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Widespread chaos — and think pieces — ensued across the internet after Fantasia Barrino-Taylor was nowhere to be found on the list of this year’s Oscars nominees. Many who shared their dismay about The Color Purple snub said Barrino should have earned a Best Actress nomination for her role as Celie. On Thursday, Barrino finally shared thoughts of her own in […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden invited Kate Cox, the Texas woman who was denied an emergency abortion by the state’s Supreme Court in December, to be a guest at the State of the Union, the White House announced Wednesday. Cox, 31, left the state to get an abortion after the Texas Supreme Court overturned a […]
(NEW YORK) — The Florida Board of Governors voted Wednesday to prohibit state funding to be used toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including “political or social activism” activities on campus in a 15-2 vote. The regulation prohibits state universities from using state or federal funds to promote, support or maintain any programs or […]
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Kirk Franklin, Robert Glasper and renowned music director Adam Blackstone have been announced as performers for the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony. Jordin Sparks and beloved drummer Sheila E. will kick off the show, which streams live a few hours ahead of the actual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 4, with an opening number alongside J. Ivy, Larkin Poe and Pentatonix. Recording Academy Trustees […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Education Committee kicked off its formal antisemitism probe of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, which the committee called for after an explosive December hearing where three university presidents were grilled on allegations of antisemitism at their schools. In a letter addressed jointly to Penn’s interim president and chairman of […]
Philadelphia Police Department (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia police are on a manhunt for a teenage murder suspect who escaped from a hospital Wednesday and is “considered dangerous,” the department announced. Authorities identified the escaped prisoner as 17-year-old Shane Pryor, who was being held on murder charges, Deputy Commissioner of Investigations Frank Vanore said in a news […]
NAACP unveiled the nominations for the 55th Image Awards Thursday, naming Usher, Victoria Monét, Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo among the top nominees. Usher, the Super Bowl 58 halftime show performer, received the most nominations in music with six, including Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for “Boyfriend” and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for “Good Good.” Monét follows closely behind with five […]
(WASHINGTON) — Immigration, one of the most politically divisive and complex matters in the U.S. for decades, is emerging as a top issue in the 2024 election. Look no further than Iowa and New Hampshire, two early-voting states thousands of miles from the southwest border. Voters there ranked immigration nearly as important as the economy […]
(NEW YORK) — The United States could soon have a new — and surprising — location for the tallest building in the country and, if approved, it won’t be anywhere near New York. In a new proposal set out by AO Architects and real estate developer Matteson Capital, the Boardwalk at Bricktown, if approved for […]
Jake Gyllenhaal is ripped in more ways than one in the new poster for Prime Video’s remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie Road House. Jake is shown seated on a bar stool, his shirt open, revealing a shredded body and some ripped-open skin, seemingly a knife wound. The new movie from Mr. and Mrs. […]
