Predictably, after the swift and cutting backlash from the blinding whiteness of this year’s Oscar nominations – from the front lines of Twitter (see: #OscarsSoWhite) to the Rev. Al Sharpton — the Academy itself responded, in the form of one Cheryl Boone Isaacs (pictured), the African American woman who heads the organization. Boone Isaacs, the first […]

When the former L.A. Lakers player and now head coach Byron Scott (pictured) filed for divorce from his college sweetheart, Anita Scott (pictured) last March, he might not have heard the old adage, “it’s cheaper to keep her.” Scott, who cited irreconcilable differences, was married to his wife for 29 years, and the couple reportedly had no prenup agreements. […]

Marion Christopher Barry (pictured below), son of the late controversial former Washington D.C. mayor, Marion Barry (pictured above), is reportedly being investigated by authorities for throwing a fit inside a PNC bank on Tuesday afternoon, according to The Washington Post. Barry, who is said to be a contender for his dad’s vacant D.C. City Council seat, […]