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Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Pharrell Williams‘ nonprofit Black Ambition is returning for its fourth annual Demo Day, during which over $2.7 million will be given to the winners of the 2024 Black Ambition Prize Competition. The applicants were first narrowed down to 250 of the most compelling Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, then to 40 people who got pitch […]
Scott Kirkland Halle Bailey is “extremely upset” with DDG for taking their son, Halo, onto Kai Cenai‘s livestream without her consent. “[H]i everyone. just so you know i am out of town and i don’t approve of my baby being on a stream tonight,” she tweeted in a since-deleted post. “[I] wasn’t told or notified […]
Photo by Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for BFI Before Pharrell became a Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, artist and fashion designer he is today, he had only one job. “McDonald’s was my first and only job,” he told BBC Radio 2. “I got fired three times. I was eating the chicken nuggets.” “The first two times it […]
Photo by Frank Hoensch/Redferns Ice-T has had his share of rap beefs, but he says it’s nothing like the rap feuds/battles in modern day. Speaking to the Boss Talk 101 podcast, he noted one of the differences is the existence of social media, which he says “is an amplifier to everything.” “It forces reaction that really could […]
Disney/PictureGroup Yara Shahidi and Keith Powers are in talks to star in a coming-of-age romance called Bloom, as are Kedar Williams-Stirling and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Deadline reports. Directed by Cole Swanson, who also wrote the script, Bloom follows Ace (Williams-Stirling), a young, talented Black artist, who moves to Italy for university and winds up on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, he finds love and […]
Bonnie Britain/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson has been laid to rest at the same cemetery where his brother Michael Jackson is buried. According to the Associated Press, Tito was buried Nov. 4 in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. In addition to Michael, who died […]
SZA is one of the many celebrities urging people to go to the polls on Election Day. “Make sure [you] vote today or [you] can’t complain,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, noting she voted two weeks ago. Ty Dolla $ign, Blxst and Doechii all appear on Ab-Soul‘s upcoming album, Soul Burger. The newly unveiled track […]
Disney/Randy Holmes Colman Domingo will be honored at the Palms Springs International Film Awards, taking place during the annual festival in January. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s set to receive the actor Spotlight Award for his work in the movie Sing Sing. “We are so thrilled to honor the remarkable talent of Colman Domingo at the Palm […]
Phil Walter/Getty Images) Michael, the biopic about King of Pop Michael Jackson, will now arrive in theaters next fall — about six months after its initial release date. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film, which has the support of MJ’s estate, will now open on Oct. 3, 2025. Its initial release date was April 18, […]
NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images A North Carolina town is honoring the Queen of Christmas. Cary, North Carolina, changed its name for one day to honor Mariah Carey. The town’s mayor, Harold Weinbrecht, announced on the local radio station Mix 101.5 that on Nov. 1 the town would be renamed Carey in honor of […]
