Multimillionaire software magnate, John McAfee, 67, on the run from Belizean police who want him for questioning in the murder of his neighbor, Gregory Faull,…
Weeks after one plaintiff dropped his complaint against Mt. Zion Baptist Church, word has come that the one remaining case will be dismissed. Early in 2012 former church member Valencia Batson filed a civil lawsuit accusing church leaders of sexual exploitation, battery and harassment. Later in the year another former member, Corey Corbin filed a similar lawsuit. In his […]
Oprah never selects a new Book Club pick unless, as she says in this video, she “really, really, really loves” it and believes wholeheartedly that others will, too. And before she even finished the first chapter of Ayana Mathis‘s debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Oprah knew she’d found her next choice. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, which traces one […]
Ending a three-decade absence from Broadway, Cicely Tyson will star in a revival this season of Horton Foote‘s 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, about the emotional return from Houston of an elderly woman to the small Texas town where she grew up. Produced by Nelle Nugent, the play will be directed byMichael Wilson, whose productions of the late Foote’s work, […]
Newark Mayor Cory Booker says he went without food for long periods throughout his first day on the SNAP Challenge. The normally caffeinated mayor also complained he couldn’t afford coffee or Diet Pepsi. Booker started a weeklong Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) challenge Tuesday, testing his ability to survive off a $30 food budget for […]
It was a lethal mix of too much, too fast. Jovan Belcher was 25 and a promising linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs. His girlfriend, Kassandra “Kasi,” Perkins was 22, pretty and the mother of his three-month-old daughter, Zoe. But last weekend, what should have ultimately been the couple’s wedding announcement became their obituary. […]
*Atlanta-based pastor Sabrina McKenzie is about to enforce the stereotypes of the lavish lifestyle of preachers as she is scheduled to star in a new reality show, “Big Rich Atlanta.” As controversial as it sounds, the God-fearing shepherd is coming up from a background of secular dancing. She was a huge success, touring with Bobby […]
Grammy Award® nominated recording artist, singer/songwriter, and South African transplant Jonathan Butler loves the people of his adopted hometown of Los Angeles. The city’s triumphs and tribulations influence his every day life. The people who have so warmly welcomed him from South Africa inspire him to dedicate time to giving back to the community […]
“I don’t really feel Black,” says 17-year-old Nayo Jones. Her mother is Black; she was raised apart from her by her White father, and she identifies herself as biracial. “I was raised up with White people, White music, White food so it’s not something I know,” she says in a new documentary that explores the sensitive […]
Black women did it again in 2012. Everywhere we looked, sisters were charting their own successful paths and reminding us that nothing can get in our way when we’re determined to reach the top. This year, we helped re-elect President Barack Obama, which guaranteed that Michelle Obama would be our First Lady for four more […]
Jamie Foxx gets up close and personal with his Django Unchained co-star Kerry Washington on the cover of Los Angeles Confidential magazine’s December/January issue, out on newsstands now. Jamie Foxx sits in a bistro chair at the photo shoot for the magazine in Hollywood — he is cool as Christmas Eve in a navy Ozwald […]
The Blockbuster Showdown GOLD CUP CELEBRITY ICON OF GOSPEL AWARDS will soon be presented to Dr. Bobby Jones. The official presentation of the award is set for March 2, 2013. The organizers of the Blockbuster Showdown event say that Dr. Jones is more than deserving of the honor as he continues to set the standard […]
