Actor Wendell Pierce lost everything after his Louisiana home was destroyed due to flooding. Sadly, The 52-year-old actor is no stranger to devastation due to natural disasters. His childhood home was badly damaged in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city. TMZ caught Pierce leaving LAX on Monday (Aug. 15), and he was noticeably shaken up…… MORE
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Sports Illustrated’s New Rio Olympics Cover Nails It
Sports Illustrated on Tuesday unveiled its new cover, delivering the highest of praise for a certain trio of Rio Olympians. It features medal-collecting swimmers Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps as well as gymnast Simone Biles, with the headline “The Greatests,” referring to them as “Stars of a Red Hot American Summer.” Anyone wanna argue with that?…… MORE
Spelman Weighs Admitting Transgender Students | NewsOne
Spelman College may join other prestigious all-women’s colleges in accepting transgender students for enrollment, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. A letter to the college’s community says a task force, led by Vice President for Enrollment Ingrid Hayes, will study the issue and make a recommendation to President Mary Schmidt Campbell by the end of the academic…… MORE
Power EP + Star On Tonight’s Big Death & What’s Next For Starz Series | Deadline
Power has been building towards a pivotal confrontation and reconciliation all this season and tonight both occurred – to fatal and, according to series creator Courtney Kemp, “inevitable” results For the latter, the fifth episode of the Starz series’ third run saw estranged drug kingpin partners James “Ghost” St. Patrick and Tommy Egan reunite Sunday to…… MORE
Gabby Douglas Responds To Internet Bullies During Olympics
The 20-year-old gymnast has been the target of Internet bullying and intense slander on social media since competing at the 2016 Olympic Games. Read the full story (source): Gabby Douglas Responds To Internet Bullies During Olympics… MORE
The Third Movie In The ‘Bad Boys’ Series Is Here | VIBE
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are once again joining forces on their bad boy adventures, in their forthcoming film, Bad Boys for Life. The movie comes as the third installment of the Bad Boys series, which took off in 1995, and continued in 2003 withBad Boys II. Read the full story (source): The Third Movie…… MORE
Simone Manuel on meeting Simone Biles in March: ”Twas magical. What can I say?’ | USA TODAY
Back in March, two women from Texas with the same first name met up as the USOC Media Summit, an event that allows media to meet some of Team USA’s future stars. They likely had no idea then they would make history on the same night. Manuel won gold in the 100m freestyle on Thursday…… MORE
President Obama Drops A Summer Playlist, Confirming His Dope Taste In Music | Blavity
Another day, another moment we are reminded of how sick we will be once President and First Lady Obama leave the White House. Some of the tracks on his “Daytime” playlist include LoveHate Thing by Wale, Tightrope by Janelle Monáe, Rock Steady by Aretha Franklin and So Ambitions by Jay-Z and Pharrell. Tracks on his “Nighttime”…… MORE
Baltimore Police Used Force 2,818 Times In Six Years. They Found One Violation |Black Voices
WASHINGTON ― The Baltimore Police Department routinely abused residents’ civil rights, performed unconstitutional searches, retaliated against individuals exercising free-speech rights and failed to hold cops accountable for misconduct, according to a damning federal report. The Justice Department report, to be formally released on Wednesday, confirms what some Baltimore residents already know ― that Baltimore police…… MORE
Ledisi’s Response to Gabby Douglas Hair Criticism | Essence.com
Four years ago the now 20-year-old Gabby Douglas was making Olympic history as the first American gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions when the internet exploded with hateful comments referring to her hair as “umkempt.” And this year’s competition in Rio has brought back out the same hate. After giving…… MORE
