Anthony Anderson found out back in January that the president and his family watch Black-ish, and ever since, he’s been trying to get the White House family to come on the show. “They watch the show. They love it. We know them so we’ve been dealing with them and their people and hopefully they’ll say yes,” […]
In a morning meeting with Republicans on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation from Congress amidst a struggle that could end with a government shutdown, the New York Times reports. The announcement comes just a day after Boehner emotionally presented Pope Francis before Congress to deliver an address that focused on equality for all. According […]
Members of a Georgia church are taking action against the pastor who banned a 103-year-old woman by ordering him to step down, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Genora H. Biggs‘ story gained national attention in August when she was kicked out of Mount Grove Baptist Church, a place she attended regularly for 92 years. After voicing […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It’s been ten months since the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. In her first local in-depth interview, Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice sat down with Cleveland 19’s Romona Robinson to talk about her son, who she affectionately called Mir Mir. Tamir was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer Nov. 22, 2014. Cleveland Police Officer Timothy […]
*It’s no surprise that the season 2 premiere of “Empire” handily whupped all competition on Wednesday night – outside of the NFL. The one-hour return earned an average 6.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 16 million viewers, according to Nielsen. Compared to previous episodes, that’s only eclipsed by “Empire’s” March finale as the highest-rated ever. […]
*Australia, currently in the midst of a domestic violence crackdown, looks close to banning Chris Brown from bringing his tour to the continent in December because of his criminal conviction for beating Rihanna. Michaelia Cash, who was assistant minister for Immigration and Border Protection before a Cabinet reshuffle this week, said she would recommend that […]
*Usher is officially off the market again. Us Weekly confirms the singer secretly married his longtime girlfriend/manager Grace Miguel before flying out to Cuba for their honeymoon over the Labor Day weekend. The nuptials mark a new chapter for the couple, who have been an item since 2009. In January, Usher and Miguel got engaged. Prior […]
Jimmy Fallon is on a roll. As if his epic, 10-minute Empire parody on The Tonight Show wasn’t great enough, he just transported us all to middle school with a Good Burger sketch with movie originals Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. Not only did he bring them back for the All That sketch that morphed into a movie, the famous comedy […]
For those of you who watched Martin back in the day, you may recall the many times that Tisha Campbell-Martin had the chance to show off her vocal abilities on the comedy. And don’t get it twisted, she could definitely blow (“Push” anyone? “Don’t Ask My Neighbor”?). But the actress wasn’t singing just for the hell of […]
Yogi Berra—the iconic New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher—has died at the age of 90. Berra, who won a record 10 World Series championships with the Yankees, died of natural causes at his New Jersey home on Tuesday (September 22), according to David Kaplan, the Director of Programs at the Yogi Berra Museum & […]
BEREA, Ohio– Victory Monday was followed by ‘Decision Wednesday’ in Berea as the Browns announced that quarterback Josh McCown will start Sunday over Johnny Manziel. McCown was the Browns starting quarterback before he was diagnosed with a concussion during the first game of the season against the New York Jets. He was cleared on Wednesday morning […]
https://twitter.com/justin_kanew/status/646695773162213376 Pope Francis’ trip to America has been pretty smooth until Wednesday morning, when he sat with President Barack Obama and a room full of reporters in Washington, D.C. A reporter, presumably not from America, believed it would be a good idea to ask the influential leaders about Black people, but her wording left the president […]