A new album is on the way from Aretha Franklin, but she says this will be the end. The new album will be produced in part by Stevie Wonder. Franklin says she is retiring following the release of the album and a brief tour, but will still do special events. The tour will feature just […]
February 6th 1867… The Peabody Fund was established. The Peabody Fund provided monies for construction, endowments, scholarships, teacher and industrial education for newly freed slaves. It is considered by scholars to be one of the first truly modern philanthropies because of the way it went about giving its capital. The Peabody trustees devised a system […]
Serena and Venus Williams will play for the women’s singles championship at the Australian Open. The Williams sisters took different routes to the final in their semi-final wins Thursday. Venus reached her first Grand Slam final in nearly eight years with a 6-7,6-2, 6-3 win over unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe while Serena had no trouble […]
Oprah Winfrey says Mary Tyler Moore was a powerful influence on her decision to get into television. The talk show icon told “ET” that Moore was a role model for young, single working women. She said watching Moore’s character on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” work in the news business inspired her to follow […]
JC’s interview with Maxwell who along with Mary J. Blige and special guest Indy’s own Ro James will be at Bankers Life Fieldhouse November 19th! Maxwell talks about the tour, artists he’s admired, the “Black Summers Night” trilogy and his reaction on JC’s favorite Maxwell Album.
The star of “Concussion” is disappointed the 2015 movie didn’t have a bigger impact on fans and the NFL. Will Smith tells “Vanity Fair” he thought the movie, about traumatic brain injuries in football, would alarm the public and lead to new protections for players. But he tells the magazine that fans instead said “nope, […]
Two Olympians who raised their fists in protest at the 1968 Mexico City games are being offered some redemption. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were invited to the White House with the U.S. Olympic team to meet President Obama. The gold and bronze medalists protested on the podium while the American national anthem played nearly […]
With the start of NBA training camps right around the corner, former IU standout and current Oklahome Thunder guard Victor Oladipo tells Complex Sports there is “no question” anthem protests will crop up in the NBA. He says fans will be looking at guys in the league to see what they will do. Oladipo adds that […]
Members of the media is getting a sneak peek at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture that’s set to open on the National Mall on September 24th. The 400,000-square-foot-museum showcases Twelve exhibitions are featured on five floors, with guests encouraged to start from the bottom level. The bottom level features an exhibit […]
The sculpture of nude celebs from Kanye West’s “Famous” video is for sale. The “New York Times” reports that the Los Angeles art gallery Blum & Poe is hoping to get four-million bucks for the piece that features West and eleven others, including Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, in their birthday suits. The strikingly real […]
Apparently, John Legend isn’t a big fan of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ Legend, who’s standing with 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick in his decision not to stand during the national anthem, calls the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ “weak” and also adds, he doesn’t “truly love” the song. Here’s what he said on his twitter page– “For those […]
‘Butt Hurt Alert’… Apparently Ray J isn’t too happy about Kanye West’s VMA’s speech. According to TMZ, Kim Kardashian’s former flame believes West is using Kardashian’s sex tape to his advantage. West mentioned Ray J in his VMAs speech Sunday night when talking about his video for “Famous,” in which he featured Ray J, Taylor […]