Halloween is right around the corner, and for those of you who have yet to find a costume, here are 10 last-minute, pop-culture-inspired costumes that you can achieve with items lying around your house. 1. Uncle Denzel A goofy grin and your favorite fitted cap will transform you into Uncle Denzel. Ask everyone you meet: “How…

Have you ever wished that you could sign up for a master class in black entertainment history? Well, that’s what more than 200 actors, directors, showrunners and entertainment-industry notables received when they gathered in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday evening for the Paley Center for Media‘s Hollywood Tribute to African-American Achievements in Television. The star-studded crowd—which spanned generations,…

Scandal’s writers were on fire during this week’s episode, which included some of the best one-liners and monologues of the whole series.  Here are nine highlights from last night’s episode: 1. High stakes. The Senate Judiciary Committee has decided to open a formal investigation into the relationship between Fitz Grant and Olivia Pope to determine whether Fitz committed…

Last week, after telling the world that she is President Fitzgerald Grant III’s mistress, Olivia Pope gave White House Press Secretary Abby Whelan permission to throw her under the bus in front of the press in order to take the heat off Fitz. This week the media had a field day with this story as…

Last week, Olivia Pope shocked the world when she boldly proclaimed that “Yes,” she is President Fitzgerald Grant III’s mistress. Not knowing that Olivia has just come out of the closet, this week, Fitz and Mellie prepare to do a joint interview in which they will denounce the rumored affair and declare their ceaseless love…

On last week’s episode of Scandal, the world finally found out about Fitz Grant and Olivia Pope’s affair when Sally Langston outed them on national TV and had the receipts to prove it. This week’s episode picks up right where we left off. Fitz wants to make a joint statement with Olivia confirming their love to…

Last night, after six months of promos and teasers, Trevor Noah finally made his debut as the new host of The Daily Show with a spotty but promising performance. Noah kicked things off with a series of strong monologue jokes that went over well for the most part. Not surprisingly, he paid proper homage to his predecessor, Jon Stewart, describing Stewart…

Scandal heads, rejoice, for Scandal is back! And the season 5 premiere got us prepped and ready for what’s to come this season. Ripped straight from the (verrry old) headlines, the case of the week was based on Princess Diana’s infamous fatal car accident. Unlike in real life, however, Olivia Pope is on the case, and she figures out…

With last year’s addition of How to Get Away With Murder to ABC’s existing Thursday-night lineup, which already included Scandal and longtimer Grey’s Anatomy, Thursday nights were officially rebranded as #TGIT. And for the past several months, TGIT fans have suffered through withdrawal from all of the murders, affairs, scandals and general degeneracy to which they have grown accustomed. But finally,…

Promising an edgier sophomore season, Black-ish kicks off season 2 with the highly anticipated “n-word episode.” Whether or not it sparks a national conversation about the historically divisive issue remains to be seen, but it certainly delivers on the laughs.  During a school talent show, Jack (Miles Brown)—aka “Party Time,” the youngest of the Johnson boys—performs Kanye West’s “Gold Digger,” and…