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Kevin Hart is currently on one of his largest comedy tours ever, and he’s hoping to make people healthier in the process. Hart’s “What Now” comedy tour is being sponsored by Rally Health, and at each stop, attendees will have a chance to use interactive tools to encourage a healthy lifestyle. “It puts the first…

In some people’s eyes, Jeremiah Heaton is probably father of the year because of the dedication and time he spent to make his daughter happy. In other people’s eyes, he’s just a modern-day Christopher Columbus who stumbled onto a piece of land and is now declaring himself the founder and owner of it. Last summer,…

Spike Lee’s new film, Chiraq, is still in the early stages of production, but it is already causing controversy because of its name. The name “Chiraq” carries a negative connotation for many people in Chicago. The city was given the nickname after people started comparing the number of gun-violence casualties in neighborhoods like Englewood to what was…

Alabama, Bill Cosby is coming for you. The Associated Press is reporting that the besieged comedian and actor will visit Alabama Thursday and Friday, putting the spotlight on schools in the state’s rural, impoverished Black Belt. He’ll also meet and march with high school students in Selma, crossing the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge (the scene…

Lupita Nyong’o is perfect. Just here to say that. She is perfect and I’m here for this, and her dress for Cannes was perfect. She twirled in it perfectly. Her perfect smile radiated from across oceans to our computer screens. She is perfect. Perfection is Lupita. Look at this. Just look at it. Look at her!…

Broken clock: Right once a day? Or wrong 99 percent of the time? Either way, since The View keeps giving Raven-Symoné a platform, we have no choice but to talk about whatever comes out of her mouth. Here’s the latest bon mot out of the mouth of wayward “baes,” about putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Raven would…

Stevie Wonder is celebrating his 65th birthday Wednesday, and his music is just as amazing today as it was when it topped the charts in the 1970s and ’80s. Stevland Hardaway Morris was born May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Mich. He was given the nickname “Little Stevie Wonder” by Motown producer Clarence Paul in the…

On the heels of becoming the first black woman to be nominated for a best director Golden Globe, Ava DuVernay could make cinematic history once again. According to The Wrap, Marvel is eyeing the Selma director to helm a diverse superhero movie. The two movies mentioned are Black Panther and Captain Marvel, which are slated…

Lee Daniels struck gold with his TV series Empire, starring Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard. The show, which has become one of the highest-rated series in the history of Fox, has also emerged with some groundbreaking storylines dealing with prevalent issues in the black community, such as religion and homophobia. Empire’s rise to fame also…

In November, Andrew Caldwell attended the Church of God in Christ’s 107th Holy Convocation convention in St. Louis. During the service, COGIC Superintendent Earl Carter laid hands on Caldwell to “deliver” him from homosexuality. Soon after being prayed for, Caldwell then declared that he was no longer gay and “likes women, women, women!” And then he…