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Tyler Perry has spent much of his career putting marriage, relationships and the complications of love at the center of his stories. But the filmmaker says watching those stories play out on screen may have helped convince him that marriage is not for him. Perry, 57, recently opened up about
As the Primetime Emmys aired last night, social media users couldn’t help but notice an all-too-familiar pattern among the winners: Black actors were largely shut out of the acting categories presented during the telecast. By the end of the night, the hashtag #EmmysSoWhite was trending once again. The hashtag first
Iyanna “Yaya” Mayweather has been ordered to pay more than $50 million to Lapattra Jacobs over the 2020 stabbing that followed a confrontation involving rapper NBA YoungBoy. A Harris County, Texas, judge awarded Jacobs a total of $50,105,000 in damages, bringing a years-long legal dispute tied to the incident back
(Photo: FVSU/Flickr) by Sidnee Michelle September 15, 2026 Black male undergraduate enrollment across U.S. colleges and universities declined roughly 22% between 2010 and 2022 Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are expanding mentorship, financial assistance, and campus support programs as Black male enrollment continues to decline, with the drop at
Dave Chappelle will end his tour at the same moment the New York Comedy Festival begins. Variety reported that the comedian has been added as a festival headliner and will open the event with a Nov. 6 performance at Madison Square Garden, the final stop on a newly announced run
Chris Rock is no stranger to high expectations, but the comedian-turned-filmmaker is taking the growing buzz around his latest movie, “Misty Green,” in stride. Rock spoke with eTalk on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film made its world premiere. His daughter, Zahra Rock, appeared
(Photo: Pixabay/Pexels) by Sidnee Michelle September 15, 2026 Under the alleged payment structure, some dancers could leave a shift without any earnings. A former dancer at Pink Pony alleges the Atlanta-area adult entertainment club violated federal wage law by requiring dancers to surrender hundreds of dollars in tips while paying
Every year for the past 14 years, National Voter Registration Day has served as an opportunity to engage eligible voters about voter registration and education ahead of Election Day. For Black voters, who make up a projected 14% of eligible U.S. voters at 34 million, the nonpartisan civic holiday comes
Fresh off his acquittal in a federal murder-for-hire case, Lil Durk is reflecting on the circumstances that can shape a young person’s life — and reminding Chicago youth that those circumstances don’t have to determine their future. The Grammy-winning Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, was found not
Jayden Williams’ historic tenure as mayor of Stockbridge, Georgia, has come to an abrupt end. The Stockbridge City Council voted Saturday to remove Williams, 23, from office following a nearly 10-hour hearing into allegations involving city spending, his treatment of employees and communications with an 18-year-old high school student. Williams