Monday, September 27, 2021
R. Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sexual Abuse Trial
This is the first time the R&B singer has been convicted for sex crimes against minors and young women. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Monday, September 27, 2021
2021 Tony Awards 6 Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From ‘Slave Play’ to Mary-Louise Parker (Photos)
Surprise: “The Inheritance” Matthew Lopez’s two-night drama about gay men during the AIDS crisis took home four awards, including a surprise win for Best Play. Source: the wrap feed
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Academy Museum Gala Brings Out Lady Gaga, Spike Lee and Lots More (Photos)
Source: the wrap feed
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Bill Maher Is Really Worried About the Idea of a ‘Black National Anthem’ (Video)
Two weeks ago, Bill Maher revealed that he only recently learned about the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the unofficial “Black national anthem,” and it really annoyed him. He got criticized about that by Whoopie Goldberg on “The View“, which only annoyed him further, so on Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” he made it the central topic of his “New Rules” segment. We just wish he’d maybe done a Wikipedia pass first. So what kicked this off is the news that, like it did in 2020, the National Football League will be playing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at…
Friday, September 24, 2021
Feds Oppose Dylann Roof’s Request For New Appellate Hearing
Prosecutors say Roof was properly convicted and sentenced for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black congregation. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, September 24, 2021
‘The Auschwitz Report’ Film Review: Dark Drama Finds a New Side of the Holocaust to Explore
It sometimes feel as if the Holocaust and Nazi Germany are subjects that have been exhausted on screen, but filmmakers continue to return to those dark times: The past few months have already seen the festival premieres of two striking animated films, “Where Is Anne Frank” and “Charlotte,” and the recent Toronto Film Festival also brought Barry Levinson’s “The Survivor,” with Ben Foster as an Auschwitz inmate haunted by what he did to make it through the war. Slovakian director Peter Bebjak’s “The Auschwitz Report” had a slight head start on those other films, premiering in its home country in…
Thursday, September 23, 2021
2 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire Inside Tennessee Grocery Store
Twelve people were injured in the shooting at a Memphis-area Kroger, police said. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Woman Who Accused Nicki Minaj’s Husband of Sexual Assault Says She Was ‘Tired of Being Afraid’
Jennifer Hough, who sued Nicki Minaj and husband Kenneth Petty for allegedly harassing and intimidating her over her accusation of sexual assault against Petty, spoke out publicly on Wednesday, saying she’s “tired of being afraid.” She told “The Real” that Minaj contacted her directly in March of last year. “She called me and she said that she got word that I was willing to help them out in the situation. I didn’t understand what she was referring to. She offered to fly me and my family to L.A. I turned it down and I told her, woman to woman, ‘This…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Scott Peterson To Be Re-Sentenced For 2002 Murder Of Pregnant Wife
A court overturned his death sentence last year due to revelations about a faulty jury selection process. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
‘Our Kind of People’ Star Yaya DaCosta on Premiere’s Shocking Paternity Twist, Angela-Leah Standoff
(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Tuesday’s series premiere of Fox’s “Our Kind of People.”) Lee Daniels and Karin Gist’s new Fox drama “Our Kind of People” dropped a mother of a bombshell on its protagonist in the series premiere Tuesday. In the episode, single mother and Black haircare entrepreneur Angela Vaughn (played by star Yaya DaCosta) found out the long-hidden identity of her father: business mogul Teddy Franklin (Joe Morton). Adding a twist of the knife to that revelation — a secret which Angela’s deceased mother took to her grave — is the fact that Teddy’s daughter, Leah Franklin…
