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This week, country artist Shaboozey reached a new milestone. On its 19th week in the No. 1 slot, the breakout star’s song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has tied the record for most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Shaboozey has now matched the record set by Lil Nas X,
A memoir by Jordan Chiles is officially forthcoming. The 23-year-old Olympic gymnast has announced she’s gearing up to publish “I’m That Girl” in the spring of 2025 through Harper Influence, an imprint of HarperCollins. It will include a foreword by fellow Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. According to People magazine, the
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week. The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight mall crowds or doorbuster mayhem of recent decades, in large part due to the ease of online
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In a world as obsessed with fame and celebrity as hip-hop is, optics are everything. One minute, you can be up; the next minute, you can be down, not
During his first and successful run for president in 2016, Donald Trump asked Black Americans, “What do you have to lose?” Lawyers and civil rights leaders say they stand to lose a lot in Trump’s second presidential administration. In anticipation of what Trump has already vowed to do, groups are gearing
TORONTO (AP) — Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The Toronto rapper announced the tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebec streamer. Drake said the tour will begin on Feb.
Ready or not, the holidays are here. It’s a time when many Americans accustomed to preparing simple meals find themselves responsible for safely serving multi-dish feasts. It’s no easy task. Outbreaks of some types of food poisoning tend to rise in November and December, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tainted
NEW YORK (AP) — With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million
As any woman in or approaching middle age can tell you (this writer included), there’s a certain sense of invisibility that sets in, no matter how “pretty” you may be or have been. For Halle Berry, now 58 and arguably considered one of the world’s most beautiful women at any
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When I was a kid in the ‘80s and ‘90s—you know, back in the 1900s—when you did something amazing, somebody would always say, “he must have eaten his Wheaties
This week, country artist Shaboozey reached a new milestone. On its 19th week in the No. 1 slot, the breakout star’s song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has tied the record for most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Shaboozey has now matched the record set by Lil Nas X,
A memoir by Jordan Chiles is officially forthcoming. The 23-year-old Olympic gymnast has announced she’s gearing up to publish “I’m That Girl” in the spring of 2025 through Harper Influence, an imprint of HarperCollins. It will include a foreword by fellow Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. According to People magazine, the
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week. The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight mall crowds or doorbuster mayhem of recent decades, in large part due to the ease of online
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In a world as obsessed with fame and celebrity as hip-hop is, optics are everything. One minute, you can be up; the next minute, you can be down, not
During his first and successful run for president in 2016, Donald Trump asked Black Americans, “What do you have to lose?” Lawyers and civil rights leaders say they stand to lose a lot in Trump’s second presidential administration. In anticipation of what Trump has already vowed to do, groups are gearing
TORONTO (AP) — Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance. The Toronto rapper announced the tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebec streamer. Drake said the tour will begin on Feb.
Ready or not, the holidays are here. It’s a time when many Americans accustomed to preparing simple meals find themselves responsible for safely serving multi-dish feasts. It’s no easy task. Outbreaks of some types of food poisoning tend to rise in November and December, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tainted
NEW YORK (AP) — With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted with $114 million
As any woman in or approaching middle age can tell you (this writer included), there’s a certain sense of invisibility that sets in, no matter how “pretty” you may be or have been. For Halle Berry, now 58 and arguably considered one of the world’s most beautiful women at any
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When I was a kid in the ‘80s and ‘90s—you know, back in the 1900s—when you did something amazing, somebody would always say, “he must have eaten his Wheaties
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