Paul Tazewell makes history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for costume design
Paul Tazewell has just made “Wicked” and Oscar history after taking home an Academy Award. Tazwell just became the first Black man in history to win an Oscar for costume design. A native of Akron, Ohio, Tazwell is a graduate of Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute where he studied fashion design, and later went on to study […]
Cynthia Erivo honors The Wiz with a powerful performance of ‘Home’ to open the Oscars
Tonight, Cynthia Erivo helped kick off the Oscars by paying homage to The Wiz, singing Stephanie Mills’ 1974 hit “Home.” Wearing a stunning white dress with purple accents, her signature pointy nails adorned with studs, and a shaved head, Erivo belted out the famous lyrics: “When I think of home, I think of a place […]
Trump signs order designating English as the official language of the US
President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English. It rescinds a mandate from former President Bill Clinton that required the government and […]
Job Seekers Resort to Doing a Literal Song and Dance To Stand Out—Is This the New Norm?
A scroll of LinkedIn shows that traditional tactics used to apply to jobs just aren’t cutting it anymore. Instead, LinkedIn feeds have become a graveyard for dreams, where visitors watch in real time as people descend into despair, fearing they’ll never land a role. Crestfallen updates fill the networking site, in which unemployed people describe […]
