I mean let’s be honest: if we could give Denzel Washington every award, we would. Now he will be receiving New Dramatists’ 2018 Distinguished Achievement Award. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Distinguished Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding artistic contribution to the theatre community, according to PageSix. Before Washington, Audra …
Read More »Babyface Teams With Electus To Create Show About 90’s New York Music Scene
A scripted hour melodrama about the New York music scene from the 90’s is being created by Electus and Kenny Edmonds a.k.a Babyface. The show will be based on the lives of the award-winning songwriter and producer, Damon Sharpe, and actress and former recording artist, Stacy Ascenio Sutphen. The show …
Read More »Cardi B Speaks Up For Video Vixens In The Me Too Movement & Sounds Off About Her Past: “Y’all Going To Respect Strippers From Now On”
-blogged by @therealalexisdanielle Cardi B rose quickly to success as a Love And Hip Hop star turned rap sensation, but before that, she was a stripper. Now, with a number one hit single under her belt, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper is continuing to use her voice to speak up for …
Read More »Father Protests CPS After Child Is Brutally Murdered By Mother & Boyfriend After He’d reported Abuse For Over A Year
-blogged by @theRealAlexisDanielle Monday, a grieving father rallied with others outside of the Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services building after his four-year-old daughter was brutally murdered by her own mother. The event was organized by local #BlackLivesMatter activists. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Aniya Day-Garret was found unresponsive inside of her home in …
Read More »Kim Zolciak Says She Received Death Threats After NeNe Leakes Called Her Racist After “Roach Nest” Incident: “Not Me, My Husband or My Children See Color. Never Have”
On Sunday, the “roach nest” fiasco between “Real Housewives of Atlanta” vets NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak-Biermann played out on the hit show. The incident occurred back in October when Leakes posted a video Kim’s daughter, Brielle Biermann had taken a few months earlier of black bugs crawling in …
Read More »Colin Kaepernick Pops Up On Texas Owner Bob McNair At His Deposition in NFL Collusion Case
Earlier this week, Colin Kaepernick was spotted training in Houston, or “turning up the heat” as he claimed on Twitter. One day later, the quarterback popped up on Texans owner Bob McNair and sat in as he was deposed as part of Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ …
Read More »Snapchat Apologizes For Insensitive Ad That Made Fun of Rihanna’s 2009 Domestic Violence Incident In New Statement
It looks like Snapchat is trying to clean up its mess after our girl Rih Rih gave them a piece of her mind. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You all already heard about how #Snapchat tried to make a joke about Rihanna’s 2009 domestic violence incident with Chris Brown, well now they’ve put …
Read More »Artist Fires Back at H&M For Using His Graffiti In Campaign Without His Permission
⠀⠀ A legal battle erupted this week between Jason “REVOK” Williams and H&M concerning the retailer’s unsolicited use of Williams’ art in a recent campaign. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ According to reports, the campaign uses Williams’ graffiti as a backdrop for the photos for their “New Routine” sportswear campaign. The wall that …
Read More »Toys R Us To Close All U.S. Stores; CEO Says There Is “Only Enough Money To Pay Employees For 60 Days”
Toys R Us has been trying to save their business, but Thursday morning the CEO announced that they probably won’t even be able to pay their 33,000 employees past another 60 days. The company had began liquidating some of their 700+ stores in the U.S., hoping to be able to …
Read More »Danry Vasquez Proposed To Girlfriend After Beating Her In Texas Stadium Stairwell; She Said ‘Yes!’
On Wednesday, surveillance footage surfaced of a former professional baseball player physically assaulting his girlfriend in a Texas stadium stairwell. ⠀ Since then though, new details about the couple’s relationship have been released. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Not only did Danry Vasquez’s girlfriend beg prosecutors to drop the charges against her boyfriend in …
Read More »Ronald Gasser Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Killing Joe McKnight In Road Rage Incident
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Back in 2016, tragedy struck at a Terrytown intersection after a road-rage dispute involving Ronald Gasser and former NFL baller, Joe McKnight turned fatal. The incident took place after a 5-mile race-induced confrontation that began with aggressive driving on a bridge and ended when Gasser firing three shots through …
Read More »Snoop Dogg’s Cannabis Firm Raises $45 Million For Investments In Weed Industry
Snoop Dogg has locked down $45 million to invest into cannabis startups. Back in 2015, the legendary rapper and weed connoisseur co-founded an ancillary cannabis industry venture firm to invest in the business. However, Snoop’s Casa Verde Capital is not investing in the dispensaries or the actual weed growing process, …
Read More »Four-Year-Old Abused To Death By Mother and Boyfriend; Angry Father Breaks Down In Court “You Killed My ******* Daughter. You Killed My Baby”
On Sunday, police were called to an Euclid, Ohio apartment complex after receiving a 911-call that 4-year-old Aniya Day Garrett was unresponsive. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Garrett was pronounced dead at the hospital. Euclid hospital reported her death as a suspected homicide and the medical examiner’s office confirmed the manner of death …
Read More »Students Participate In Nationwide Walkout To Call Out Congress For Stricter Gun Control Laws
Thousands of students across the country have banned together to take action against gun violence in the wake of the Valentine’s Day massacre that left 17 people dead. More than 3,000 walkout events are scheduled for Wednesday, exactly one month after the deadly shooting. Students in communities from coast to coast …
Read More »University of Hartford Student Who Smeared a Used Tampon On Her Roommate’s Property Will Receive No Jail Time
Remember Brianna Brochu, the former University of Hartford student who smeared a used tampon on her roommate’s backpack and meddled with other items that belonged to her roommate? She won’t be getting any jail time and will be getting a privileged probation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Brochu will only have to participate …
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