Autumn Joi
The Harriet Tubman $20 bill won’t come out next year like it was originally scheduled. The new $20 bill was scheduled to come out in 2020 to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. Yeah! According to The Tennessean, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the bill […]
Are you a movie fan? Well, here is some movie news you should be excited about and ready to laugh. First Will Smith and Queen Latifah are teaming up to produce a hip hop version of William Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet. According to Deadline, the movie will be directed by Solvan “Slick” Naim, an Algerian-American filmmaker and […]
On the 22nd season premiere of the hit PBS show, ‘Arthur;’ Mr. Ratburn gets married to a man and his students were invited to the wedding. The episode entitled “Mr. Ratburn & the Special Someone,” Mr. Ratburn who is Arthur’s teacher gets married, but the show doesn’t go into details about their relationship just that […]
Everyone is talking about Kim Kardashian-West freeing 17 prisoners in the past 30 days. Is not quite true. Kardashian-West was a factor in the release of the prisoners, but it was two black lawyers who actually did the work. Attorney Brittany K. Barnet and attorney MiAngel Cody created The Buried Alive Project are the ones who […]
It’s that time of year again when we find out if our favorite shows are coming back well, several of our favorites have gotten the ax. There will be more announcements coming, but this is to start the countdown. 7) Marlon (NBC) We kinda knew this show wasn’t coming back. The last episode aired last […]
According to TMZ, Laura Helm’s lawsuit against Usher has been settled in an “amicable resolution”. Helm was among several women and a man who claimed that Usher knowing exposed them to herpes in 2017. According to The Root, originally, Helm sued for $10 million plus an additional $10 million for emotional harm and punitive damages. […]
Duchess Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are now parents! Markle gave birth to their first child and it’s a little boy. No word on the name or how big the baby is but mother and baby are doing well. So excited. The couple got married on May 19, 2018. Get ready for your timeline to […]
Not long after being drafted by the New York Giants in the 6th round, cornerback, Corey Baellentine was shot. Baellentie’s injuries are non-life-threatening. His college teammate, Dwane Simmons was also shot and died from his injuries. The shooting happened in Topeka, Kansas, early Sunday. Washburn University posted about the lost of Simmons. Hours before the […]
When Lifetime aired Surviving R. Kelly a lot of the country was in shock. So what’s happened since the six-hour documentary aired? Lifetime is airing a follow up to the documentary on May 4th. Soledad O’Brien will host Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact, the 2-hour special. In the special, she will look at the impact […]
We all know Will Smith as an actor and a rapper, but this year he has 3 movies coming out. He also is currently filming, Bad Boys For Life and Bad Boys 4 has just been announced! Can you say KILLING IT?! Wow, for his 50th birthday, he’s doing some BIG things! Check out the trailers […]
Jay-Z truly supports Historically Black Colleges and Universities. His foundation, The Shawn Carter Foundation(SCF) has kicked off their annual college tour by hosting workshops for participants from 125 different schools in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. SCF was founded in 2003 by Jay-Z and his mom, Gloria Carter. Then in 2007, the bus […]
The 11th season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta has already wrapped but the feud between Marlo Hampton and Shamari DeVoe is still going on. Now it could be to pick up ratings for next season or it could be some real truth. Hampton is saying that DeVoe has been downgraded and won’t be a […]
