Netflix shows ‘Nailed It’ and ‘#blackAF’ worth binging in April
Netflix Netflix has been a saving grace in more ways than one since the coronavirus pandemic brought Hollywood (and the world) to an abrupt stop. We can’t wait to help…
Pink reveals she and son, 3, tested positive for coronavirus: ‘This illness is serious and real’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Pink is urging her fans to take COVID-19 seriously after she and her…
‘Africans are not lab rats’ trends after French doctors’ vaccine comments
A street vendor wears a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new COVID-19 coronavirus while selling face masks in Ouagadougou. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP…
Christopher Cross tests positive for coronavirus, calls it ‘the worst illness I’ve ever had’
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Christopher Cross is the latest celebrity to be diagnosed with the coronavirus, the…
Man, denied early release, is first federal inmate to die of coronavirus
Patrick Jones, 49, became the first person to die in federal prison of coronavirus. Patrick Jones, a federal inmate in Louisiana, was looking to get a second chance at life…
Elton John vows AIDS patients will not be forgotten amid coronavirus pandemic, reveals $1M pledge
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. At 73 years old, Elton John says he’s never seen anything quite like…
Spike Lee says Bill Cosby ‘jacked’ ‘School Daze’ for ‘A Different World’
(Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Universal Studios) Spike Lee has a bone to pick with Bill Cosby. The Oscar-winning film director in a tweet said the incarcerated comic “jacked”…
Coronavirus and Baltimore’s Homeless | Afro
By Chris Anderson (7th District) It was around 6:30 a.m. when I got the call from my friend, Darius. “Chris? This is Darius. Man, I’m in Philadelphia. I got that…
Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ Singer Bill Withers Dies at 81
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean…
Coronavirus Claims Life of Pianist And Patriarch Ellis Marsalis
By Cleveland Bryant Jr.Special to the AFRO Ellis Marsalis Jr., premier jazz pianist and jazz family patriarch-father of four sons who are acclaimed jazz musicians themselves-died April 1 at a…