The conversation over the lack of racial diversity in the film industry is headed to the U.K, as Selma actor David Oyelowo is slated to be the keynote speaker at the BFI London Film Festival’s headline industry event, the Black Star Symposium.
Embattled singer Chris Brown chose to sit during the singing of the nation anthem on Sunday, September 11, at the 5th Annual Power 106 Celebrity Basketball Game in Los Angeles.
New York rapper Fat Joe posted a pointed tweet Friday criticizing San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s method of protesting police brutality, calling it a disrespectful display against United States soldiers.
A large mural in a Michigan neighborhood that once read “Black Lives Matter” has been altered to read “Black Dads Matter.”
Brooklyn-based rap sensation Desiigner was arrested Thursday night on gun and drug charges after he allegedly pointed a loaded gun at a driver during a road rage incident in New York City.
As part of an ongoing effort to defend his embattled family philanthropy, Bill Clinton spent the week pleading the case with swing-state voters that his troubled charity did not “solve every problem,” but what is important is that they tried.
Hillary Clinton will not attend the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference later this month, according to the Daily Mail. The Democratic party nominee’s aides said Clinton is not listed on the summit’s agenda, and is expected to avoid the New York-based confab.
Cornell William Brooks, the president of the NAACP, compared Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand during the national anthem at NFL games in 2016 to Rosa Parks’ decision not to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955.
A brand new species of parasite, the Baracktrema obamai, has been named after President Barack Obama, according to an article in the Journal of Parasitology.
Buckling under the pressure from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, The Associated Press confirmed on Thursday that it is deleting a two week-old tweet that was critical of the Clinton Foundation.
Filmmaker, actor and outspoken Donald Trump detractor Rob Reiner says it is impossible to level with the Republican presidential nominee’s bigoted supporters, who are “mostly white males who don’t have college degrees.”
Vons supermarket has apologized for “any inconvenience or misunderstanding” after former Disney star Zendaya claimed she was refused service at one of the store’s locations due to her “skin tone.”
Hillary Clinton fielded questions for the first 30 minutes of NBC’s “Commander-in-Chief forum” Wednesday night, and moderator Matt Lauer dedicated more than a third of the time asking the Democratic presidential nominee about her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton answered questions for 30 minutes during NBC’s “Commander-in-Chief forum” Wednesday tonight, and moderator Matt Lauer failed to ask the White House hopeful a single question about the myriad allegations that she used her position as secretary of state to sell access to major Clinton Foundation donors.
Taking a cue from several critically acclaimed television shows that have already broached the subject, the highly anticipated third season of Fox’s hip-hop soap opera Empire will address police violence and include themes related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Director Oliver Stone opened up about his forthcoming Edward Snowden biopic Snowden in a recent interview, and called most Hollywood war movies “bullsh*t” — thanks to the CIA.
Laureate International Universities, the world’s largest for-profit college conglomerate with several ties to the Clinton Foundation, named Bill Clinton its “honorary chancellor” and paid him nearly $18 million while its affiliated nonprofit received millions in grants from Hillary Clinton’s State Department.
Starting September 16, the Towson Town Center in Maryland will require a curfew for anyone 17 years old and younger, a measure the NAACP and other organizations call discriminatory.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the Clinton foundation’s flagship project, has failed for years to disclose hundreds of millions in foreign government donations as required by New York State law, according to an investigative report by Scripps Washington Bureau.
After debuting at #1 on The New York Times graphic novel bestsellers list and slipping to second place, Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel is back on top, according to data released by the Times’ book review.
Ahmed Alshami, owner of a Buffalo, New York deli, is being held on $2 million bail after being arraigned last week on food stamp fraud and burglary charges.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called the Clinton Foundation’s fundraising “absolutely deplorable” in the years since the ranking Republican held up Hillary Clinton’s Senate confirmation over concerns of pay-to-play at her troubled charity.
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer defended embattled Inside Amy Schumer writer Kurt Metzger, who mocked and belittled women who accused fellow comedian Aaron Glaser of sexual assault.
Kevon Smith Sr. walked out to his car after eating breakfast with his son at a Cracker Barrel in Willoughby, Ohio and found a note on his windshield that read, “We need more black dads like you.”
HBO’s new miniseries, The Young Pope, portrays the fictional Catholic leader as a lustful (possibly bisexual) narcissist whose self-serving reign over the Vatican proves ever-more controversial with each episode, according to early reviews.
Actress and Girls showrunner Lena Dunham came under fire on social media Friday after attributing sexist comments to NFL player Odell Beckham, Jr. during an interview with fellow actress Amy Schumer — but Beckham never made the comments, because Dunham and Beckham did not interact with each other during the time the actress describes.
Pop group The Black Eyed Peas reunited to launch a remix to their chart-topping 2003 peace anthem,”Where Is the Love?” this week, enlisting plenty of star power for the music video — but some of the artists included appeared to explicitly place blame on police officers for targeting people, even though the song is meant as a call to unity.
A new Reuters report reveals that the Swedish fundraising arm of the embattled Clinton Foundation failed to disclose the identity of donors who funneled millions of dollars in donations to the charity, despite Hillary Clinton’s promise to do so.
Embattled San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has caused quite the controversy in his protest against police brutality, choosing for the second weekend in a row not to stand during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Madonna went on social media Thursday and trashed Donald Trump’s sons, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump, for posting a photo showing them celebrating the killing of a leopard they hunted during a trip to Africa.
Newly released emails show that major Clinton Foundation donors lobbied senior Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin for diplomatic passports.
A majority of Americans believe that Bill and Hillary Clinton failed to avoid conflicts of interest as millions of dollars flowed into their corrupt family foundation, according to a new national Suffolk University/USA Today poll.
Former Subway pitchman and convicted pedophile Jared Fogle has filed a lawsuit against the parents of one of one his victims, claiming they are at least partly responsible for the girl’s emotional distress and “destructive behavior.”
Experts who’ve dedicated years to demanding government transparency say there are several serious issues with Bill Clinton’s promise to ban all corporate and foreign donations to his family’s troubled charity should Hillary win in November.
Sea of Trees — the Gus Van Sant-directed movie starring Matthew McConaughey — has bombed epically at the box-office, grossing a paltry $2,730 in its first week, albeit from just one theater.
A newly leaked “confidential” memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reveals how the Democratic party elected to use the Black Lives Matter movement for political gain, while advising its staff to hide from the press its connection to the anti-police group.
Rapper T.I. has released a politically charged song titled “War Zone,” that’s chock-full of Black Lives Matter-inspired themes and racial rhetoric.
Product and design company FCTRY has unveiled its latest product — a middle finger-flicking action figure in the likeness of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Weinstein Television is set to produce a star-studded dramatization of the 1993 Waco, Texas siege that culminated in the now-famous 51-day standoff that left 76 people dead.
The 23-year-old niece of two-time Grammy Award-winning rapper T-pain was fatally stabbed Tuesday morning at a Walgreens in Tallahassee, Florida.
