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Over the weekend, Creed proved to be a box office hit, and its star is already saying yes to a sequel that Warner Brothers hasn’t mentioned yet. Michael B. Jordan, who plays Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis, said he’s definitely down for a sequel, and with the movie raking in over $40 million, a sequel definitely…

Netflix’s Beast of No Nation, starring Idris Elba, received a lot of attention before its premiere, not only because of Elba but also because of the movie’s director, Cary Fukunaga. The film tells the fictional tale of young guerrilla soldiers under the tutelage of Elba’s character. But for many folks who have seen the movie,…

Chris Brown recently completed his probation after being charged with felony assault against Rihanna. The incident occurred six years ago, but it’s still something that Brown will carry with him forever. Many people have been able to forgive Brown, including Rihanna, but several staffers on The Daily Show have expressed their issues with having Brown…

We all know that some people push the wrong buttons and are the kings and queens of getting underneath people’s skin. Moneyed individuals, like Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor especially, have way too much to lose to mix up with these folks. And yet … Okafor got into an altercation with a few hecklers Wednesday…

I’d bet everything in my wallet that T.I. got on the phone with Iggy Azalea last night and warned her that she did not want to clap back at Erykah Badu. Iggy would be well within her rights, though. Erykah Badu hosted the Soul Train Awards, which aired Sunday night on BET, and during her…

Patti LaBelle caught some flak for insinuating that her sweet potato pies’ success was a result of her own hard work and not the hilarious viral video made by a YouTube food critic. During an interview with the Huffington Post, LaBelle backpedaled and reassured fans that she knew that she owed her pie’s success to James…

Spike Lee thinks that his new film, Chi-raq, is infectious and that it’ll inspire college students to withhold sex from their partners as a way to denounce sexual assault incidents on college campuses nationwide.  He described all of this during an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.  “I think that a sex strike could really work…

Los Angeles Lakers fan or not. Kobe Bryant fan or not. Basketball fans as a whole—and even those of us who enjoy sports from a distance—bowed our heads respectfully and saluted Kobe Bryant on Sunday, when he released a beautiful poem on the Players’ Tribune announcing that he would be retiring from the game after this…

Ava DuVernay, the award-winning Hollywood director, is not known for biting her tongue, or holding back her Twitter fingers. She is outspoken about diversity, or the lack thereof, in Hollywood, telling The Huffington Post recently that too many films focus on the ”white, straight, male” paradigm. So it’s no surprise that she has opinions about…

The Rocky-revival film Creed made its box office debut over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to rave reviews in mainstream and social media. TheWrap reports that the film is expected to make up to $40 million, more than any of the six sequels in the 39-year-old Rocky franchise. The MGM/New Line Cinema drama, which stars Sylvester Stallone and…