The idea that Will Smith speaks with an African accent in his new movie Concussion is a problem in and of itself.  There’s no such thing as an African accent. Ghanaians speak different pidgin English than Nigerians do, and Liberians’ intonations and cadences don’t sound anything like how the Congolese or the Senegalese speak English. All…

When people—especially men—jump into relationships so soon after a breakup, the streets start talking. The lines seem blurred, and people start speculating about when things officially ended and when things officially began.  It was bad enough that Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy ended their 40-year marriage earlier this month, but now a source has…

“I love you so much,” Janet Jackson said, with tears streaming down her face. It was the debut performance of her Unbreakable tour in Vancouver on Monday. The singer was visibly overcome with so much emotion and pure love for the crowd.  “So much, so much,” she continued. “And I’ve missed you much,” Jackson screamed,…

Women are continuing their reign over prime-time television.  According to Entertainment Weekly, Being Mary Jane—the BET drama that follows TV journalist Mary Jane (played by Gabrielle Union) as she juggles career, family and her love life—is gaining two new stars this upcoming season: singer and actress Jill Scott and acting veteran Loretta Devine.  Devine will…

The White House’s response to news that Kanye West is throwing his hat into the ring for the 2020 presidential election is, if nothing else, a testament to how creative the rapper is.  According to the Associated Press, when asked about West’s intentions to run in 2020, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that…

It was the New York Daily News that reported that it had obtained court documents showing how Terrence Howard’s current wife, Mira Pak, had secretly filed for divorce in March of this year, and that the couple’s divorce was finalized in July.  The news was a surprise because she and Howard had just gotten married…

Lauryn Hill’s debut performance in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday was supposed to take place three months earlier, in May, but unfortunately she was a no-show. Hill had released a video apologizing to her Nigerian fans for not being able to make it, and explained how she was at the airport for seven hours trying to get…

It’s not a fluke, an aberration or something that nostalgic hip-hop heads supported in flocks just because they were curious to see how one of the founding groups of hip-hop was portrayed on the big screen. That the film Straight Outta Compton is the No. 1 movie at the box office for the third week…

CNN anchor Don Lemon says he doesn’t understand why it was necessary for CNN to keep bringing up that Vester Flanagan II—the gunman who killed two Virginia TV journalists Wednesday while they were conducting a live interview—reportedly was gay. CNN reported that Flanagan had registered domain names for several gay-porn websites. Throughout the day, a…

Any and everything can trigger a memory. For R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, being in the Pier 1 department store brings her back to sadder times. A time when she would walk up and down the aisles, crying, because she didn’t want to be home with an abusive boyfriend. Sullivan revealed all of this in an…