Comedian Mike Epps is reportedly under investigation after physically attacking fellow comic Lavar Walker after Walker’s comedy set in Atlanta. It’s alleged that Walker was attacked by Epps and two other men after Walker’s comedy set at the Uptown Comedy Center on Saturday night. According to TMZ, Walker told cops someone said Epps wanted to…

Four years ago, Kevin Hart made a joke on Twitter about dark-skinned black women, and it’s now coming back to haunt him on social media. https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/9247099628 Jokes about dark skin aren’t uncommon with Hart, and neither are jokes about black women. But there’s one group that’s protected from Hart’s 5-foot-4 wrath, and that’s the gay…

The Indiana Pacers’ Lance Stephenson may be on his way to an NBA championship, but he’s already won the Internet after blowing in LeBron James’ ear on Wednesday during Game 5 of the 2014 Eastern Conference finals. During the game, Stephenson attempted to throw the Miami Heat star player off his game with a few…

Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has optioned the film rights to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah. Earlier this year, Adichie hinted about something big she was working on with Nyong’o but didn’t divulge any of the details. In an interview with Arise TV, Adichie said Nyong’o read the novel, loved it and that she would…

Last week it was announced that Angela Bassett would be making her directorial debut in the Lifetime movie Whitney Houston, a biopic chronicling Houston and Bobby Brown’s relationship. According to the press release, the movie would tell their story from “the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous…

Kara Walker is a renowned artist who is best-known for using her art to explore gender, race and sexuality. Her current piece is housed in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Domino Sugar Factory. A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby—at 75 feet long, 35 feet high and 26 feet wide, a molasses sphinx…

Whitney Houston’s family isn’t jumping for joy over the new Angela Bassett-directed Lifetime movie chronicling Houston’s life.  Apparently some of Houston’s family members feel that her life wasn’t made for the small screen and that the movie would do her story a disservice. “Whitney is certainly worthy of more than a television movie,” says Pat…

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and his wife, Janay Palmer, held a press conference Friday afternoon to speak about their domestic violence incident earlier this year.   In February Rice was charged with assault after an incident involving his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer. According to reports, Rice and Palmer were arguing at the Revel Casino…

Martin Lawrence will be returning to television this summer in the new buddy comedy series Partners. The half-hour series will star Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer as Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives. Outside of making movies, Lawrence has made only…

It looks as if anyone planning on seeing the artist formerly known as Mos Def perform in the United States this summer is out of luck. The Brooklyn-born rapper, now known as Yasiin Bey, is having trouble reentering the country after moving to South Africa. According to a statement released by Together Boston, the festival…