LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Help” collected three prizes at the NAACP Image Awards, including top actress honors for Viola Davis, the supporting actress prize for Octavia Spencer and outstanding motion picture. Davis and Spencer have collected armloads of accolades for their work in the film about black maids who speak out against their white […]

Suave blue-eyed soul singer Robin Thicke was arrested for marijuana possession on Friday afternoon in New York City after police allegedly claimed they saw him light up a joint inside a black SUV, reports TMZ. SEE ALSO: MSNBC Drops Pat Buchanan The multi-award winning crooner and husband of actress Paula Patton was sitting in a […]

George Lucas is set to receive an NAACP Vanguard Award for his work in producing “Red Tails.” While I applaud Lucas’s efforts in making “Red Tails,” the movie hardly gives enough credibility to Lucas to be one of the first non African American to win a a Vanguard award from the NAACP. I’ll admit it, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old Moroccan man was arrested Friday near the U.S. Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by FBI undercover operatives, said police and government officials. SEE ALSO: MSNBC Drops Pat Buchanan Amine El Khalifi of Alexandria, Va., was taken into custody […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pulled in $29.1 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in January, raising his total for this election cycle to about $250 million. SEE ALSO: “Single Black Female” Coming To BET Mogul Buys Black History Treasures The sum, announced Friday, shows he’s picked up the pace from his […]

Whitney Houston‘s family released the funeral invitation for tomorrow’s church service, TMZ reports. It describes the service  as a “home going” instead of a funeral. SEE ALSO: MSNBC Drops Pat Buchanan Apps Black People Like TMZ has more: The invite — obtained by TMZ — reads, “With heartfelt gratitude, the Houston Family requests the honor […]

After almost a full week since music icon Whitney Houston died in her hotel bathroom, Ray J is finally breaking his silence about the loss, according to US Magazine. RELATED: Remembering The Positives Of Whitney’s Life In a statement, Ray J told US Weekly: “Over the past few days, I’ve tried to process the emptiness […]

IOWA CITY, Iowa– A judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices throughout Iowa’s state government they say have disadvantaged them for decades. Experts say the case is the largest class-action lawsuit of its kind against an entire state government’s civil service system. The […]

XXL Magazine learned a valuable lesson this week:  Not to allow “fatherly advice” to be given by a man who has made an entire career out of defining himself to be a proud sexual deviant.  The rapper Too Short was granted the magazine’s platform to give an “advice” video to young boys about how to […]

When the late legendary vocalist Whitney Houston spotted “X Factor” finalist Stacy Francis (pictured left) chatting with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Ray J, 31, at Kelly Price‘s pre-Grammys party in Hollywood, she reportedly saw red.  Houston, who was reportedly tipsy from drinking tequila throughout the night, went over to the pair to separate them, and after a couple of shoves allegedly took […]

Nick Cannon has decided to put his health first and quit his New York City radio show “Rollin’ with Nick Cannon” on 92.3 NOW, TMZ reports. SEE ALSO: Olympic Medalist Tries To Prevent Black Kids From Drowning Former NFL Player Fights Lung Cancer To Honor Late Wife ‘LIKE’ NewsOne’s FB Page To Stay Up On […]

Underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009, the Detroit Free Press reports. SEE ALSO: Apps Black People Like “Single Black Female” Coming To BET But perhaps the most chilling part of Abdulmutallab’s trial was a […]