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Candice Payne is the South Side Chicago entrepreneur who spearheaded the effort in making sure nobody suffered in the bitter weather the city has been enduring this week.  Payne said she never wanted attention but as a brutal cold front swept across Chicago earlier this week, the city’s homeless were …

Early Saturday morning, Bow Wow was arrested after getting into an altercation with a woman in Atlanta.  According to WSBTV, the ”Growing Up Hip Hop” star has been accused of allegedly hitting a woman at 205 12th Street around 4:15 a.m. Atlanta police said, both, the woman and the rapper “sustained …

While the majority of Americans are accustomed to receiving thousands of dollars on average back from the internal revenue service, this year the refunds on your tax return may really surprise you.  As the average person expects to receive about $3,000, according to GOBBankingRates.com, experts have repeatedly warned that the …

A new presidential candidate is proposing $100 billion in reparations for slavery. Democratic presidential candidate #MarianneWilliamson is calling for a “spiritual awakening” to happen in the United States. On Monday, Williamson kicked off her presidential 2020 campaign in Los Angeles, and the 66-year-old spoke with CNN’s “New Day” where she …

NBC has signed off on a new comedy competition show that seeks to highlight up and coming comedic talent. “Bring The Funny” is the new comedy competition series that will be looking for the next big comedic star. NBC will be teaming up with comedy festival Just For Laughs to …

Pete Davidson and director Judd Apatow have decided to join forces to create a new comedic film. The Hollywood Reporter got the scoop on Davidson’s latest creative project. Universal Pictures picked up the project, called “Big Time Adolescence,” which tells the story of Pete’s journey from State Island to Hollywood. …

The Walt #Disney Company is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth by donating $1.5 million to the United Negro College Fund, and offering free screenings of the global hit #BlackPanther for a week. It’s been nearly a year since the smash hit #BlackPanther took us by storm, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of …

A #Detroit police officer filmed a woman he pulled over walking home in the cold and referenced “black girl magic” in his #Snapchat caption. For that, the Detroit Police Chief has demoted the officer and is seeking further appropriate punishment. Chief James Craig said the corporal officer pulled the woman …

It wasn’t an easy road for Tyler Perry, but it was all worth it. From humble beginnings, putting on stage plays to own his own production company. Tyler’s success was not overnight. Variety sat with the actor/director to look back at his long adventure into stardom.  Little do many realize, …

Former NFL Star Brandon Browner pled no contest in December to attempted murder for brutally beating his ex-girlfriend in front of her two children, and was later sentenced to 8 years in prison. But since then, Browner has ditched his old attorney for the famous #OJSimpson prosecutor, Chris Darden, and now, …

Colin Kaepernick’s lawyer says NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is lying about NFL teams not choosing Kaep because of his skill, or lack thereof. Earlier this week, Goodell was questioned why Kaepernick didn’t appear on any NFL rosters, to which he replied, “I’ve said it many times—privately, publicly—that our clubs are …

A Star Is Born is now the highest grossing musician-starring film of all-time. “A Star is Born” which stars singer-songwriter Lady Gaga and actor Bradley Cooper is the latest remake of the 1937 film, which is now the highest grossing musician-starring film in global box-office history. According to data from …

Hopes of returning back to the team are high for Patriots’ Josh Gordon.  It’s known that Gordon has suffered from mental health and substance abuse problems for many years. Despite his issues though, the wide receiver was welcomed to the New England team in September. But now, recent samples of …

The infamous “Good Guy” doll is making its way to the small screen, as SyFy has landed the rights to a new ‘Chucky’ television series.  Written by Don Mancini, the creator/writer behind the “Chucky” movie franchise, the series will focus on the main character, Charles Lee Ray, who’s reincarnated into …

After serving a year behind bars for tax evasion, DMX has emerged with a renewed faith, a new outlook on life and the eagerness to release new music. However, amid his return to the music scene, X is opening up about the current state of rap music and its misrepresentation …

Roger Stone “feels like Pablo [Escobar],” and Trevor Noah isn’t feeling it. Robert Stone’s arrested was heard around the country, but he’s been making his complaints even louder. The Trump ally was arrested for the WikiLeaks scandal in his Florida home a few days ago. Instead of magnifying the obvious …

City State Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, is making major changes to the justice system in the City of Baltimore. In a statement released on Tuesday, Mosby revealed that marijuana possession will no longer be prosecuted in the city, regardless of the quality or criminal history, as she highlighted the racial disparities …

The family of Stephon Clark, the unarmed Black man who was fatally shot in his grandmother’s backyard by Sacramento police last year, is suing the officer involved and the city of Sacramento for wrongful death. In the federal lawsuit that was filed on Monday, the family said police racially profiled …

An act of true kindness is about to land an Indiana woman in jail.  USA Today reports Casey Smitherman, the superintendent of Elwood Community Schools in Indiana, allegedly used her own son’s health insurance ID card to help a sick student in need of care,  and now is facing multiple …

Denise Fergus, the mother whose murdered child served as the source for the Irish short film “Detainment,” spoke out on Tuesday after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences gave an Oscar nomination to the film.  “This is all I want to say at present,” Fergus said in a …