The New York Times’ public editor, Margaret Sullivan, isn’t mincing words when it comes to her colleague’s recent article about Shonda Rhimes. Last week Alessandra Stanley’s article on the award-winning producer—in which Stanley referred to Rhimes as an “angry black woman” and stated that Viola Davis was “less classically beautiful” than lighter-skinned black actresses—caused an uproar. The…

Since being released in March 2013, Robin Thicke’s song “Blurred Lines” has been mired in controversy, not only because of the lyrics that some people perceive as being “rapey” but also because of the allegations that the song is a blatant rip-off of Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up.” Thicke, along with Pharrell Williams and…

Michael Che is making Saturday Night Live history: The comedian and Daily Show contributor will become SNL’s first black anchor for its “Weekend Update” segment. According to the New York Times, Che will join Colin Jost when he replaces Cecily Strong at the news desk. “Michael is a strong writer, and he’s really funny,” Lorne Michaels, SNL’s…

Editor’s note: According to Marge Feinberg, deputy press secretary of New York City Public Schools, Nicki Minaj wanted to flim her visit and planned to bring a TV crew.  “We do not allow reality TV to be filmed on school property,” Feinberg wrote in a statement. “For documentaries, any visit to a public school must be…

Paul George of the Indiana Pacers is backpedaling after posting tweets about Ray Rice’s assault on his wife, Janay Rice. In typical tweet-and-delete fashion, the inflammatory tweets soon disappeared after George received backlash, but of course they were preserved through the power of screenshots. George eventually apologized for his misguided tweets: Let me apologize to…

Stevie Wonder is coming to several cities this fall with the Songs in the Key of Life Performance Tour. Wonder announced his tour during a press conference Wednesday at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The long-awaited tour will kick off Nov. 6 at New York’s Madison Square Garden and conclude on Dec. 5 at…

Ray Rice is blaming his recent domestic-assault issues on alcohol and, according to a TMZ report, has sworn off the hard stuff. Sources tell TMZ that Rice is no longer consuming hard liquor since the elevator incident in which he knocked out his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer.   On top of swearing off liquor, sources say,…

After last month’s CNN interview with Talib Kweli, which didn’t go too well, Don Lemon recently sat down with Pharrell Williams to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Mo. Although Williams was noticeably upset during the interview, it went a lot smoother than Lemon’s interview with Kweli. “I’m disappointed in the way that it was handled…

Wendy Williams has a huge job on her hands. Not only is she entering yet another season of her popular talk show, but she’s also the executive producer of Lifetime’s Aaliyah biopic. Needless to say, over the last couple of months, the movie has been marred with issues—from Zendaya Coleman, who was first cast as…

What happens when you try to be provocative and write about something that you obviously have no clue about? An article titled “We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty,” with references to Jennifer Lopez, Iggy Azalea, Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus, happens. Patricia Garcia writes in Vogue magazine, “For years it was exactly the…