Anti-Israel divestment push gains traction at US colleges
NEW YORK (AP) — The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row, a…
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Obama invoking civil rights struggles past and present
WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first Black president…
Blacks underrepresented in STEM classes
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Many young African Americans will be shut out of the high paying jobs of the future, if they don’t earn a degree…
Black Madam: Amber Rose hired me for buttocks injections
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Gothic hip-hop artist charged with killing a London break dancer with an illegal buttocks injection name-dropped her way through testimony Friday,…
Bill Cosby asks judge to dismiss 3 accusers’ defamation suit
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing the comedian…
Kim Kardashian Accused of Paying Assistant 100K a Year to Photoshop Her
*Kim Kardashian was accused of hiring an assistant to photoshop her photos with a salary of $100,000 a year! Say what?! But is it true or not? According to MSN, the rumor is untrue — while calling her photos flawless due to her beauty as well as crediting good lighting and camera angles used. She’s […]
Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Marvin Gaye Family Start Copyright Infringement Trial
*The “Blurred Lines” copyright infringement trial started in a Los Angeles courtroom. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Wiliams and members of Marvin Gaye‘s family started proceedings to determine if Thicke’s biggest hit infringes Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” In 2013, Thicke, Williams and T.I. filed a lawsuit against Gaye’s family to get declaration that their […]
Silas Philips: A Medical Miracle, Baby is Born Inside Amniotic Sac! (Graphic!)
*He’s being hailed as a medical miracle! A baby boy was being born while still inside his amniotic sac. A preemie three months ahead of his time delivered by cesarean section, little Silas Philips made his dramatic debut at Cedars Sinai Medical center in California, and attending doctors were shocked to see the baby boy’s amniotic sac […]
Lee Daniels Describes How Taraji P. Henson Landed Cookie Role
*“The way the ‘Empire’ cast came together was complete serendipity,” admits Lee Daniels, creator and executive producer of the hit series that is setting weekly ratings records and defying gravity at Fox. Envious of the performance-driven series “Glee,” Daniels had been thinking of way to make his own musical series on TV when his creative […]
Viola Davis/Jennifer Lopez Film ‘Lila and Eve’ Gets a Distributor
*The film has its premiere at Sundance in late January – and a month later, a distributor has come aboard the Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez revenge drama “Lila and Eve,” reports Deadline. Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to the Charles Stone III-directed drama, and plans to put it in theaters later this […]
Zendaya’s Dreadlock Joke was Scripted, Black Producer Gave it Green Light
*A writer on “Fashion Police” was about to sit back and let Giuliana Rancic take 100 percent of the fall for her racially-insensitive quip about Zendaya Coleman’s locs. The latest in this never-ending saga is the revelation that Rancic’s “I feel like she smells like patchouli oil, maybe weed” comment regarding the 18-year-old’s dreadlocks was […]
Raven-Symone to Guest Star on ABC’s ‘Black-ish’
*“Empire” isn’t be the only TV series to be shaken up suddenly by Raven-Symone. The former Cosby Kid has also booked a guest-starring role on “Black-ish,” according to Entertainment Weekly. She has been cast as Rhonda, the gay sister of Dre (Anthony Anderson). The siblings are uncomfortable discussing Rhonda’s sexuality and compete with one another for […]
Dez Bryant’s Mom Tells Cops He Roughed Her Up in 2012 Fight (Watch)
*In a 2012 video interview obtained by TMZ, the mother of Dallas Cowboys running back Dez Bryant tells police in Texas how she had just been roughed up by her famous son during a family squabble. According to TMZ, Dez was arrested for assault following the incident, but the charge was eventually dropped when Dez cut […]
Susan Rice, Samantha Power to address AIPAC meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that may ease — or exacerbate — spiraling tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal, the White…
Nick Gordon Launches “PrayForBK” T-Shirts, Bobbi Kristina’s Family ‘Horrified’
*As Bobbi Kristina lay in a coma, her boyfriend Nick Gordon and cousin Jerod Brown have launched a line of t-shirts bearing her image and the hashtag #PrayforBK. Bobbi Kristina’s aunt Tina Brown told RadarOnline.com that the family was horrified to learn the news. “He’s doing it outside the family,” she told Radar. “They shouldn’t […]
Kathy Griffin Staying Out of Dreadlock-Gate: ‘Thinks It’s Gone Too Far’
*Kathy Griffin, who has something to say about everyone, is keeping unusually quiet about the dreadlock drama between her “Fashion Police” co-host Giuliana Rancic and Zendaya. According to Radar Online, Griffin is purposely staying out of the fray because she “thinks that this whole thing has gone way too far,” a source told the site. […]
