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“I want to start off by saying Hotties for Harris!” Megan Thee Stallion announced as she took the stage at the Georgia State Convocation Center in Atlanta.

The three-time Grammy winner was there to perform at Vice President Kamala Harris’ first campaign rally in the city as the presumptive Democratic nominee. Naturally, Megan wore a bright blue pantsuit fit for a Hottie — complete with a cropped blazer and button-down shirt, skin-tight bottoms, and a necktie to match. She took care to sensor her tracks and keep the twerking modest as...

Kamala Harris invited some of rap’s top artists, from Lil Wayne to Slick Rick, to perform on Saturday at her home in Washington, D.C., for what she called “the first-ever hip-hop house party at the Office of the Vice President of the United States.”

Harris celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop from a stage built on her lawn with a guest list of rap luminaries, including Common, Doug E. Fresh, Mc Lyte and Fat Joe.

“Hip-hop is the ultimate American art form,” Harris told the audience. “Hip-hop now shapes nearly every aspect of America’s popular culture, and it reflects the incredible diversity and ingenuity of the American people. It combines rhythms from the continent of Africa, from the Caribbean, from Latin America, with the sounds of soul and gospel and R&b and funk to create something entirely new.”

“And to be clear, hip-hop culture is America’s culture,...

Jay-Z was immortalized as a hometown hero and king of rap at the Brooklyn Public Library, where his famed lyrics were plastered on the Central Library Building while the inside featured an exhibit celebrating the mogul’s illustrious career, from his many awards to album covers.

Jay-Z was surprised with the display on Thursday night, as music heavyweights, including Big Daddy Kane, Alicia Keys, Questlove, DJ Khaled and more, celebrated his life and legacy during the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.

Jay-Z entered the building — as a band featuring Emmy-winning musical director Adam Blackstone played some of his hits — with daughter Blue Ivy Carter by his side, as patrons cheered loudly and filmed footage with their phones.

The Brooklyn Central Library, displaying the Book of Hov exhibit on Thursday.

Inside, attendees toured The Book of Hov, which was presented in chapters and included various photos of Jay-Z, from portraits to concert...

The National Juneteenth Foundation hosted its black-tie Juneteenth Honors event in D.C. last Thursday night.

Ashanti and Ja Rule perform all of their hits at the 2023 Juneteenth Honors event

The evening featured performances by Ashanti, Ja Rule, iAmCompton, Toosii and Lalah Hathaway. The event honored industry legends Chuck D, Herbie Hancock, Tamika Mallory, Dr. Kevin James, and Rohan Marley. The foundation’s Freedom Festival weekend also included a Bikes & Books give-a-way at Anacostia Park on Friday morning. Through a partnership with the office of Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. areas families received free bikes and books by African-American authors. On Saturday, the foundation offered attendees a chance to hear insight from corporate leaders and DE&I experts, as well as attend one of the largest diversity-focused career fairs in the country. More information can be found at www.thejuneteenthfoundation.com.

Through its annual Freedom Festival, the nationally recognized foundation...

Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, commemorates the fall of slavery in the United States.

It celebrates the anniversary of the order made by Major General Gordon Granger on June 1965 that proclaimed freedom for slaves in Texas. The order was actually made two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

In a tweet Monday, former President Obama explained it as the “delayed but welcome news of freedom reaching the enslaved Black folks in Galveston, Texas.” In 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Many networks are marking the occasion with Juneteenth TV specials or movie marathons showcasing Black talent and/or excellence. See our viewing guide below:

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ABC is commemorating Juneteenth and Black Music Month with “Hip Hop at 50,” a “Soul of a Nation” presentation airing at 10 p.m. Et. It’ll stream Tuesday on Hulu. It’ll be hosted by Angie Martinez and feature Master P, Mc Lyte,...

A new documentary, Exposing Parchman, looks to shine a light on human rights violations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary known as Parchman Farm. The three-hour film, which was co-produced by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, premieres on A&e on June 17 at 8 p.m. Et.

A trailer shows prisoners complaining about a lack of power and water. Jay-Z comments that “people [are] losing their lives and being covered up.” It also shows a woman talking about how her son didn’t think he’d make it, living there, and another talking about how...

On Nov. 4, 2022, Drake and 21 Savage dropped their highly anticipated joint project, "Her Loss." Upon first listen, I found it to be a commendable addition to their respective portfolios. But then I delved deeper into the project, and I came across something strikingly unsavory as Drake threw passive-aggressive shade at everyone on the record - specifically the livelihood of three Black women: Megan Thee Stallion, Serena Williams, and Ice Spice. One of the Certified Lover Boy's most vicious bits include his lyrics indirectly - but clearly - directed at Megan: "This b*tch lie bout gettin bout' shots but she still a stallion / She don't even get the joke but she still smilin'."

It's clear that hip-hop has made no progress in addressing its decades-long, unrelenting issue with misogynoir.

In December 2022, Tory Lanez was found guilty of three felony counts for shooting Megan in July 2020. The incident was - and...

An array of influential leaders are standing behind Megan Thee Stallion.

A week after the 27-year-old-rapper responded to Drake and 21 Savage seemingly implying on their new album Her Loss that she lied about being shot by Tory Lanez, the Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium has partnered with several strong women to share their support for the rapper.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson, Tamika Mallory, Angela Rye, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and several others have come together to write an open letter.

The piece voices support for Megan, denouncing violence against women after she was allegedly shot in the foot by Lanez in July 2020. Lanez has pleaded not guilty in court, and she’s received negative backlash online since the attack.

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Discovery Plus is launching a “Black Voices” hub that will feature programming spotlighting the African American community, including two new originals: docuseries “Profiled: The Black Man,” featuring commentary from celebrities like Billy Porter and Tina Knowles-Lawson, and “Uprooted,” a true-crime doc about the hanging of Black teen Keith Warren in 1986.

Per the Discovery, Inc.-owned streamer, “The hub will live on the platform year-round with curated series, documentaries and specials that will take viewers on an educational, entertaining and exploratory journey through stories of empowerment and entrepreneurship, love and relationships, real estate and design, history and investigation, food and lifestyle and more.”

“Black voices should be celebrated 365 days a year,” Lisa Holme, group SVP of content and commercial strategy for Discovery, told Variety. “We are proud to bring universal and relatable stories to the platform that highlight and represent the Black community across genres that we know will resonate with viewers.

Exclusive: BET and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (Cbcf) are teaming up once again to broadcast the 50th Annual Legislative Conference events, including the National Town Hall and Phoenix Awards.

Programming will air on BET on Friday, September 17, also known as Foundation Friday and National Black Voter Day, starting with the National Town Hall at 7 p.m. Et/Pt. The Cbcf National Town Hall will assemble renowned thought leaders to for a conversation, moderated by April Ryan, about the importance of creating a Black agenda, honoring Black voices in a democracy, and addressing the most pressing issues for the Black community today.

The virtual Phoenix Awards will follow, with Angela Bassett serving as host. The annual awards ceremony seeks to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to society. Previous Phoenix Award honorees include President Barack Obama, Rev. Al Sharpton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Tamika Mallory, and the late U.S.

The 52nd annual NAACP Image Awards will present its main ceremony live Saturday at 8 p.m. Et/7 Ct on BET, with the show to simulcast on fellow ViacomCBS outlets BET Her, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, MTV2, Paramount, Pop, Smithsonian, TV Land, VH1, BET Pluto, CMT and for the first time CBS.

The two-hour show will be hosted by Black-ish star Anthony Anderson, who won the Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series category earlier this week as part of a five-day blitz that saw the organization hand out awards in more than 70 categories honoring the accomplishments of people of color across the fields of film, TV, music, literature and social justice in voting by the public.

Tonight’s show will showcase the winners the remaining categories including Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Motion Picture, as well as for the the marquee Entertainer of the Year award which this year features nominees D-Nice,...

When Lil Baby recorded his Grammy-nominated single “The Bigger Picture” last year, he didn’t expect people to even like it. “I felt like the song was going to be slept on,” he tells Rolling Stone, one day after he performed the song as part of the Grammys’ most politically charged moment. The show included a choreographed re-enactment of the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed during a police stop at a Wendy’s in Atlanta. The case was personal for Lil Baby, who says the Wendy’s...

Lil Baby offered the most salient political moment of the 2021 Grammy Awards. Joined by Killer Mike, the rapper performed "The Bigger Picture," a protest song in response to the death of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin.

Just before Lil Baby appeared on stage, actor and activist Kendrick Sampson - who was reportedly attacked by officers in Colombia last year - starred in a scene sharing similarities with the killing of Rayshard Brooks outside of a Wendy's in June 2020. Moments later, activist Tamika Mallory delivered a stirring speech directed at the current administration. "President Biden: we demand justice, equity, policy, and everything else that freedom encompasses. And to accomplish this, we don't need allies, we need accomplices," she said. "This is not a trend, this is our plight. Until freedom."

Mallory spoke to the performance's significance in a behind-the-scenes video. "So many people are looking for institutions like the...

Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish were among the big winners at the 2021 Grammy Awards Sunday night.

The night notably saw all four major awards (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist) go to women — just three years after ex-Recording Academy president Neil Portnow drew fierce criticism for saying women needed to “step up” if they wanted to be acknowledged at the Grammys. Album of the Year went to Folklore, with Taylor Swift becoming the first woman to...

Two years after first stepping foot on the Grammys stage as presenters, the boys of BTS returned at the end of Sunday’s ceremony, lighting up (a recreation of) the Los Angeles Convention Center like… well, you know.

Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Rm, Jimin, V and Jungkook came together for a crowd-pleasing performance of their smash hit “Dynamite.” Not only does this mark BTS’ debut performance on the Grammys stage, but the group is also nominated for its first-ever Grammy Award this year — Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Dynamite.”

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Lil Baby performed “The Bigger Picture” at the 2021 Grammy awards and made a powerful statement about police brutality.

He was joined onstage by Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, an often outspoken advocate for Black people. Activist Tamika Mallory and actor Kendrick Sampson also made appearances. The performance opened with Sampson being pulled over by two white police officers who tackle then eventually shoot him as he runs away.

Lil Baby then joins recreations of the protests that occurred over the summer in support of Black Lives Matter and in response to the deaths of George Floyd,...

Best New Artist winner Megan Thee Stallion made her Grammys debut on Sunday, joining Cardi B for the first-ever TV performance of “Wap.”

But before the ladies shared the stage, Megan Thee Stallion treated viewers to a bit of her own hits, including “Body” and “Savage.” We also got a taste of Cardi B’s “Up,” which led into the main event.

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This also marks Megan Thee...

Following a five-year absence, Taylor Swift returned to the Grammys stage on Sunday for a magical performance of “Cardigan,” “August” and “Willow.”

Swift shared the stage with collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. Speaking about the performance in advance of Sunday’s broadcast, Swift said, “This has been an adventure that the three of us have gone on since the very beginning of quarantine and lockdown, and we’ve only gotten to be together in the same room once. So this is really awesome to get to be together with them again.”

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Fresh off the success of her new Apple TV+ documentary, Billie Eilish returned to the Grammys stage on Sunday to remind everyone why she took home Best New Artist last year.

Joined by her brother and music partner Finneas O’Connell (click here to read our Q&a from his Glee days!), Eilish delivered an emotional performance of her Grammy nominated song “Everything I Wanted.”

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Eilish entered this year’s ceremony...

Wrapped in leather and rocking a fluffy boa made from genuine Grinch hide, Harry Styles kicked off the Grammys on Sunday the best way he knows how: sexily.

The former One Direction frontman (unofficially, of course!) is a Grammy nominee for the first time this year, entering the ceremony with three nominations: Best Pop Vocal Album for Fine Line, Best Pop Solo Performance for “Watermelon Sugar” and Best Music Video for “Adore You.”

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The Recording Academy is trying. Almost a year after the institution welcomed its first Chief Diversity Officer — following many years of backlash regarding racial inequality — Grammy organizers have announced a new satellite event focused on amplifying black voices.

On Wednesday, the Recording Academy revealed that H.E.R., Yolanda Adams, Pj Morton, and Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist — first-time Grammy nominees for their collaborative album, Alfredo — were scheduled to perform at its Black Music Collective’s (Bmc’s) inaugural Grammy-week event. The Bmc-hosted gathering, which will take place virtually on Grammy.com,...

The nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards are officially in, with Netflix taking the lead with 51 noms overall for titles across film and TV including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bridgerton and Da 5 Bloods.

Set to simulcast across all ViacomCBS Networks including BET, CBS and MTV on Saturday, March 27th at 8 p.m. Et, the 52nd NAACP Image Awards honors the accomplishments of Bipoc artists across TV, music, film and literature.

Additional titles receiving nominations Tuesday include ABC’s Black-ish, Miss Juneteenth, Soul, HBO’s I May Destroy You and Insecure.

Up for the ceremony’s entertainer of the year honor are D-Nice, Regina King, Viola Davis, Trevor Noah and Tyler Perry. Receiving a nomination for the new Social Impact honor are April Ryan, Debbie Allen, Lebron James, Stacey Abrams and Tamika Mallory.

Anika Noni-Rose, Chloe Bailey, Erika Alexander and Nicco Annan and Tc Carson presented the nominees this morning.

D-Nice, Viola Davis, Regina King, Trevor Noah and Tyler Perry are nominated for entertainer of the year at the 2021 NAACP Image Awards.

The nominations were virtually announced Tuesday on the NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram by Anika Noni-Rose (“Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”), Chloe Bailey (“Grown-ish”), Erika Alexander (“John Lewis: Good Trouble”), Nicco Annan (“P-Valley”), and Tc Carson (“Living Single”).

This is King’s third consecutive nomination for the top award and Perry’s second since 2014. Davis was previously nominated consecutively from 2015-2017. All of them have never won the top category. This is the first nominations for D-Nice and Noah in the category.

Davis also picked up nominations for best actress in a drama series for “How to Get Away with Murder” and best actress in a motion picture for her work in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” while King was among the nominees for directing her debut feature “One Night in Miami.

A nationwide protest against the Donald Trump-Mike Pence presidential ticket and the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett was coordinated Saturday by the Women’s March organization. More than 400 events were planned throughout the country.

Leading the battle in many cities were the women dressed in the red habits borrowed from “The Handmaid’s Tale” television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel. The Washington, DC main event was permitted for 10,000 attendees.

Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, Torrance and Laguna Niguel were the sites for local protests on the main themes.

Some women wore white lace collars and black robes to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Marchers were faced with counter-protesters at the Supreme Court, but the marches were generally peaceful. The densely packed crowds did not observe social distancing, and a number of participants did not wear masks.

The marches come days before the Senate...

In today’s TV news roundup, ABC released a trailer for the fifth season of “American Housewife,” and Apple TV Plus is making the “Helpsters” Halloween special available for free.

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ABC will debut its five-part docuseries, “Our America: Living While Black,” during the network-owned television stations’ newscasts from Oct. 19 to Oct. 23 and premiere the hourlong documentary on Oct. 24. Viewers can also watch both on streaming services including Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV and Android TV. The special follows multigenerational Black families in America that navigate systemic racism, policing, healthcare, education and more.

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ABC released a trailer for the fifth season of “American Housewife,” set to debut on Oct. 28 at 8:30 p.m. The series will continue to follow Katie Otto, portrayed by Katy Mixon, an unapologetic wife and mother of three, living in the wealthy town of Westport, Conn. Despite her unconventional ways, Katie pushes against old-fashioned values,...

Rapper Common, Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh, and the Southern California band Asiatica are among the artists who’ve been added to AfroPunk’s 2020 virtual festival, Planet Afropunk, taking place October 23rd through 25th.

The new additions to the lineup also include the North Carolina experimental outfit Black Haüs, Kenyan rapper Mc Yallah, and the Soweto punk group Tcyif. These artists join an already-packed lineup of musicians who will stream performances from across the globe, including Bootsy Collins, Ari Lenox, Yves Tumor, Tobe Nwigwe, Sampa the Great, Serpentwithfeet, Meshell Ndegeocello, Moses Sumney,...

Mona Scott-Young, best known as the creator of long-running reality franchise Love & Hip Hop, is holding Hollywood’s feet to the fire to ensure that the promise of more focus on Black stories is kept.

Scott-Young, who runs Monami Entertainment and Monami Productions, has a slew of projects in various stages of development and is also expanding her company to move into scripted and to look internationally.

She tells Deadline about her plans to work with the likes of BLM Activist Tamika Mallory, Aaron Hernandez’s wife Shayanna Jenkins and her remake of classic South African drama Shaka Zulu. She also talks about the future of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop franchise.

She is currently working on an unscripted project with Mallory, who was one of the organizers of the 2017 Women’s March. “This is a special, unique, life-changing moment in all of our lives and especially for people of color,...

While the “Saturday Night Live” Season 46 premiere lampooned the recent chaotic presidential debate, Covid super-spreading events, and honored the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the show’s political statements were largely flaccid. That was until musical guest Megan Thee Stallion took the stage: The rapper used her first performance of the night to demand we “Protect Black Women” and delivered a powerful indictment against Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s handling of Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police.

During her performance of her number-one hit “Savage,” Megan and her dancers paused while an edited version of a 1962 speech by Malcolm X played: “The most disrespected, unprotected, neglected person in America is the Black woman.”

The interlude continued with more recordings of Malcom X and activist Tamika Mallory. Megan used a segment from recent comments made by Mallory, an organizer of the 2017 Women’s March, about Cameron, who...

Megan Thee Stallion delivered a powerful performance of her “Savage” remix as part of the rapper’s active Saturday Night Live debut.

Midway through the rendition of “Savage,” gunshots stopped the performance and, through audio clips, Megan Thee Stallion slammed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who recently opted not to pursue any major charges against the police officers responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor.

“Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout negroes that sold our people into slavery,” activist Tamika Mallory says in one of the clips played...

Megan Thee Stallion did not squander her opportunities as the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” using the spot to make a direct statement about violence toward Black women.

During her performance of “Savage,” her hit single of last spring, the words “Protect Black Women” appeared on the screen behind her, along with quotes from Malcom X and activist Tamika Mallory calling out Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron over his handling of Breonna Taylor’s death at the hands of Louisville police.

As Megan and her dancers stood at attention in the middle of the song, Mallory’s voice rang out, with the quote “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sell-out negroes who sold our people into slavery” projected behind them. In the case, presented by Cameron’s office, no charges were levied against any of the involved officers that directly related to Taylor’s death.

Megan Thee Stallion...

Megan Thee Stallion gave a Savage performance on Saturday Night Live, calling out Daniel Cameron, the Kentucky Attorney General overseeing the Breonna Taylor case.

The pop star sang her hit song Savage, which recently went viral on TikTok, but took a slight detour to make a political statement.

“We need to protect our black Women and love our Black women. Because at the end of the day we need our Black women. We need to protect our Black Men and stand up for our Black men because at the end of the day, we’re tired of seeing hashtags of our Black men,” she said.

This followed quotes from Malcolm X and activist Tamika Mallory, who said, “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sell-out negroes that sold our people into slavery”.

Cameron, a rising star in the Republican party who is considered a potential successor to Senator Mitch McConnell,...

Comcast has agreed to expand availability of Revolt, the hip-hop focused cable network backed by entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Under the new pact, Revolt on September 29 will be available in high-definition to Comcast’sXfinity Digital Starter package in Philadelphia, Northern New Jersey, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Tampa, Knoxville, Indianapolis, Charleston, and Augusta. Additionally, in markets where Revolt has been available in standard definition as part of the Xfinity Digital Premier package, the network will be moved to Digital Starter in HD, beginning September 29.

“Revolt exists to tell our stories and empower our community,” said Combs, chairman of Revolt Media & TV, in a statement. “As one of very few Black-owned media platforms, it is important that we can reach our audiences wherever they are. We are excited to continue to grow with Comcast and deliver our content to millions of additional homes.”

Under terms of the new pact,...

Rappers Ybn Cordae and Trae tha Truth were among 87 people arrested at a protest demanding justice for Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday.

The demonstration, per the Louisville Courier-Journal, was organized by the group Until Freedom and was composed by about 100 people, who marched to the home of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and sat on the front lawn. Police eventually arrived, surrounded the protesters, and began making arrests.

Along with Ybn Cordae and Trae the Truth, others arrested included Bronx rapper Mysonne, NFL player Kenny Stills, Porsha Williams...

Alicia Keys appears in a new video campaign that calls for the officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor to be fired and arrested.

Launched by the group Until Freedom, the campaign is centered around a question Keys asks at the start of the video: “Do you know what happened to Breonna Taylor?”

After that, Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, recounts the story of how the Louisville Metro Police Department used a no-knock warrant to enter Taylor’s apartment unannounced, allegedly believing the occupants were tied to an ongoing drug case.

Bet will address systemic racism and the violence black people face in America via a series of television and digital specials throughout June, the network announced Tuesday.

The first special — titled “Justice Now: A Bet News Special” will air Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Et/Pt. According to a press release, it will be hosted by Marc Lamont Hill. “Justice Now” will feature “dialogue with George Floyd’s family, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, Senator Cory Booker, singer John Legend, Rapper Ti, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, activist Tamika Mallory, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Princeton University Department of African American Studies Chairperson Eddie Glaude, Scholar Peniel E. Joseph, Emerald Garner (daughter of Eric Garner), youth activists Michael McDowell and Luis Hernandez and other leading African American voices in activism, politics and entertainment to reflect on the killing of George Floyd, the protests that have ensued and systemic racism that have...

Bet has announced a series of special programs on Tuesday in response to the continued civil unrest across the United States following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The first special, “Justice Now: A Bet News Special,” airs on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Et/Pt and will feature dialogue with George Floyd’s family, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, Senator Cory Booker, singer John Legend, Rapper Ti, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, activist Tamika Mallory, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Princeton University Department of African American Studies Chairperson Eddie Glaude, Scholar Peniel E. Joseph, Emerald Garner (daughter of Eric Garner), youth activists Michael McDowell and Luis Hernandez and other leading African American voices in activism, politics and entertainment to reflect on the killing of George Floyd. The special will be hosted by Marc Lamont Hill.

The network is also planning a Presidential Forum for June 19, in...

Bet on Tuesday announced a programming series that will address systemic racism, the violence faced by Black people in America and solutions to help move the country forward.

The announced slate — which includes a presidential forum to which President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden have been invited — aims to provide information, insights and strategies that spark meaningful dialogue and help provide solutions to eradicate the racial inequities plaguing our society.

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Exclusive: Bet has set a series of special programs beginning today “addressing systemic racism, the violence faced by Black people in America and the solutions to help move the country forward” in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. The network also is eyeing a Juneteenth Presidential Forum, in which President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Joe Biden have been invited to share their plans on a range of critical issues. The programming initiative comes as many entertainment industry leaders, including Bet, are observing Blackout Tuesday, “a day to disconnect from work and reconnect with our community” in response to Floyd’s death. Bet will again go to “black” at 9 Pm Et today for 8 mins and 46 seconds “in honor of George Floyd and the countless others who have died due to racism and injustice,” the network said.

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When the Sundance Film Festival announced that Amy Berg’s documentary about the Women’s March movement and two of its most visible leaders would join the lineup as a Special Event, it was known as “Til Everybody’s Free.” However, when the film from the “West of Memphis” and “Prophet’s Prey” director made its debut, it had a different title: “This Is Personal.” It’s a choice that partially skirts a major issue raised about the March’s leadership.

Shortly after Sundance announced the premiere of Berg’s documentary, a December Tablet Magazine story alleged anti-Semitism at the highest level of leadership within the growing organization founded in 2016. March founder Theresa Shook called for the resignation of March co-chairs Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, and Carmen Perez.

Both vital and almost instantly outdated, Berg’s film featured a revelatory section that focuses on early concerns regarding Mallory in particular.

Last week’s third-annual Women’s March was largely overshadowed by the sideshow of a standoff between dudes — specifically, Covington Catholic High students, Native American activists, and Black Israelities. This proved once again that it’s difficult for media and public alike to focus on women’s (or any other) issues amid the controversy blitzkrieg of the Trump Era.

Amy Berg’s “This Is Personal” (so freshly retitled from “Til Everybody’s Free” that it still bears that name in the Sundance catalog) attempts some course-correction by providing a glimpse of the actions, issues, and leading personalities driving the Women’s March. But its usefulness to all but the converted is limited by a lack of depth expanded on those issues and the organization itself, with a majority of screentime devoted to two high-profile activists. Either or both would have made a suitable subject for a whole documentary, but “This...

With the ink still drying on Megyn Kelly’s $25-30 million separation agreement from NBC News, questions have begun to emerge about what the ex-daytime star might do next. Without the shackles of a non-compete clause, Kelly’s future is more open than at any time in her television career.

“At this point, with the money that she settled for, she could buy time and do whatever she wants to do,” longtime radio host Curtis Sliwa told TheWrap. “She’s going to be swimming in dough.”

But few expect her to just retire — despite the debacle of her short-lived tenure at NBC hosting the third hour of the network’s morning “Today” juggernaut and an even shorter-lived primetime magazine show.

So where will she take her talents — and how soon? Kelly herself has teased her desire to get back into television, telling TMZ in an interview posted this month that...

The third-annual Women’s March was held in numerous cities across the globe on Saturday, and many celebrities joined women across the country to protest against the policies of President Donald Trump.

In New York City, Bryan Cranston appeared on a balcony on Broadway, where he is currently starring in Network, to cheer on the crowd and show his support.

“The Women’s March from my balcony at the Belasco Theater in New York!” Cranston, 62, wrote on Instagram, alongside a video of the “exciting” day.

“Exciting to witness and support these powerful women of all ages, colors and creeds. Change is coming!