Something is different about this year’s Vanity Fair Hollywood issue cover, and it may have a lot to do with the array of brown faces staring out from the glossy pages. This year, six black stars share the cover alongside six of their white counterparts, all stylishly attired and flawlessly done up. Up-and-coming idols Lupita…

The trial for Michael Dunn, a Florida man who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Jordan Davis after a dispute over “loud music,” finally began on Monday, CNN reports. Dunn, who is charged with first-degree murder, plans to make use of the state’s controversial “Stand your ground” law.  The high-profile case that sparked national outcry has…

Gabby Douglas is still on fire. She’s been a household name—a brand, even—ever since her historic 2012 Olympic double-gold win launched her into the sports Hall of Fame. She’s been featured in ads and slapped on cereal boxes and has even written books—and now the upbeat 18-year-old is getting her very own biopic. Tonight, cable’s…

A North Carolina jury has refused to prosecute the Charlotte police officer who shot an unarmed man to death, saying that there isn’t enough evidence, NBC News reports. According to the news site, the grand jurors requested that the state attorney general re-file Randall Kerrick’s case with lesser charges, after concluding there wasn’t enough evidence…

Updated Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1:30 p.m. EST: Dasha Zhukova, the Garage magazine editor-in-chief who came under fire for sitting on a very realistic “black woman chair,” has issued an apology for the photo, saying that it was taken out of context, according to the London Evening Standard.  “This photograph, which has been published completely out…

Face it. Lupita Nyong’o is the new “it” girl, and one can only imagine how many magazines are dying to feature her. However, those who do get the opportunity should use Vanity Fair as an example of what not to do. The magazine included Nyong’o in a tweet on Wednesday about its upcoming issue’s Vanities…

It’s been a great year thus far for black women in comedy, and it looks like it’s about to get even better. Amber Ruffin, an alumna of Second City in Chicago, will be joining Late Night With Jimmy Fallon as a staff writer—and with that will win the title of the first black woman, and…

Oprah Winfrey has added her voice to the resounding chorus of people in Hollywood and beyond who claim that Lindsay Lohan is notoriously difficult to work with, according to New York’s Daily News. There have been delays and problems in the making of Lohan’s new reality show, which is set to debut on OWN (Winfrey’s…

Dennis Rodman apologized on Thursday for implying that Kenneth Bae—the American imprisoned in North Korea—may have done something to warrant his detention, the Associated Press reports. “I want to apologize,” the former NBA star relayed to the AP in a written statement through his publicist. “I take full responsibility for my actions. It had been…