Entertainment

BET Networks, which is owned by Viacom, has acquired Soul Train. “With a Broadway play and a concert tour as examples of opportunities in the works, we look forward to finding engaging and smart ways to grow the brand while preserving its heritage and legacy in music, dance and fashion,” said Richard Gay, BET’s executive vice…

One of the biggest complaints many people have when it comes to visiting their local beauty-supply store is that they’re typically owned by nonblack people. But there’s one store in Moreno Valley, Calif., that’s changing the face of beauty-supply-store ownership. Kayla Davis, 19, and Keonna Davis, 21, are sisters who are making hair and entrepreneurship history in…

He referred to this girl as “dark meat” and then placed a KFC crown on her head. There are some things wrong here. Terribly wrong. Like this kid, who asked this young “dark” girl (I am not sure of her ethnicity) to prom by adorning her with a KFC crown and giving her a sign…

Never forget that the right shade of nude should match one’s skin color.  But that right shade can be hard to find for people who have complexions that fall outside the mainstream—essentially, for those of us who aren’t shades of pink or cream. Finding a nude lipstick or stocking for chocolate-complexioned women can be downright…

This is not an April Fools’ joke. This is real, people. Hamburger Helper just released one of the best mixtapes ever. https://twitter.com/BHall_31/status/715921603184484352https://twitter.com/MichealSinclair/status/715902238049378304https://twitter.com/KhakiWithACurl/status/715915157789016065 From the production to the hilarious lyrics … Hamburger Helper wins the Internet today.

There’s no denying that Mona Scott-Young, the creator and one of the executive producers of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop, continues to push the ratchet envelope with her addictive series. Every season, there’s a new character with an Instagram boutique, a new relationship featuring rappers or thug singers we remember (or try to remember), and…

If the activewear brand Lululemon could take back one thing it did this week, it would never have tweeted this about Beyoncé’s new “athleisure” collection, Ivy Park: We’ve seen what happens time and time again when brands and artists try to come for Queen Bey. The Beyhive swarms in and digitally annihilates all those who…

Say what you want about the Curry family, but there’s one thing that’s certain: Everybody has a job. While Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry is busy being a beast on the basketball court and little Riley Curry is getting her modeling career on, Ayesha Curry is going to show off her cooking skills on the…

This is a biopic many will be proud to hear about. Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse Williams not only will produce but is also starring in a biopic based on Harry Belafonte’s life! Williams revealed the information during an appearance on Denzealots, a podcast by comedians W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery. The coupling of Williams and Belafonte definitely…

Hamilton, a Broadway musical that has people of diverse ethnic backgrounds playing white historical figures, recently posted a casting notice that some people say discriminated against white people. The notice specifically requested nonwhite performers, and Randolph McLaughlin, of the Newman Ferrara Law Firm, said it was in direct violation of New York City’s human rights…