Jussie Smollett Did NOT Win An NAACP Image Award + Complete List of Winners
Taraji P. Henson, left, as Cookie Lyon and Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon in the “My Bad Parts” episode of “Empire.” (photo: Fox) *Jussie Smollett, as we reported earlier, was up for an NAACP Image award, but we can now report that the embattled “Empire” actor came up empty. The category that Smollett was […]
Conservative Black Activists Want NAACP to Drop Jussie Smollett from Image Awards
*Washington, D.C. – After Jussie Smollett’s indictment on felony charges for lying to law enforcement about an alleged hate crime, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are asking the NAACP to rescind Smollett’s nomination for an upcoming Image Awards. “Everyone has a reason to be disappointed with Jussie Smollett right now, and these accumulated reasons […]
Jussie Smollett Outta Chi-Town – Back in LA for Image Awards Appearance? – VIDEO
[…] conservatives had lobbied the Image Awards to basically take back his nomination. Just imagine what that would’ve looked like had they acquiesced to them. In any event, Smollett landed at LAX Wednesday night, where he was flanked by security guards and family members as paparazzi peppered him with questions, like whether he thinks he’ll […]
Chadwick Boseman to Play Thurgood Marshall in Reginald Hudlin’s Biopic
[…] of the case; Keesha Sharp will play Thurgood’s wife; and Josh Gad will play Samuel Friedman, the Jewish lawyer who partners with Marshall on the case. Jussie Smollett is also part of the cast, playing Langston Hughes. Shadow and Act reports that “the film is being produced with the full cooperation of the Thurgood […]
‘Deep Roots’: Book Review by Kam Williams
[…] reliant on slavery—compared to areas that were not—are more racially hostile and less amenable to policies that could promote black progress.” – Excerpted from the dust jacket JUSSIE SMOLLETT ON THE DEFENSIVE: LAWYERS DENY BEATING WAS A HOAX; CLAIM HE’S BEING ‘VICTIMIZED’ William Faulkner is the only Nobel prize-winner born in Mississippi, which is where […]
SWV Talks New BET Reality Series and National Tour with Salt N Pepa
[…] as well as what fans can expect when “Ladies Night” premieres next week on BET. Check out the conversation below. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Outrage Over Smollett Case Prompts Death Threats Against Kim Foxx It’s Women’s History Month and I’m excited to announce coming this April, Salt N Pepa with SWV on “LADIES […]