Entertainment

via BlackAmericaWeb/Jamai Harris: Well known actor Idris Elba shared that he tested positive for COVID-19. “This morning I tested positive for Covid 19. I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus. Stay home people and be pragmatic. I will […]

Entertainment

via BlackAmericaWeb: Idris Elba’s daughter, Isan, used her platform as a 2019 Golden Globes Ambassador to bring awareness to mental illness in the Black community during a panel discussion at luncheon in Beverly Hills last week. “It was only about two years ago that my mom opened up to me,” Isan shared with PEOPLE about her mother, Hanne “Kim” […]

Entertainment

via BlackAmericaWeb: People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honor has given him a boost of self-confidence. Elba, who starred in “The Wire” and “Luther,” was surprised after being crowned this year’s winner, the magazine said. “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?’” he told the magazine. […]

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via BlackAmericaWeb: Sorry ladies, but we’ve got some bad news for ya regarding actor Idris Elba. Actually you already know what the news is since you read the headline, but here are the deets. Saturday morning in London, before a screening of “Yardie,” his directorial debut, the 45-year-old actor literally got down on bended knee and asked […]

We are taking a look at all of the father’s out there who need someone to “put a ring on it.”

News One Exclusives

The NAACP Image Awards will air live this Friday at 9/8c on TV One and all this week on NewsOne Now, an expert panel will share our predictions on who will take home the trophies.

News One Exclusives

The Academy, as always, ignored some of the stellar work by Black filmmakers and thespians this year.

National

Probably one of the best things to surface from Sony Pictures Entertainment’s e-mail hacking scandal is that co-chair Amy Pascal wants Idris Elba (pictured), a Black Briton, to…

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‘mi Mandela’ will feature guest vocals from Mumford & Sons, James Blake and others‎ Idris Elba has announced plans for a November release of mi Mandela, an album inspired by his experience playing late South African anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.‎ Elba, also known as the star of Luther, said […]

When #TeamBeautiful set foot (or should we say stiletto?) on the red carpet of the 2014 NAACP Image Awards, we had two things in mind:…

All you have to say is Idris Elba and I’ll come running.  Like most fans, from the moment I saw his 6’2 frame in HBO’s…

Men's Health

  Actor Idris Elba has played every role: from a tough guy (Russell “Stringer” Bell on The Wire), to a corporate suit (on The Office), to a bank robber (in the movie Takers). What’s consistent in all of these roles is his commitment to health. The British-born actor tries to fit in workouts whenever he […]