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Some people thought that Hillary Clinton’s recent appearance at the Black Girls Rock! awards show was yet another example of her pandering for the black vote, but the organization’s founder says that the Democratic presidential candidate is sincere when it comes to supporting black women. “I can’t speak for other places and spaces she’s been…

Just two days after being arrested on a battery charge, actor Wendell Pierce has canceled his scheduled commencement address at Rutgers University-Newark in New Jersey. “This morning Rutgers University-Newark was informed by actor and humanitarian Wendell Pierce that in order to assure that commencement 2016 will be a celebration of the accomplishments of our students…

UniRush, the parent company behind the RushCard, is trying to make amends with its prepaid-card users. Last year, during a transition to a new processing system, millions of users could not access their funds, some for weeks. Customers quickly filed a lawsuit against the card, founded by Russell Simmons. On Thursday, UniRush agreed to pay…

We all know by now that Ayesha Curry has her fair share of fans, as well as people who routinely side-eye her. But that’s definitely not stopping Curry from carving out her cooking-and-lifestyle-aficionado career. Curry recently announced on Instagram that she is planning a pop-up restaurant, and of course, someone took issue with that. Among all…

Do you want to know who this “Becky with the good hair” chick actually is? Well, just ask Ellen DeGeneres. The talk show host hilariously parodied Beyonce’s Lemonade and aired it during her interview with Ryan Gosling Friday. “Did you see me in it?” she asked, telling Gosling, “I’ve been given permission to show it—I…

John Amos isn’t known for biting his tongue, and that has been well-documented, especially when his character James was killed off of Good Times. But now that the Roots remake is airing soon, the actor has voiced his opinion about the History Channel series and how he’s not sure that it’ll be as impactful as the original…

Misty Copeland’s life story is now heading to the big screen. On the heels of her best-selling memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, and the documentary A Ballerina’s Tale, Gregory Allen Howard is now penning the screenplay for the biopic. Howard, who just wrapped up the script for the upcoming Harriet Tubman movie, Harriet, also…

Actor Wendell Pierce, best known for playing Detective William “Bunk” Moreland on HBO’s The Wire and most recently as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in Confirmation, was arrested over the weekend at Atlanta’s Lowes hotel after a political discussion with two other guests got heated, authorities say. TMZ reports that Pierce became irritated by a…

Tweet (and not the thing you do in 140 characters or less) is back! It’s been about 10 years since we last heard from the recording artist who made losing her clothes sound innocent and sexy on “Oops (Oh My)!” And now she’s back on the music scene with an unshakable self-confidence and refreshed sound.…

Keyshia Cole has often spoken about her quest to locate her biological father, and on Thursday the singer announced that she’s located him. Cole says that her father is Virgil Hunter, a boxing trainer currently responsible for Andre Ward, Andre Berto and Amir Khan. Hopefully this starts a new chapter in the singer’s life.