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*BETHESDA, Md — Robert L. Johnson, Founder and Chairman of the RLJ Companies and Founder of Black Entertainment Television, announced today a joint venture with the Boston-based restaurant group Legal Sea Foods to open smaller-scale versions of the famed restaurant within airports across the country. In making this announcement, Johnson said, “I am very excited […]

[…] The Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) holds its 10th Anniversary Gala: Black Male Reimagined on October 18, 2018, honoring George Soros, Tonya Allen and John W. Rogers for their leadership in advancing life outcomes for boys and men of color. Actor, author and philanthropist Hill Harper will host. “We are thrilled to recognize […]

*Desiree Rogers and Cheryl Mayberry McKissack, owners of the Black Opal line of skin-care and beauty products, are now majority owners of Fashion Fair Cosmetics. Fashion Fair, created by the late Eunice W. Johnson for Johnson Publishing Co. — and once the largest black-owned cosmetics company in the world — has been sold to […]

[…] to social media to praise the three Milwaukee girls who dressed up as the actresses’ “Hidden Figures” characters for a Black History Month project. Morgan Coleman, Ambrielle-Baker Rogers and Miah Bell-Olson dressed as Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, three black women who were vital in the launch of NASA astronaut John Glenn […]

*As one of the nation’s leading forensic pathologists, Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr. has often been called on to render his expertise to cases involving people who somehow died while interacting with law enforcement officials in various circumstances.  The circumstances of death range from when individuals are first stopped and questioned by law enforcement officers, […]

*Netflix has released the first trailer for Netflix’s “Rodney King,” Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man show about the man whose police beating sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Smith’s performance retraces the racially-charged sequence of events between the police beating and the deadly uprising. Spike Lee filmed a performance last year for the film, which Netflix […]

*Roger Guenveur Smith’s one-man play “Rodney King” is headed to Netflix. In the show, Smith traces Rodney King through his entry into the national spotlight as the victim of police brutality, to his involuntary martyrdom that sparked the L.A. riots, to his lonely death at the bottom of a swimming pool. Smith has been performing the […]

*O.J. Simpson has been keeping a low profile since he was released from prison last year but when TMZ caught up with him on Tuesday, he wasted no time weighing in on a political hot topic: Donald Trump. Simpson and Trump were friends back in the 80s and early 90s and OJ claims “he was […]

Joshua Rogers releases ew single ‘Still Gon’ Trust.’ *“The producer and I were talking about the direction of the new album. I said I wanted a crazy Country church song. He said you want to hear a dope ballad… and we started recording it,” said Gospel hit-maker Joshua Rogers about his “Still Gon’ Trust” […]

[…] singing it.” Each year BMI awards their R&B and Hip-Hop members that topped the charts – songwriters, composers, music publisher and businesses.  Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus and DJ Mustard were two of many 2015 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Award winners that were present at the event. “I feel very fortunate,” said Evan Ross (The Hunger Games: […]

 *No wonder Donald Trump doesn’t care for the FBI. Maybe it’s also because ANOTHER close associate of his, Roger Stone, has been arrested by the Justice Dept’s police entity. Stone was arrested Friday on charges that include obstruction of an official proceeding, false statements and witness tampering. Specifically, a federal grand jury impaneled by special counsel […]

Kheris Rogers (Instagram) *Ten-year-old Kheris Rogers has come up with the perfect response to people who make fun of her dark skin. And profitable, to boot. “I’ve been bullied a lot, like in the first grade, I went to school with just four other black kids,” the Los Angeles resident recently told Mic. “And kids used to […]

*You’ve probably seen Keesha Sharp on one of her many performances as a guest star, and recently, she played Dale Cochran opposite Courtney B. Vance on the hit series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” She is mostly known for her role as Gigi on the comedy “Are We There Yet?,” Sheila on […]

[…] the Roger’s County Sheriff’s Department. “I am honored to have been chosen to be a part of this wonderful department (and to work) with the citizens of Rogers County with a sheriff who is dedicated to ensuring justice for all, whether they are law enforcement or a member of our community,” Shelby said during […]

*The death in Minneapolis of George Floyd at the hands of disgraced former officer Derek Chauvin, has sparked outrage and protests all over the United States, as well as in other parts of the world. Members of the entertainment and sports communities have been very vocal on the issue of police brutality, social injustice and […]