Cicely Tyson arrives at the Governors Awards on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Legendary actress Cicely Tyson is releasing her memoir. It is titled, ‘Just As I Am‘ and is set to be released in 2021. The book will cover the barriers she broke in… Read more »
Footlocker is turning all of their U.S stores into temporary voter registration sites. Beginning on September 22nd all of their 2,000 stores will have registration kiosks with a website. You will be able to use the kiosk to go online and check your voter status, register to vote or sign up for election reminders. Footlocker… Read more »
Can you blindly tell the difference between brie and camembert? Or an Italian Pecorino from an American Parmesan? Well your love of cheese can bring you more time to savor the flavors, says science. According to a study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, men who regularly ate cheese had a higher life expectancy than those who… Read more »
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, sources report. She was 87 years old. Although details of her death have not yet been revealed, Ginsburg has suffered a number of health issues in recent months. In July, she was admitted to the hospital on two separate occasions to… Read more »
Halle Berry is making her directorial debut in the mixed martial arts movie, ‘Bruised’. She will also star in the movie. Netflix has acquired the film’s distribution rights for $20 million. Neither Halle nor Netflix have officially confirmed that number; some think it could be more in the high teens. Halle tweeted, I am speechless. Thank… Read more »
A Black and a Jewish flight attendant have filed a lawsuit against their longtime employer, United Airlines, alleging that the company uses only young, white, blue-eyed blondes to work charter flights for the NFL, MLB and more. The women allege that they have asked to be assigned to the charters but were told by supervisors… Read more »
America wishes a big happy birthday to Lawrence Brooks. The country’s oldest living World War II veteran just celebrated his 111th birthday on Saturday. Born September 12th, 1909, the New Orleans native served in the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Batallion. He was a private first class stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines during WWII…. Read more »
This story keeps growing more and more bizarre. Tamar Braxton’s ex-boyfriend, David Adefeso, wants to be completely edited out of her upcoming reality show, Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life! He wants to be edited out because he, does not want the show to air because he does not want to look bad and have it affect his… Read more »
The four Minneapolis police officers who brought hundreds of thousands of people together to protest the death of George Floyd have reportedly turned on each other. Appearing in court Friday, attorneys for Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao pointed their fingers at the other officers, each claiming their client wasn’t responsible for… Read more »
We’re still learning about the long-term effects of COVID-19. Now researchers say lung damage from the virus can last for weeks – or even months – after recovery. Scientists in Austria say 88% of patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 still suffered lung damage and shortness of breath six weeks after they were discharged. However,… Read more »
