BREAKING: Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape and sexual assault
Disgraced Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein, has been found guilty of rape in the third degree and sexual assault. Weinstein originally…
Live: Kobe and Gianna Bryant celebration of life at Staples Center
LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 19: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers smiles in the fourth quarter during…
New Netflix Comedy ‘Gentefied’ Explores Gentrification And The American Dream
Greedy gringos are taking over the Latinx neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. The new Netflix series, “Gentefied,” gives…
‘Friends’ Reunion Special Confirmed For HBO Max
It’s the friendliest news we’ve heard in a while: HBO Max has confirmed that the original cast of “Friends” will…
‘Love Is Blind’ Is Blinding (And Addictive)
A ’90s boy band star. A streaming service. LED-lighted personal pods. A deep well of underlying sadness. What do all…
Zamboni Driver Steps In As Emergency Goalie, Helps Cinch Win For NHL Team
TORONTO (AP) — David Ayres was sitting in the stands with his wife at Scotiabank Arena when Carolina Hurricanes goalie…
‘Mad Mike’ Hughes, Self-Styled Daredevil, Dies In Rocket Crash
BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — A self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the…
‘Walking Dead’ Director Explains That Shocking Negan Sex Scene
“The Walking Dead” midseason 10 premiere had a rare sexual content warning ahead of the episode. All we can say…
Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty To Restored Charges Of Staging Racist Attack
CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging…
‘Walking Dead’ Fans Call To Bleach Their Eyes After Disturbing Sex Scene
“The Walking Dead” Midseason 10 premiere on Sunday night had fans talking about bleaching their eyes after a disturbing moment…
Ben Affleck Says Jennifer Lopez ‘Should Have Been Nominated’ For ‘Hustlers’
Ben Affleck has nothing but respect for ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez and thinks she was totally snubbed during the recent awards…
Meghan Markle’s Best Friend Denies Registering New Website For The Sussexes
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are rethinking branding for their family entity after a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess…
‘Black-ish’ Star Marsai Martin Wins Multiple 2020 NAACP Image Awards: ‘I Feel Seen’
Marsai Martin racked up a number of 2020 NAACP Image Awards at the show’s awards dinner held in Hollywood, California,…
Rihanna Talks Allyship At 2020 NAACP Image Awards: ‘Tell Your Friends To Pull Up’
Rihanna accepted the President’s Award at the 51st NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. The singer was celebrated for her career…
‘Miss Juneteenth’ And The Power Of The Black Beauty Pageant
To hear Hollywood and mainstream media tell it, beauty pageants have always been a white women’s game. For decades, white…
Lizzo Named Entertainer Of The Year At 2020 NAACP Image Awards
Lizzo was named the Entertainer of the Year at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. During her acceptance speech…
Famed Restaurateur And Lifestyle Guru B. Smith Dies At 70
Restaurateur and lifestyle guru B. Smith has died at age 70, her husband Dan Gasby announced Sunday. “B. died peacefully…
Man Convicted Of Killing 2 Who Tried To Stop His Racist Tirade On Portland Train
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing two people who prosecutors say tried to stop his racist…
Jada Pinkett Smith Confronts Snoop Dogg Over His Gayle King Comments
Jada Pinkett Smith confronted Snoop Dogg about his public attacks against Gayle King, after the CBS News anchor asked in…
Black At The Ballot | HuffPost Communities
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a majority of the Democratic presidential candidates were on the…
NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson Dies At Age 101
NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations helped America’s first human spaceflight in 1961, has died at the age of 101,…
McDonald’s Now Has Quarter Pounder-Scented Candles
Quarter Pounder Scented Candle Pack (Image: Golden Arches Unlimited) Have you ever not wanted to leave a McDonald’s restaurant because…
Black Doctors Unite To Open The First Black-Owned Urgent Care Center In Chicago’s Southside
Last spring, a group of black doctors, Reuben C. Rutland, MD, Airron Richardson, MD, Michael A. McGee, MD, and former…
Meet The Three Brothers Who Are Launching A Black-Owned Kentucky Bourbon Brand
Three brothers are planning to launch their own Kentucky bourbon through their company Brough Brothers Distillery in honor of their…
Model, Restaurateur and Author, B. Smith Dead at Age 70 of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Image: File Barbara Elaine Smith, professionally known as B. Smith, died Saturday, February 22, 2020 of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease,…
Black Woman Becomes the First Doctor to Cure Cancer in Mice Using Nanoparticles
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green has become the first person to successfully cure cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles, according to Black…
With Passing Of B. Smith, Legacy Of Grand Lady of Style Lives On
There was no one like her. Barbara Smith, known throughout much of the world simply as “B,” was a trailblazer,…
103-year-old Black Woman Still Helps Run the Pie Shop she Opened in 1952
Woodruff’s Café & Pie Shop first opened in 1952 and its founder, 103-year-old Mary Woodruff, still helps run the business.…
Dr Nikki Bell, aka The Lip Doctor, Builds Two Cosmetic Practices in NYC
Long Island native Dr. Nikki Bell, also known as “The Lip Doctor” is not your traditional dentist. As a result…
FreakNik To Return This Summer As 3-Day Festival Called Freak World
Get ready for it. FreakNik is returning. This summer. The legendary Black Spring Break event in Atlanta, Georgia, will return…
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Donates $5 Million to New Jersey After-School Program
Oprah Winfrey (Image: Flickr.com/photos/disneyabc) The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation has given a $5 million donation to Pathways to College, a…
Dwyane Wade Still Worries About Being Broke
There is one thing that retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade should never have to worry about and that is financial…
Coronavirus Causes Museum Closures in Italy—and More Art News – ARTnews.com
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Surging Coronavirus Cases in Italy, Korea Cause Museum Closures – ARTnews.com
With more than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Italy as of Monday, February 24, public and private art institutions…
Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space
The film Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier dives into the under-reported history of efforts to include people of…
Robert F. Smith on becoming the richest black man in America, what companies get wrong about diversity, and what he’s doing to help mint more black billionaires
Robert F. Smith is the richest black man in America, and one of only four to currently have a net…
‘It sounded like the future’: behind Miles Davis’s greatest album
On the 50th anniversary of Bitches Brew, one of the contributing musicians and the director of a new documentary share…
UBS releases diversity figures for Americas staff
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland January 27, 2017.…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal in patent fight with VirnetX
FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is shown atop an Apple store at a shopping mall in La Jolla, California, U.S.,…
Warren Buffett calls coronavirus outbreak ‘scary stuff,’ but says he won’t be selling stocks
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), on Monday called the coronavirus outbreak “scary stuff”…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal in patent fight with VirnetX
FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is shown atop an Apple store at a shopping mall in La Jolla, California, U.S.,…
Bank of America names Morisseau as head of investment banking for France: memo
FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S.,…
U.S. Supreme Court turns away religious bias claim against Walgreens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a…
SoftBank leads $265 million investments in two U.S.-based start-ups
(Reuters) – SoftBank on Monday led a new funding round of $165 million in California-based Karius and invested $100 million…
France’s Sanofi to carve out active drug ingredients firm
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sanofi is seen during the annual results news conference in Paris, France, February 6, 2020.…
Canceled Teck oil sands project underscores global climate-energy policy tension
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Teck Resources Ltd’s surprise decision to cancel a planned C$20.6 billion ($15.6 billion) oil sands mine…
Exclusive: Hedge fund Third Point targets British insurer Prudential – sources
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Prudential sign outside offices in the City of London March 27, 2013. REUTERS/Luke…
Pandemic fears grip Wall Street, Dow dives 800 points
(Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrials fell more than 800 points and the S&P 500 as well as the Nasdaq…
Mastercard to add 1,500 technology jobs in Ireland
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Mastercard Inc plans to hire 1,500 more staff in Dublin over the next three to five years,…
Blackstone raises offer for Japan’s Unizo, tops Lone Star’s bid
TOKYO (Reuters) – Blackstone Group (BX.N) has raised its proposed offer to buy Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings (3258.T) to…
Exclusive: Germany’s Stada buys 15 GSK consumer health brands
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Private equity-backed generic drugmaker Stada STAGn.D said it has agreed to buy 15 consumer healthcare products from…
SoftBank leads $165 million capital boost for liquid biopsy firm Karius
(Reuters) – SoftBank’s second Vision Fund has led a new $165 million funding round in California-based Karius, which markets a…
United Technologies, Raytheon offer EU concessions over $120 billion merger deal
FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logos and trading information for defense contractor Raytheon Co, and United Technologies Corp. on…
Exclusive: U.S. sees no material impact from virus on U.S.-China trade deal – for now
RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Reuters he does not expect the coronavirus outbreak to have a…
Exclusive: Juul halts Indonesia e-cigarette sales, throwing Asia expansion in doubt
(Reuters) – Juul Labs Inc is halting sales in Indonesia, citing concerns that it can’t stop retailers from selling its…
Futures plummet as investors dump stocks on fears of pandemic
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Monday as investors scurried to perceived safe-haven assets after a surge in…
Buffett calls coronavirus outbreak ‘scary,’ but says he won’t be selling stocks
(Reuters) – Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), on Monday called the coronavirus outbreak “scary stuff”…
Oil slides 4% on demand concerns as coronavirus spreads
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices slumped by 4% on Monday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside…
Boeing scours idle 737 MAX plant for industrial snags
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Insiders note an “eerie” calm at Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX factory, formerly a bustling hub that…