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When a comedy legend returns to Saturday Night Live, all the stops are pulled in making sure the episode is a classic. For the first time in 35 years, Eddie Murphy returned to SNL as host and immediately after he was welcomed, he was feted with a standing ovation and cheers of “EDDIE” from the studio audience. As he […]

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Kim Kardashian undeniably looks like a Black woman in her latest editorial spread. The SKIMS entrepreneur is said to be channeling Elizabeth Taylor on the cover of 7 Hollywood Mag wearing vintage Muglar, however, her heavily tanned skin makes her look closer to Beyonce…or Diane Carroll…or Dorothy Dandridge. It’s modern-day “Blackface” or to use a […]

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"If I can find a medium where we're both happy, that would be amazing. But this is my life."

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Journalist Shannon LaNier learned how to braid his daughters’ hair from his wife…and Youtube. He became so skilled at it, other fathers began asking him for hair tutorials, which encouraged him to create and post more videos of him being his daughters’ personal hair stylist. The CW39 Houston host first started making videos to prove […]

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Ayesha Curry‘s CityCentre restaurant is closing after just a year and a half of operation. International Smoke, which was known for its global spin on St. Louis ribs, cedar-smoked salmon and other foods located on the celebrity cook/cookbook author’s cookbook as well as foods from James Beard Award winner Michael Mina, released a statement about […]

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Constantly find yourself double-tapping, saving, or pinning colorful eye looks only to reach for safe black or brown eyeliner IRL? Been there, and we’re SO done with that. Let’s all stop playin’ small when it comes to makeup. Join us on the bright side by adding vibrant eyeliners into your rotation. Not sure where to […]

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The sage of Surviving R. Kelly is not over as Lifetime has announced a second installment of the docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning is hitting airwaves in January. Watch the trailer below. https://youtu.be/56pVpqS0Bgs The first half of the two-night, four-hour docuseries will air on January 3rd and the second half will air on […]

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If you woke up this morning wondering why everybody was talking about Lizzo … well, it has something to do with the Los Angeles Lakers. No, seriously. Last night (Dec. 8) while catching her “other” team the Minnesota Timberwolves wind up catching an L, the “Truth Hurts” singer was spotted courtside in a long T-shirt […]

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How this for a shock drop? Not only did Beyoncé reveal the return of IVY PARK on Instagram a year after banking out with adidas (it hits retailers January 16th), the global icon did an ask me anything style interview with Elle Magazine. If you’re a member of the BeyHive then you know how somewhat rare it […]

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I’m fat. How did that statement make you feel? What was your gut reaction? Did you cringe a little bit? Did you feel just a twinge of pity for me? Did you get the urge to search for my Instagram page to see if I was an acceptable kind of fat, or just fat fat? […]

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For years now, Aaliyah fans have wondered why her catalog, particularly the songs and albums she recorded after her 1994 debut album. In reality, that decision was left up to Aaliyah’s uncle, Barry Hankerson who held control of her discography as it was recorded for now-defunct Blackground Records. Now according to Hankerson, the singer’s full […]

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“I would get like a rush over dressing people,” said Lewis about her time as a personal shopper.