Before Serena Williams stepped on the court at Indian Wells, Calif., in the final of the BNP Paribas Open, the event’s CEO, Raymond Moore, made a few sexist comments at the tournament’s press conference. According to Moore, male players have carried the sport of tennis, and the “lady players” of the Women’s Tennis Association ride…

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are helping New York University’s undergrad film students follow their dreams. The couple have donated $30,000 to NYU’s undergraduate film program. The donation will help support female filmmakers and other student television projects. “Will and Jada Smith have a strong desire and commitment to the education of tomorrow’s storytellers, and we’re thrilled that…

Rapper 50 Cent is taking his talents and personality to the A&E network. The mogul, who’s already at the helm of the hit show Power on Starz, is now getting a variety show. A&E’s 50 Cent Presents aims to “reinvent the variety series,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The show will consist of sketches, celebrity guests and what’s being referred…

Apparently, Universal Pictures has put a new twist on #OscarsSoWhite and invented #TrailersSoWhite in the marketing of Straight Outta Compton.  At a South by Southwest panel, Universal’s executive vice president of digital marketing, Doug Neil, said that different people saw different trailers for the movie on Facebook.  According to Business Insider, if you weren’t black…

There’s the saying that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. But when you’re a sports reporter, it seems as though that doesn’t apply. After Yale’s basketball team beat Baylor’s, Taurean Prince had to sit through questions from the media. Of course, Prince wasn’t happy about his team losing to a No. 12 seeded…

If you’re standing before a person with your fate in his or her hands, why not sing a song expressing how sorry you are? That’s exactly what Brian Earl Taylor, 21, did before being sentenced last week in a Michigan court for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon. According to Ann Arbor News, Taylor belted…

Robert L. Johson’s company RLJ Entertainment is the distributor for Nina, the controversial upcoming Nina Simone biopic starring Zoe Saldana. Johnson, who is also the founder of BET, had a few words about the controversy in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. The film has caught flak mainly because Saldana was cast as the lead.…

At 45 years old, Naomi Campbell has been slaying the runway since she was in her teens. But you have to wonder where she got those genes from. Meet Naomi’s 64-year-old mother, Valerie Morris Campbell. Can you say “stunner”? Naomi posted photos from her mother’s recent photo shoot for Dolce & Gabbana, and she’s the…

Instead of listening to Meagan Good and her husband DeVon Franklin’s message about God and how they turned to celibacy while they were dating, the actress says, some Christians are too busy judging her choice of clothing. Last month Franklin and Good were speaking at a church in Los Angeles when a woman got up…

Michelle Obama’s appearance at Wednesday’s South by Southwest was the talk of the music festival. The first lady was joined by Grammy winners Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott to promote the Let Girls Learn initiative. And she also talked politics. If you ever thought you’d see Michelle Obama run for president, sadly, it ain’t gonna happen.…