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Painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta part of English Heritage project to highlight overlooked black figures Her birth name, historians believe, was Aina but in the high society of 19th-century England she was Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an enslaved little girl from what is now the west African country of Benin who became Queen Victoria’s goddaughter. The […]
(CNN) – Tejano star Selena’s story is coming to Netflix in December.The streaming service on Tuesday announced its upcoming “Selena: The Series” will debut on December 4 and released a teaser trailer. Actress Christian Serratos, best known for her role in “The Walking Dead,” stars as the singer. The series, according to Netflix, will chart […]
Johnny Nash, the angel-voiced reggae-pop singer-songwriter who had U.S. hits with “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Stir It Up” and “Hold Me Tight,” died Tuesday at his home in Houston. He was 80. No cause of death was revealed. Nash scored a pop smash in 1972 with his self-penned “I Can See Clearly Now,” which […]
CNN) – Rebel Wilson is celebrating her weight loss journey. The actress, who has been sharing her fitness journey on social media, updated her followers on Sunday. “Happy Sunday everyone! Gearing up for a great week ahead,” the caption on a photo showing Wilson out on a hike read. “This week was super busy but I got up super […]
(Billboard)- Machine Gun Kelly took time out of his Sunday evening (Oct. 4) to celebrate a milestone he’s been looking forward to for half his life. “Waited my entire career to repost this,” MGK, 30, wrote in a retweet of the official Billboard announcement that his Tickets to My Downfall album had earned him hisfirst No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album […]
SZA took to Twitter on Sunday, where she responded to Drake’s recent claim that they dated in 2008, and clarified that they actually dated the following year. So It was actually 2009 lol ?.. in this case a year of poetic rap license mattered ?lol I think he jus innocently rhymed 08 w wait . Anybody […]
(HuffPost) – Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Police responded to a call around 1:45 a.m. Saturday and found the 70-year-old Byrd unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in his back, police spokesman Anthony Grant said in a statement. Responding […]
(CNN) – Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, famous for creating the international luxury fashion house Kenzo, died in Paris on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications, a spokesperson for Takada’s luxury K-3 brand said in a statement sent to CNN. His death came in the midst of Paris Fashion Week, which, through a hybrid of physical and […]
(Complex) – Dr. Dre‘s divorce is getting messier and messier. According to TMZ, the hip-hop mogul’s estranged wife has filed a lawsuit accusing him of hiding valuable assets. Nicole Young claims Dre had secretly transferred trademarks to his name and The Chronic to a solely owned holding company, thus denying her ownership of, what she calls, joint property. Young also alleges Dre […]
(Billboard) – DaBaby has double nominations in four categories – best hip-hop video, song of the year, hip-hop album of the year and best collaboration. DaBaby is the top nominee for the 15th annual BET Hip Hop Awards, with 12 nods. Roddy Ricch is a close runner-up with 11 nods. Megan Thee Stallion and Drake are tied for third place, with eight […]