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Beyoncé and Jay Z, who’ve been house hunting in Beverly Hills, are one step closer to becoming full-time California residents. The power couple is currently renting a 16,000-square-foot home, which features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms and sits on a 1.32-acre lot on an exclusive street, is also on the market for $35 million, according to […]
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, last week announced a plan to increase pay for half a million U.S. employees after years of criticism over its employment practices and high employment turnover, according to the New York Times. The company also vowed to increase its wage level in 2016 to $10 an hour, the report notes. […]
Just weeks after coming under fire for failing to nominate Black actresses, actors or directors for Sunday’s 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, Hollywood leaders have been hit with an allegation that they blackballed Mo’Nique for “refusing to play the game.” The comedian-turned-actress says she was marginalized after scoring an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2010 for her […]
“The Daily Show” correspondent Jessica Williams recently tweeted that she does not want to replace outgoing host Jon Stewart. A journalist sparked a war of words with Williams after encouraging the 25-year-old to “lean in.” This is what happened, according to USA Today: The comedian nipped speculation about her taking over for Stewart in the bud Sunday, by tweeting […]
If you have grown downright weary of the onrush of questions from pressuring pesky parents, meddling friends and curious co-workers about your relationship status or the lack thereof, you can now build a bae to get them all off your back about not having that someone special in your life. Invisible Boyfriend (or Girlfriend) is an app that will […]
When Lincoln Stephens began working in 2004 at a major marketing agency in Dallas, Texas, he saw that the predominantly White industry had a long way to go in order to diversify its ranks. Over a decade later, Stephens, who began in the industry as a PepsiCo account executive at TracyLocke (the integrated marketing firm in Dallas), […]
Following the Sony Pictures e-mail hacking scandal, Amy Pascal (pictured right), the co-chairman of Sony Pictures, has resigned from her position. Pascal worked at the studio for almost 20 years and was responsible for overseeing the company’s movie business for over a decade. However, leaked e-mails connected to the release of the movie “The Interview” exposed everything […]
Catherine L. Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc., the largest African American-owned and operated broadcast company in the U.S., is one three new board of trustees appointed to the board of the Barnes Foundation, according to statement released Wednesday. The Philadelphia-based group supports education, fine arts and horticulture. “The board and staff of […]
Queen Bey is expanding her empire. The pop diva, who famously went vegan with husband Jay Z for a stretch in 2013, is partnering with her nutritionist and exercise guru to begin a food delivery service based on the food lifestyle, according to the New York Daily News. SEE ALSO: David Oyelowo Slams Hollywood For […]
Don Thompson, the first Black president and CEO of McDonald’s, is stepping down after a rocky nearly 3-year tenure, according to various media reports. RELATED: McDonald’s Makes Historic Hire Of First Black CEO The move comes amid a falling customer base in the United States as competition rises from companies like Five Guys Burgers and […]
Much has been made of the fact that black people are more likely to access the Internet on mobile devices and to use Twitter than other groups in the U.S., but overall, Blacks continue to lag behind Whites in Internet use. Eighty percent of African Americans are Internet users, trailing White Americans by seven percentage points, according to […]
In what many see as a heartbreaking development, Johnson Publishing Company, the esteemed African American owned publisher of Ebony, announced plans to sell its photo archive of five million photos, reports The Chicago Tribune. The iconic collection of photos spans 70 years of African-American history, culture and life, including a 1969 Pulitzer Prize winning photo of […]
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