Source: Paras Griffin / Contributor / Getty This episode of Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta was slow, but there were definitely some moments. Enter Momma Dee’s family dinner. Seriously, Momma Dee made good on her promise to have Scrappy, Ernest and her daughter, Jasmine, over for dinner. Ernest’s mom, Bambi, and Jasmine’s man were also present. […]
Source: PATRICK KOVARIK / Getty Yes! One of our literary BAEs–the great and influential Toni Morrison was honored again for her brilliant talent as an author by the National Book Critics Circle last night! As the only living and American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is just another treat to bestow on […]
Chip Somodevilla Getty Former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous is currently considering making a run for the Maryland Senate seat Barbara A. Mikulski will depart from in 2017. The New York Times is reporting Jealous, who was the youngest person ever to serve as president for the NAACP, has remained mum on the news but sources close to him […]
Zoran Milich Getty Have you sent a text message in the heat of the moment while you were upset, but wished you could take it back? An app currently on the market can make it a reality. Former Spelman student Maci Peterson, created On Second Thought, an app that allows users to recall text messages before […]
Gabriel Olsen Getty Nine years after Raven-Symoné portrayed Galleria “Bubbles” Garibaldi and Adrienne Bailon played Chanel “Chuchie” Simmons in Disney’s Cheetah Girls 2 movie, the two came together once again on The Real. Raven stopped by Adrienne’s talk show where the duo took a trip down memory lane when Raven showed one of Adrienne’s old dance moves from their Cheetah Girl days. […]
Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal boldly took on a Ferguson-inspired storyline and it was an emotional experience for viewers. In last night’s “The Lawn Chair” episode, a young black man, Brandon Parker, was shot in broad daylight by White cop Jeffrey Newton. His father Clarence (played by Angela Bassett‘s husband Courtney B. Vance), with a shotgun in tow, […]
Two filmmakers are taking bringing humor to the challenge of teaching Black kids to love their natural hair, but they might need you to chip in on the project. We talk about our hair all the time: how to love what we have; what products will give us the perfect curls; how to nurture healthy […]
Let Girls Learn officially launched at a special presentation at The White House on Tuesday. Let Girls Learn is a global effort to promote education for girls and women because an approximate 62 million of us have had our education challenged. President and First Lady Michelle Obama stood with the USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) and the […]
Nickelodeon is sharing Maya Angelou’s message that any girl can grow up to be the personification of her poem “Phenomenal Woman.” For Black History Month, the network teamed with the Because Of Them We Can Campaign to introduce Maya’s famous piece to a whole new generation. The video featured Black girls ranging from […]
We’ve got three words for you that may cause drool: Stuffed. Chicken. Wings. There’s a new foodie show, “2 Fat 2 Fly” set to premiere tonight on OWN at 10pm ET/PT and this yummy show introduces Corey and Ramone, two best friends and creative geniuses who have big dreams for 2 Fat 2 Fly, their […]
Photo by Andrew Harnik for The Washington Post via Getty Images Getty The Senate Judiciary Committee has moved Loretta Lynch a little closer to becoming the next U.S. Attorney General. The panel voted to confirm the nominee on Thursday, meaning that she has effectively cleared the first step in the process. The Huffington Post reports that […]
FOX / Contributor Getty Life is imitating art for “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, who just signed a new deal with Columbia Records! We see Jussie (pictured above on the keyboard) singing his heart out every week as Jamal Lyon Fox’s addictive, fascinating hit drama “Empire.” It’s can’t miss TV on Wednesdays, and that’s as much […]