Social media is ablaze and ready for the season finale of Fox’s Hip Hop drama, “Empire,” starring Taraji P. Henson and Terrance Howard. If you are a fan of the show, you know that Howard’s character, the bold and ambitious, Lucious Lyon is battling ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). For Anthony Williams, a former CBS Network Business Analyst, […]
I stand with Martese Johnson. There is no excuse for this. @VirginiaABC you should be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/4j3bnfDlBI — UVAProblems (@UVAProbs) March 18, 2015 UPDATE: 6:50 PM EST: University of Virginia President Theresa A. Sullivan has released a statement following the arrest of UVA honor student Martese Johnson. Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: I write to […]
Bryshere Gray joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the 2-hour season finale of Fox’s Empire and the show’s soundtrack debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 albums chart. Gray, who plays Terrence Howard’s son Hakeem in the Fox hit, talked about the skyrocketing success of the show, which has industry insiders stunned. Gray told Martin, “We’re working […]
Just days after a U.S. Air Force veteran and airplane mechanic was charged with trying to join the terrorist group ISIS, he plead not guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Brooklyn, NY, according to NBC News. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, a 47-year-old native of Neptune, NJ, was indicted by a grand jury this week on […]
The race relations topic brought a dark cloud over a 10-year-old’s birthday party in Tennessee last week, when a friend of another race wrote a letter explaining her parents wouldn’t allow her to attend the party because the birthday girl is black. According to the Daily Mail, Harmony Jones’ parents told reporters their daughter got the letter from a classmate […]
Comedians “Capone” Lee, Ray Diva, and Akintunde joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” for this week’s installment of Wildin’ Out Wednesday. Martin and the panel joked about what it would actually be like to stand in line waiting for a barista and a customer to complete what would most likely be an awkward discussion on race for […]
But racism “is over” RT “@deray: Racist ‘Runnin N*gger’ Targets Sold At South Dakota Gun Show http://t.co/Wqcvn6kUI5 pic.twitter.com/iHvlBoaR4F — God (@CrownMeKingMusa) March 18, 2015 The Sioux Falls Collector’s Classic Gun Show in South Dakota has banned a vendor for selling shooting targets that depicted African-Americans, reports the Huffington Post. The vendor allegedly hid “Runnin’ Nigger” targets […]
A mother from Cincinnati has been taken into custody and charged with aggravated murder after she allegedly beheaded her 3-month-old daughter. According to ABC 2 News and police sources, Deasia Watkins was charged after authorities discovered the gruesome murder scene in her home yesterday evening. The site reports: Cincinnati Police said they responded to the 5900 block of Waldway Lane at […]
Raven-Symonè is making headlines for her take on the controversy surrounding a Univision personality’s recent comments about Michelle Obama. The Empire actress sat in as a guest host for The View on Monday, and in an attempt to play devil’s advocate during the discussion surrounding Univision host Rodner Figueroa’s firing for comparing the First Lady to an ape, the 29-year-old […]
After enduring a tough political fight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won re-election on Tuesday. The ballots showed that Netanyahu’s Likud Party garnered almost 30 seats in Parliament, surpassing their rival, the Zionist Union alliance. Netanyahu’s road to victory was far from easy. There was a hard-hitting campaign that focused on his shortcomings and the public opinion polls […]
A package sent to the White House has tested positive for the toxic chemical cyanide, NBC News reports. Secret Service revealed the letter was sent to the White House on Monday. A biological test returned negative, but a chemical test done Tuesday confirmed the substance was indeed cyanide. The package came with a letter and a […]
Devon Still is finally giving us an update on his daughter Leah‘s health, and the news couldn’t be better. The four-year-old little girl has had a tough battle with cancer, which led to the football player taking a break from the NFL to be by her side. At the start of the year, Still announced Leah was still […]
