Entertainment

Dear Internet trolls: Don Lemon is officially prime-time. Let this be a lesson to you to never give up on your dreams. Lemon, CNN’s resident “tell it like it is” anchor, has nabbed the coveted 11 p.m. prime-time slot on the network and will also guest-host for OutFront anchor Erin Burnett while she’s on maternity…

I am submitting this photo of Alfre Woodard from Armani’s Instagram account without comment. The caption reads: “Idris Elba posing in a gorgeous Georgio @armani dress.” OK, just one comment: How did this happen? Confusing Idris Elba and Alfre Woodard? Their names don’t rhyme. One is a man, and the other is a woman. I…

Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a very special man. Earlier on Monday, Ford bum-rushed Councillor Pam McConnell at a Toronto City Council meeting where lawmakers were debating whether to strip him of more of his mayoral powers after he confessed to a slew of transgressions, including smoking crack.  “I rushed over there because my…

Over the weekend, I went to the theater with some of my favorite black people to see Best Man Holiday, a film starring a bevy of capable black actors. There were quite a few black folks in the audience, because you know, the film does feature some pretty heavy black themes, like love, family, friendship,…

Lord, how many times will Alec Baldwin have to explain that he is not a raging bigot? Earlier this year, he allegedly called a black photographer a “coon.” He also attacked a British journalist on Twitter, calling him a “toxic little queen.” (And he didn’t think that was homophobic.) Last week he worked overtime: He…

Here’s Lily Allen’s new video, “Hard Out Here,” which has been billed as a feminist response to the Great Miley Cyrus Twerk Fiasco of 2013 and to Robin Thicke’s endlessly controversial “Blurred Lines”: You might have missed it, but the video is supposed to be satire. The dancers (scantily dressed women of color) and Allen…

What should live correspondents do when they can’t get their earpiece to work? Curse. F-bombs are particularly effective. That’s what ClickOnDetroit’s Lauren Podell did during a newscast this morning about a fire investigation. The show’s anchors—who handled it all quite impressively—threw it to Powell, and instead of getting an update, they got, “I can’t get…

Clearly, 2013 is the year of the adorable dancing brown baby. Earlier this year we met little Heaven, who brilliantly danced to Beyoncé’s “End of Time” with her mom. Then there’s my personal favorite, the rogue tap-dancing preschooler, who stole the entire recital from her dance mates. Now a video of drum major Taranza McKelvin…

For The Grapevine’s weekly obligatory Chris Brown report: The troubled singer went after Perez Hilton and Wendy Williams on Twitter, calling them both “buff chicks” for talking about the recent relevation that he “lost his virginity” when he was 8 years old. Hilton appeared as a guest on The Wendy Williams Show last Friday, where…

It’s Veterans Day, and President Obama is making his presidential rounds, thanking our servicemen and women for all of their sacrafices. I’ve shed two single Veterans Day photo-op tears today, and this photo, tweeted out from the @BarackObama account, made me come close to shedding a third. Warning: Please ignore the trolls who take issue…