Halle Berry will not be making her Broadway debut this September after all. Producers of the play The Mountaintop recently announced that the actress was forced to drop out of her role because of “child-custody issues.” The Oscar winner and her ex-beau Gabriel Aubry have been involved in an ongoing custody battle over their 3-year-old…

Less than a week after a California woman filed a suit against Match.com because she was sexually assaulted by a man she met online, the dating site announced that it will begin screening all of its users against the national sex-offender registry. Match.com President Mandy Ginsberg told the Associate Press Sunday that the company chose…

Henry Louis Gates Sr. died at the age of 97 this past Christmas Eve, but his legacy and long list of achievements will be remembered at a Maryland memorial service tomorrow.  “Henry Louis Gates Sr. was and is the oldest person whose genome was sequenced and made publicly available in this project,’” said George Church,…

After a three-year hiatus, Tracee Ellis Ross will finally return to the small screen. The actress, best known for her role as Joan on the successful UPN-CW show Girlfriends, will be starring in a new comedy show called Reed Between the Lines on BET. The actress tweeted the exciting news yesterday saying, “it’s official @BET…

Following her recent arrest at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach last Thursday, Gloria James, mother of Miami Heat player LeBron James, is now being sued by Rockfeller Sorel, the valet parking attendant she allegedly assaulted at the posh Fontainebleu hotel. Sorel is seeking $15,000 in damages for negligence, assault and battery due to the…

Unlike her A Different World character Whitley Gilbert, it appears that money isn’t coming easy for Jasmine Guy these days. Turns out the actress is currently being sued by American Express for more than $86,000 in unpaid credit card bills, which include delinquent costs, interests and lawyer fees.  According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline, the…

Brandon Davies, the black Brigham Young University basketball player who was recently suspended for having sex with his girlfriend, may have been a victim of an unfortunate pattern at the Mormon university.  In a recent investigation, sports blog Deadspin found that while black students only make up 0.6 percent of BYU’s student body, the majority…

Donald Trump’s new role as a Birther has been making headlines for weeks now. And despite some heavy backlash from the African-American community, Trump still seems to think all is well. “I have a great relationship with the blacks,” he said after calling into Fred Dicker’s radio show this morning, going on to say that the overwhelming…

In an attempt to lure their African-American and Latino ratings back from MSNBC, CNN is rumored to be on the hunt for an African-American entertainer to host a prime-time show. According to the New York Post, Chris Rock and Aisha Tyler have already been approached for a 7 p.m. slot, a time currently occupied by…

Shoot a teen, get an award? That just might be the case if you work for the Pleasantville Police Department. Officer Aaron Hess, who shot and killed 20-year-old Pace University student Danroy “D.J.” Henry Jr. in New York last year, is being named Officer of the Year by the Police Benevolent Association. The Pleasantville Police…