Serena Williams and Muhammad Ali will go down as two of the very best athletes to ever walk the planet earth. The International Athletic Association (IAA) announced Thursday (Feb. 16), that the duo will be this year’s recipients of the Jesse Owens Awards. The distinguished award committee selects the world’s best athletes who exude the qualities that Owens stood
This Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans will be kicked off with a musical! According to Billboard Magazine, The Roots will debut The Evolution Of Greatness before the game, a musical tracing the evolution of NBA basketball from the 1950s until today. If that doesn’t spark your interest enough, the musical will have an all-star cast. Performers include actor Michael B. Jordan, Hamilton star Daveed Diggs, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Wondaland singer Jidenna,
Sara Ramirez is taking aim at ABC after allowing a joke about bisexuals into a recent episode of “The Real O’Neals.” A Jan. 17 episode of the show featured Noah Galvin’s character Kenny, who’s openly gay, comparing bisexuality to having “webbed toes” or “money problems.” “Dear @ABCNetwork @TheRealONeals: own it, address it, clarify it, empower
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is using his platform to host a day of solidarity in the face of Donald Trump’s administration. Shortly after a federal appeals court unanimously shut down the president’s executive order on immigration, the All Def Digital founder took to Facebook to announce the “Today, I Am A Muslim Too” rally, slated
TV One’s stars of television and film shined brightly at the 48TH NAACP Image Awards, hosted by Anthony Anderson, which aired on the network. Among this year’s award honorees, TV One’s morning news host, Roland Martin, received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Host in a News, Talk, Reality, or Variety Program. An encore presentation of the show will air on Thursday, Feb. 16 at
Queen Latifah’s career is the gold standard. Starting out as rapper from New Jersey, Latifah has gone on to do just about everything and anything she wants. Yet despite all her success, the 46-year-old entrepreneur says one of the hardest decisions of her career was choosing to play Cleo Simms, a lesbian, in the 1996
The February 10 death of Little Caesars founder Mike Ilitch prompted his hometown of Detroit to reflect on the important philanthropic efforts he made to the community, WXYZ reports. For over ten years, the Detroit businessman paid the rent of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, according to a 2014 news article from Sports Business Daily. Though locally reported, the information was not
Tiffany Trump has found a seatmate at New York Fashion Week. Whoopi Goldberg quickly came to Trump’s defense and offered to sit next to her at upcoming New York Fashion Week shows after a few magazine editors snubbed the first daughter earlier this week. During Wednesday’s episode of “The View,” Goldberg — who has previously spoken out
A late-night spliff is passed between an adolescent Chiron and his only apparent friend Kevin (played by Jharrel Jerome), as the two engage in a dreamy exchange at the beach. By the time their high sets in – halfway reeling from the hard realities of living in the ghetto – Kevin pulls in for the kind of embrace Chiron has always yearned for but knew wasn’t
It’s not the happiest Valentine’s Day for Amber Rose. The former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant has split with boyfriend Val Chmerkovskiy. The pair were introduced by his brother, Maksim, who was Rose’s partner on the competitive dance reality series. Rose posted about her sadness over the breakup on Instagram Monday. She began by addressing