Kerry Washington is teaming up with director Amma Asante for the new thriller Unforgettable. Asante, whose film Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, captured wide attention, will mark her third directorial effort with Unforgettable. According to Variety, Unforgettable centers on a man whose new wife (Washington) is menaced by his ex-wife, played by Kate Hudson. Washington, who stars in the…

Alia Atkinson made swimming history on Saturday by becoming the first black woman to win a world swimming title: the women’s 100 breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha, Qatar. Atkinson, who swims for Jamaica, tied the world record with a time of 1 minute, 2.36 seconds, which, according to the standards of the…

Last month 7-year-old Leah Flynn made headlines after she decided she wanted to use her music to bring peace to Ferguson, Mo., before the grand jury’s decision was reached. Paula Flynn, Leah’s mother, said that her daughter saw Ferguson on the news and wanted to know what was going on. “She said to me, ‘Mom, what’s going…

Call me skeptical. But having watched Lifetime’s Aaliyah: Princess of R&B biopic, I am quite skeptical about the network’s Whitney Houston biopic. When it comes to biopics, they can be either really bad or really good. But after viewing the trailer for Whitney, Angela Bassett’s directorial debut, I’m going to go with something between really bad…

There are always two sides to every story, even on social media. After disbelief erupted over the nonindictment of the cop responsible for killing Eric Garner, many took to Twitter to vent their anger. In the process, the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite became a top trending topic. The hashtag included tweets from white people about their run-ins…

Bill Cosby has postponed his New York tour dates after another woman came forward alleging that she was sexually assaulted by him when she was 15 years old. Cosby had been scheduled to perform at the Tarrytown Music Hall twice this weekend, but the concert venue posted on Facebook that the show was canceled and refunds…

Alicia Keys has released a new song, “We Gotta Pray,” on the heels of the protests in New York City and Ferguson, Mo. The native New Yorker, who is pregnant with her second child, has been vocal in her support of those participating in various protests. In the ballad, Keys, playing her signature piano, asks people…

Chris Rock has been on a truth-telling spree recently. Earlier this week he broke the Internet with his comments about race relations in the United States and his feelings about Ferguson, Mo. And now he’s coming for the world he works in: white Hollywood. In an essay for the Hollywood Reporter, Rock heavily scrutinized the…

Wednesday night, amid the outrage over a grand jury’s decision not to indict the New York City police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner after using a banned choke hold, a hashtag was created that showed just how unequal the justice system is for black people in comparison with white people. #CrimingWhileWhite was…