooting occurred a week after Mohamed Omar, 29, was killed near the square. No arrests […]

Kid Cudi Talks Fallout with Kanye: ‘I Have Zero Tolerance For The Wrong Energies’

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*Kid Cudi addresses his fallout with Kanye West for his Esquire cover story in the publication’s September issue.  The friendship between the two artists apparently soured when Cudi was hanging out with Pete Davidson who was allegedly dating Ye’s ex Kim Kardashian, Too Fab reports.  “I’m at a place in my life where I have […]

WATCH Mashonda’s Ethereal ‘Positive Distraction’ Music Video

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*(Los Angeles) – Singer-songwriter Mashonda shares the music video for “Positive Distraction,” the second single from her EP Note to Self due out this fall. The video compliments the soothing summer jam co-written and co-produced by Mashonda and The Millennials for her Tifrere Music label. Directed by Push and Pull Media, the clip captures her […]

Cancel Culture May Be Reason Why Jamie Foxx’s ‘All-Star Weekend’ Was Shelved

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*Jamie Foxx is speaking out about why his 2016 comedy “All-Star Weekend” co-starring Jeremy Piven was shelved and cancel culture may have killed the project.  In the film, Foxx and Piven play NBA-obsessed friends who “win tickets to the NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles and on their way out west, they run into a […]

Zoë Kravitz Regrets Will Smith Slap Comment | WATCH

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*(CNN) — After Will Smith famously slapped Chris Rock during this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, Zoë Kravitz posted red carpet photos of herself at the event on social media. “Here’s a picture of my dress at the show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now,” she wrote within the caption. That didn’t go […]

Researcher Reveals Ways People in India Stay Cool Without Air Conditioners

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*Dr. Gulrez Shah Azhar, a Seattle-based Aspen New Voices fellow, is researching the health impacts of heat, according to NPR. In a piece that he penned for the outlet, Azhar shares a few ways people with no air conditioner stay cool in his home county India, where “temperatures can soar as high as 120 degrees […]

Fat Joe Responds to Irv Gotti’s Claim That They Are No Longer Friends | Video

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*Fat Joe has responded to Irv Gott’s claims that the two are no longer friends. We reported previously that Fat Joe called out Irv Gotti for dissing Ashanti because she used to date Nelly. Irv responded by telling the hosts of Houston’s 97.9 The Box that the two are no longer friends. “I feel like [Fat […]