Tag Archives: Entertainment

NEW YORK - "Chadwick came to the White House to work with kids when he was playing Jackie Robinson. You could tell right away that he was blessed. To be young, gifted, and Black; to use that power to ...

LONDON - Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. "Like most p...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his...

LOS ANGELES - TikTok celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray are facing criminal charges after they hosted recent parties in the Hollywood Hills despite the city's ban on large gatherings during the cor...

LONDON - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments about tr...

CHICAGO - The lawyer for R. Kelly said Thursday the R&B singer, who is awaiting trial on child pornography and other charges, was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Ce...

LOS ANGELES - Robin Thede's face lights up when she hears that the deliciously clever humour of her "A Black Lady Sketch Show" provokes a laugh-out-loud response. "That means the most. That's the whol...

LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations. The Oscar winner's disaster relief organization CORE has gone from providing 6,500 tests in a couple...

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Francesca Moody is spending August the way she always does: in darkened rooms in Edinburgh, watching some of the best new theatre and comedy the world has to offer. All that's mi...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied...