Tyler Perry, a stalwart advocate for Black women in the film industry, has announced the cast for his upcoming Netflix movie, Straw, according to Hollywood Reporter. The film will feature Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, and more.

Linda Fairstein, the former prosecutor linked to the Central Park Five case, has reached a settlement in her defamation lawsuit against Netflix and director Ava DuVernay concerning the 2019 docuseries "When They See Us.

Mandisa passed away due to complications related to class III obesity at the age of 47. Her passing was discovered by friends on April 18, and it is believed she had been deceased for approximately three weeks prior. The autopsy listed her death as natural.

"I just wanted to say thank you for all the prayers, kind words, and love that you all have shown our entire family these last few days," Mrs. Obama, 60, wrote.

Democratic former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.

Congratulations are in order for Ayesha and Stephen Curry who have welcomed their fourth child!

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on all counts in his historic and unprecedented criminal trial, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime.

Rev. Jamal Bryant surprised New Birth Missionary Baptist Church during Sunday’s service with a proposal to fellow pastor Karri Turner, making her a prospective First Lady.

Right now, Cap-Haïtien is the only city that connects Haiti to the world as Port-au-Prince is in crisis.

The “Overcomer” singer, who battled depression and anxiety, was found deceased in her home.

While Essence Magazine may celebrate him as the "Sexiest Man of the Moment 2024," it is Russell Wilson's internal compass, his unwavering spiritual dedication, that truly captivates us at EEW Magazine Online.

Why did as many as 19 police officers at the scene in Uvalde, TX, wait in the school hallway for roughly an hour for specially trained officers from the Border Patrol to storm the classroom where the shooter was located?

After failing to apologize to Chris Rock at last night’s Academy Awards, Will Smith has issued a former apology to the comedian for striking him following a joke about wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral filled with historical echoes and a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before.

Kaitlyn Saunders, 9, said her graceful tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement was inspired by the numerous injustices black people face in the United States of America.

A black pastor who was attacked by five racists and pulled out a gun during the incident was arrested when he called the police on his attackers. But the charges have since been dropped against him, and his white attackers have been charged with hate crimes.

The innovative and inspiring youngster is making national headlines for her “More than Peach” project which provides children with art kits that include Crayola’s Multicultural crayons, emphasizing that peach—usually the default skin color crayon—isn’t the only option.

Some people are saying, Gayle King can dish it out, but she can’t take it. When the journalist, who has a reputation for being fair and balanced, asked Kobe Bryant’s friend, basketball legend Lisa Leslie, to discuss a rape allegation from 2003, days after his tragic death, the backlash came swift and harsh.

When my teenage son asked me why the New Orleans Saints were giving Antonio Brown a potential opportunity to play despite allegations of sexual misconduct, the story went from being an Internet trend to a serious conversation in our Christian home.

“ Just Mercy ” is the real story of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson and his fight to keep an innocent black man from being executed. It is urgent, searing and powerful, led by a first-rate cast. Though it portrays events more than 25 years ago, it is very much a film of 2019.