When you have as much star power and influence as Denzel and Pauletta Washington and it’s put to good use, amazing things happen. While Barack Obama was giving his final speech at the White House Correspondents’ dinner Saturday night, the Washingtons were throwing a lavish party with some of Hollywood’s biggest names, all in support…

Sinead O’Connor made some serious allegations about Prince and Arsenio Hall on Facebook this week. The singer alleged that Hall was Prince’s drug supplier for many years. And she also said the former talk show host even drugged her.   O’Connor wrote: Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the…

50 Cent dug deep into his pockets and made a donation to Autism Speaks since coming under fire after he posted a video mocking a teenager. The teenager’s family threatened 50 Cent with a lawsuit if he didn’t apologize or make a donation to the teen’s GoFundMe. The rapper did eventually apologize but also made a donation…

Here’s yet another thing that’s hard to do when you’re black: using Airbnb. Quirtina Crittenden, a 23-year-old black woman from Chicago, created the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack after she noticed how often she was turned down on the rental site.  “The hosts would always come up with excuses like, ‘Oh, someone actually just booked it’ or ‘Oh,…

The National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party has released the following memorial statement about Afeni Shakur: We are deeply saddened by the passing of our sister Afeni Shakur.  Afeni was a sister, mentor, comrade and leader within the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party. As the section leader of the Harlem…

Writer Justin Simien’s story is one straight out of the “I’m going to get this movie made no matter what” playbook. Simien took his hard-earned tax refund to create a concept trailer for his 2014 hit movie, Dear White People, and then used crowdfunding to make the film. The movie garnered a huge film-festival response,…

In September, in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Lee Daniels vehemently defended actor Terrence Howard against the criticism he had received over past allegations of domestic violence. But in doing so, Daniels brought up similar allegations about Sean Penn. “[Terrence] ain’t done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he’s…

Lupita Nyong’o mesmerized the crowd at Monday’s Met Gala with her slinky green dress and hair that was perfectly sculpted. During her red-carpet interview with Vogue’s Andre Talley, Nyong’o said that her hair was inspired by “the sculptural hairdos from all around the continent.” And even Talley pointed out that it was reminiscent of Nina…

Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur grew up in Baltimore together and shared the same love for the arts. Some say the great rapper was the actress’s first love, high school crush or whatever label you want to use to describe their friendship. Their friendship lasted throughout the years, and even after his death, Pinkett Smith…

A source confirms to Entertainment Tonight that Janet Jackson, just a few days shy of her 50th birthday, is pregnant with her first child. Well, it looks as if the process is well underway. Jackson has not confirmed the pregnancy yet, so we’ll see just how accurate this “source” is. “I thought it was important…