The Oscars Had No Host And They Were Better Than Ever
We’ve learned a big lesson Sunday evening: Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can save anything. Also, award show hosts are unnecessary. After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…
John Legend, Jamie Foxx, Stevie Wonder, and more stars at Byron Allen’s 3rd Annual Oscar Gala
Getty Images Byron Allen hosted his third annual Oscars gala benefitting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Sunday evening where stars like Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Quincy…
Not Even ‘Green Book’ Can Stop Progress At The Oscars
On Monday morning, President Donald Trump had something to say, as he often does. This time, it was in response to the Oscars or, more specifically, Spike Lee’s passionate, if…
Jordyn Woods says too much booze is to blame for her hookup with Tristan Thompson
(L to R) Jordyn Woods, Tristan Thompson, Kylie Jenner. (Getty) Jordyn Woods is reportedly blaming booze for her misguided tryst with Tristan Thompson, according to sources close to the Kardashian…
10 incredible black women you should know about | CNN
(CNN)Black history is American history. It’s easy to say. But while most grade school teachers agree that the experience and contributions of African-Americans are essential to understanding the nation’s past,…
Meet the woman who opened a library in Ghana with focus on Black writers | Check Out Africa.com
In 2017, writer Sylvia Arthur packed up her belongings, including what remained of her personal library, and left London for Accra, the capital of Ghana, her parent’s home country. Driven…
Incarcerated Men Document Their ‘Hard Truth’ Via Film | Colorlines
Madeliene Sackler (“The Lottery”) worked with 13 men incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Facility as they explored their decades-long sentences and the circumstances behind them via filmmaking. Now, the results…
What ‘Medicare for All’ means, politically and practically
Medicare, which has been around since 1965, is the government-run health insurance program that covers all Americans 65 and older and is funded by taxpayers. A portion taken out of…
How the Pentagon will get $2.5 billion for border security
The Pentagon will have to move $2 billion into a counter drug fund to be used for securing the southern border during national emergency. Source link
Industry opponents line up to quash Medicare for All
A coalition of lobbying groups for insurers, hospitals, doctors and drug makers, as well as the US Chamber of Commerce, are ramping up efforts to highlight the downsides of Medicare-for-All-type…