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Breaking: Beyoncé Pregnant With Second Child!

Breaking: Beyoncé Pregnant With Second Child!

It looks like Blue Ivy’s gonna be a big sister! Beyoncé has just announced that she is expecting her second child with husband Jay-Z

Rumors first began circulating that the Grammy winner was going to have another child when she walked the red carpet at the Met Gala  earlier this month. She attended…

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Posted by Charles F Pierre on May 17, 2013 at 3:21pm

Back in the Day: Travel in the NBA

Planes, trains, and automobiles. Hitchhiking, buses, and — depending on who you ask — even stagecoaches. That's how NBA players traveled when chartered flights were little more than a big-market luxury. Back then, you had to get to blips on the map like Fort Wayne and Rochester. Red Auerbach used to tell his storied Boston Celtics "Every man for himself" as he leapt onto the last seat of a departing train during a…

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Posted by Charles F Pierre on May 17, 2013 at 8:00am

‘The Great Gatsby’ Leaves Crowd Cold (and Wet) at Cannes

Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" may have made $51 million in the U.S. last weekend, but it wasn't so popular at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the morning press screening, the movie was met with silence when it ended. Many in attendance didn't…

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Posted by Jasmine Ballard on May 16, 2013 at 2:08pm

Angelina Jolie Reveals She Had Preventative Double Mastectomy

Angelina Jolie, known for being fiercely private, has made a very personal disclosure.

The Oscar-winning actress…

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Posted by Jasmine Ballard on May 16, 2013 at 2:02pm

Young adults and a hookup culture

For many young adults, college is a rite of passage, filled with experiences ranging from parties to all-night cram sessions to that first serious relationship.

Yet romance may be getting short shrift these days, replaced instead with quick "hookups" devoid of any real emotion. That's the argument of a provocative …

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Posted by Jasmine Ballard on May 16, 2013 at 2:00pm

'Dead' Man Woke Up During Own Funeral In Zimbabwe, Witness Says

Mourners at a recent funeral in Zimbabwe were caught by surprise when the guest of honor sat up in his coffin.

According to local reports, 34-year-old Brighton Dama Zanthe, the seemingly dead man, woke up last week while friends and family prepared to pay their respects at his…

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Posted by Zu Brunson on May 15, 2013 at 10:34pm

LinkedIn Clarifies Its Ban On Prostitutes, And Yes, There Are Prostitutes On LinkedIn (UPDATE)

Not only is "prostitution" a tagged skill you can select on LinkedIn*, there are actually escorts who advertise their services on the professional networking site. Now LinkedIn is making sure everyone knows that the practice is not OK.

LinkedIn just changed its privacy…

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Posted by Zu Brunson on May 15, 2013 at 10:13pm

How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment

It’s easy to believe the worst is over in the economic downturn. But for African-Americans, the pain continues — over 13 percent of black workers are unemployed, nearly twice the national average. And that’s not a new development: regardless of the economy, job prospects for African-Americans have long been significantly worse than for the…

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Posted by Chase on May 15, 2013 at 4:19am

Usher 'Hands Of Stone': Singer Lands Role As Sugar Ray Leonard

Grammy-winning singer Usher believ

es his dancing skills will help him in his upcoming role as Sugar Ray Leonard in "Hands of Stone," a

 new boxing film about the great brawler Roberto Duran.…

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Posted by Chase on May 15, 2013 at 3:39am

PepsiCo Drops Lil Wayne Over Emmett Till Controversy

Lil Wayne Pepsi

PepsiCo says it cutting ties with Lil Wayne after the rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.

Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain Dew soda.

The controversy erupted after Wayne referred to beating someone during a sexual act and said he wants to do as much damage as was done to Till.

The black teen was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955 when he was killed,…

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Posted by Chase on May 15, 2013 at 3:23am

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