New Line Cinema has announced that it’s making a biopic about ballerina Misty Copeland, 31, who fought the odds and made history to become only the second African-American female soloist to dance with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.  According to Deadline, the film will be based on Copeland’s memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. The…

Thousands of people across the country Thursday evening participated in #NMOS14, a national moment of silence to peacefully protest police brutality in our country. Organized by social activist @FeministaJones, people came together in cities such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis and New Orleans. Twitter and Vine users captured the moments and momentum that existed…

Video captured hundreds of protesters in Ferguson, Mo., chanting “don’t shoot” Wednesday night, as police outfitted in full military equipment yelled at them to stay at least 25 feet away. With their hands raised in the air, the protesters, who were acting in a peaceful manner, complied with the law-enforcement requests.  As the sun came…

Thursday at 7 p.m. EDT, a national moment of silence, organized by @FeministaJones, will take place across the United States. People will come together to peacefully protest the excessive police brutality that has taken the lives of black people across the country. In true social media fashion #NMOS14 started out as a simple conversation between…

In 2011, IMP Entertainment hired Nicki Minaj to perform at a NBA All-Star event. The company alleges that Minaj agreed to perform at midnight and for an hour. According to the New York Daily News, the company is now suing Minaj because not only was she 90 minutes late, but she performed for only 30 minutes.…

Things got a little too real recently on the set of Ice Cube’s N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton when real bullets went flying. According to TMZ, the cast and crew experienced a drive-by while filming a scene outside the Compton Courthouse in Los Angeles County, when a gunman in a car opened fire. The gunman was…

A Kansas City, Mo., cop is proving that there are officers out there who want to have a positive interaction with those in the community they serve. On Sunday afternoon, ironically a day after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo., two Kansas City police officers spotted a group of kids dancing in the street…

Orlando Scandrick, the Dallas Cowboys cornerback and ex-boyfriend of Basketball Wives LA star Draya Michele, received a four-game suspension by the NFL because he tested positive for drugs. According to ESPN, Scandrick recently vacationed in Mexico with the Basketball Wives star and popped a Molly. Although Scandrick has not confirmed his drug of choice, he did release an apology…

Say her name: Ms. Patti, Patti! The incomparable Patti LaBelle has been added to the fourth season of FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show. According to TV Line, LaBelle will join the cast for four episodes and will portray the mother of Gabourey Sidibe’s character. American Horror Story: Freak Show’s plot will focus on the last American…

A few hours before I learned of the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police, I dropped my 15-year-old son off at the airport to visit his paternal family in Houston for the rest of the summer. I made sure to tell my son to call me once he got to his layover, which…