Three years ago, Cheryl Boone Isaacs became the first black woman appointed president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And this year’s Oscar nominations, which lack ethnic diversity, aren’t sitting well with her, especially with big names like Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee calling for a boycott of the award ceremony.…

It probably wasn’t a random joke but, rather, something Hannibal Buress had been working into his routine for quite some time. Nonetheless, it was that joke that seemed to reignite interest in drugging and rape allegations about Bill Cosby that had been around for decades. But Buress doesn’t want to be known as the Cosby-rape-joke guy. In…

Not everyone is singing the praises of Jada Pinkett Smith’s call for a boycott of the Oscars. Especially one person who has repeatedly told her story of being blackballed from Hollywood because of the actions of Will Smith. Janet Hubert, the original Aunt Viv from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, took to Facebook to call out…

It’s been almost 12 years since the crew from Calvin’s Barbershop got together to make laughs. But the upcoming movie reuniting Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer, Barbershop: The Next Cut, also takes a look at gang violence in Chicago. In The Next Cut, Calvin (Ice Cube) attempts to bring the community together and save…

Empire fans, rejoice! The hit Fox series has been renewed for a third season. Currently, countless fans are going through withdrawal because of the winter hiatus, so hopefully this news will put smiles on their faces. Although the ratings of the second season declined, it seems as though executives still have faith in the show.…

It’s been almost two years since HBO’s True Blood aired its series finale, but Rutina Wesley is still a familiar face to many people. Now Wesley has been tapped to star in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming OWN series, Queen Sugar. Adapted from the novel written by Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar tells the story of Nova Bordelon…

During Thursday’s Oscar nomination announcement, Straight Outta Compton received one nod, and that was for best screenwriting. Unbeknownst to a lot of people, the screenwriters of the movie are white.  During an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show, Ice Cube spoke about the snub, and like a lot of people, he wasn’t shocked. “I’m not…

Kendrick Lamar never forgets where he came from and is always giving props to Compton, Calif. Whether it’s through his community-service endeavors or always recognizing Compton in his songs, Lamar will remind you he’s Compton-proud every chance he gets. And now the city is showing how proud it is of him. Compton Mayor Aja Brown…

Another year, another year of the Oscar nominees being white as hell. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio was mauled by a bear in The Revenant. But Idris Elba was pretty amazing in Beasts of No Nation. And hell, do I even have to mention how Ryan Coogler directed the s—t out of Creed? Only for the movie…

Calvin Klein’s newest watch campaign has two familiar faces as its cover girls. Lisa Bonet and her daughter, actress Zoë Kravitz, prove that although there’s a 20-plus-year age difference, they definitely could pass for sisters.  Zoë Kravitz, 27, is Bonet’s eldest child, and her father is Lenny Kravitz. In the gene lottery, you could say she hit the…