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A$AP Rocky Announces Roc Nation School Scholarship by Selena Hill October 7, 2026 A$AP Rocky is giving one young leader a full-tuition path to the Roc Nation School at LIU. A$AP Rocky is backing the next generation of entertainment talent. The artist, entrepreneur, actor, and fashion icon announced a four-year,
Photo by MCK: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-dawn-sunset-beach-14667382/ by Ida Harris October 7, 2026 The annual gathering addresses a pivotal moment for regional entertainment. The Negril Universal Film Festival (NUFF) returns to the iconic Seven Mile Beach from Oct. 8–11, 2026. The four-day event, hosted at the Skylark Negril Beach Resort, will transform Westmoreland’s
(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood) by Selena Hill October 7, 2026 The grant will help In a Perfect World expand youth leadership and education programs. BeyGOOD Foundation is putting dollars behind the next generation of leaders. The organization, which was founded by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, awarded a $50,000 grant to In
Three of the teens who were with Nolan Wells the day he disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip have gone forth with defamation lawsuits against entities and individuals who they felt wrongly put harmful attention on them. The group’s fathers filed a lawsuit on their behalf on Monday
Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s meteoric rise from hip-hop wunderkinds in Philadelphia to historic Grammy wins, TV success and international fame is set to become its own TV series. On Tuesday, Smith’s Westbrook Studios production company announced “215,” a scripted series loosely based on the duo’s rise in hip-hop,
After Cornell University was sued by a former student for what she alleges was its failure to properly address and protect her following a sexual assault complaint stemming from a fraternity party in 2024, on Monday, thousands of students, faculty members, and others gathered for a protest against the school’s
It’s major news for Canadian singer and former BET “106 & Park” host Keisha Chanté: she’s pregnant with her first child. In an interview with Hello Canada, Chanté revealed how she’d kept her pregnancy hidden from the world for so long before popping out. “I’m so excited,” the “Bad Boy”
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Freddie Jackson died Monday at 70, and for people of a certain age, that news hits differently. Jackson wasn’t just a singer with a string of R&B hits in the 1980s and early ’90s. He was part of the soundtrack. His songs were staples at
Source: Pelkey Family / AI-generated image We couldn’t get deeper into the week without a story that makes you question where we’re at as a society and how we got here. A man convicted of manslaughter must be resentenced after the victim’s family submitted an AI video of the victim
Source: Heather Diehl / Getty A Chicago woman who was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last year has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The New York Times reports that Marimar Martinez said her civil rights were violated as a result of the shooting. Martinez’s shooting
A$AP Rocky Announces Roc Nation School Scholarship by Selena Hill October 7, 2026 A$AP Rocky is giving one young leader a full-tuition path to the Roc Nation School at LIU. A$AP Rocky is backing the next generation of entertainment talent. The artist, entrepreneur, actor, and fashion icon announced a four-year,
Photo by MCK: https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-dawn-sunset-beach-14667382/ by Ida Harris October 7, 2026 The annual gathering addresses a pivotal moment for regional entertainment. The Negril Universal Film Festival (NUFF) returns to the iconic Seven Mile Beach from Oct. 8–11, 2026. The four-day event, hosted at the Skylark Negril Beach Resort, will transform Westmoreland’s
(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood) by Selena Hill October 7, 2026 The grant will help In a Perfect World expand youth leadership and education programs. BeyGOOD Foundation is putting dollars behind the next generation of leaders. The organization, which was founded by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, awarded a $50,000 grant to In
Three of the teens who were with Nolan Wells the day he disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip have gone forth with defamation lawsuits against entities and individuals who they felt wrongly put harmful attention on them. The group’s fathers filed a lawsuit on their behalf on Monday
Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff’s meteoric rise from hip-hop wunderkinds in Philadelphia to historic Grammy wins, TV success and international fame is set to become its own TV series. On Tuesday, Smith’s Westbrook Studios production company announced “215,” a scripted series loosely based on the duo’s rise in hip-hop,
After Cornell University was sued by a former student for what she alleges was its failure to properly address and protect her following a sexual assault complaint stemming from a fraternity party in 2024, on Monday, thousands of students, faculty members, and others gathered for a protest against the school’s
It’s major news for Canadian singer and former BET “106 & Park” host Keisha Chanté: she’s pregnant with her first child. In an interview with Hello Canada, Chanté revealed how she’d kept her pregnancy hidden from the world for so long before popping out. “I’m so excited,” the “Bad Boy”
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Freddie Jackson died Monday at 70, and for people of a certain age, that news hits differently. Jackson wasn’t just a singer with a string of R&B hits in the 1980s and early ’90s. He was part of the soundtrack. His songs were staples at
Source: Pelkey Family / AI-generated image We couldn’t get deeper into the week without a story that makes you question where we’re at as a society and how we got here. A man convicted of manslaughter must be resentenced after the victim’s family submitted an AI video of the victim
Source: Heather Diehl / Getty A Chicago woman who was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent last year has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The New York Times reports that Marimar Martinez said her civil rights were violated as a result of the shooting. Martinez’s shooting