Entertainment

Just last week, Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo presented Debbie Allen with the Trailblazer Icon Award at the 2016 TV Land Icon Awards. From choreography to directing, Allen has pretty much done it all. And don’t think just because Allen is in her 60s that she’s not putting in work on the dance floor. Need proof? Just watch…

No one said running was going to be easy. And Noah (Aldis Hodge), Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Henry (Renwick Scott) and Cato (Alano Miller) have figured that out for themselves the hard way. Although they all have one goal in mind, there’s friction among the group, and it looks as though everyone is turning on one…

Everyone knew the day would come, and Wednesday night, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers played his last game in the NBA. The sold-out Staples Center got a show as Bryant scored a season high of 60 points, which catapulted the struggling team to a win over the Utah Jazz. In the stands were…

The Internet is ablaze with critiques of BuzzFeed’s “27 Questions Black People Have for Black People,” and rightly so. It was neither satirical nor humorous. Nor was it witty or insightful. Many people couldn’t figure out who the video was made for. Maybe a better title or video would have been “27 Questions White People…

Rachel Dolezal found her way into all of our lives in 2015 when she was exposed as a white woman after pretending to be black—with HBCU attendance and NAACP-chapter presidency included. Dolezal is still making headlines these days because she’s writing a book. And that book is exactly what you think it’s going to be:…

Let’s talk about this BuzzFeed video “27 Questions Black People Have for Black People.” Take a look at it first.  Marinate on it for a bit. Done? Now ask yourself: Who was the target audience for this hot mess of a video? There are black people who work at BuzzFeed. Hell, some of them were…

I don’t fancy myself a chef, but I can hold my own in a kitchen and on the grill. Give me a recipe and I will probably not follow it to a T, but I will give it my own spin. Outside of a few minor food allergies, everything is fair game when it comes…

When it comes to makeup, I typically end up buying two different foundation shades in order to find a match. And even then, it’s never perfect. For many black women, especially those who don’t want to shell out $40 or $50 for a high-priced foundation, drugstore brands are a staple. But those brands sometimes don’t…

Time’s February story “The Toxic Tap,” by Josh Sanburn, which highlights Flint, Mich.’s water crisis, is being turned into a Lifetime movie. Because, why not? The network, known for its celebrity biopics, is now about to go all Erin Brockovich on us.  According to the Hollywood Reporter, Flint will be produced by Craig Zadan and Neil…

In the words of Drake, Melonie Wright started from the bottom, but now she’s here. By “here,” we mean soon to be graduating from Emory University School of Law. Next month, Wright will walk down the aisle and receive her law degree, and her story is definitely one that deserves to be told. Wright grew…