NYU Bookstore to Feature Negin Farsad, Gloria Browne-Marshall, Marc Lamont...
(Source: NYU - New York University) The New York University Bookstore will host events next month featuring Iranian-American-Muslim comedian Negin Farsad (Sept. 20), attorney Gloria Browne-Marshall...
View ArticleLarry Wilmore-hosted ‘Nightly Show’ axed by Comedy Central
NEW YORK » Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” is coming to an end. The late-night humor and talk show, which premiered in January 2015, will conclude its run Thursday, the network...
View ArticleLarry Wilmore's Comedy Central show canceled? Big mistake
(CNN)Protesters are in the streets in Milwaukee, as years of racial tensions surface after a police shooting. A presidential candidate wants to push brown immigrants out of the country. An entire Black...
View ArticleLongtime talk show host John McLaughlin dead at 89
Longtime talk show host of The McLaughlin Group, John McLaughlin, died on Tuesday morning. He was 89. The news was confirmed in an announcement on Facebook from the show’s staff. A message from the...
View ArticleConfrontational TV Talk Show Host John McLaughlin Dies At 89
John McLaughlin, the conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that pioneered hollering-heads discussions of Washington politics, has died, The Associated...
View ArticleIs Diversity on TV Really Getting Better?
“I’ve had one casting director who was literally like, ‘I need you to be as black as possible,’” comedian Nicole Byer remembered. “And then she was like, ‘If you go too black, I’ll bring you back.’”...
View ArticleCharles Barkley's new TNT show to tackle race in America
"Inside the NBA" analyst and former star player Charles Barkley has a new gig that's likely to take him further than usual from sports. This week, during a meeting with reporters at the Television...
View ArticleBBC Says Opposing Shariah Law Is ‘Islamophobic’
The British Broadcasting Service (BBC) – a public broadcaster funded by a “TV licence” fee forced on UK television owners – has declared that resistance to Shariah law is...
View ArticleCNN Host Brian Stelter: Fox News Had My Girl Crush Spy on Me
CNN host Brian Stelter has a warning: Beware the spying sirens of Fox News Channel. In a revelation that set media insiders buzzing Tuesday, Stelter said on the CNN program “New Day” that about 10...
View ArticleJustin Bieber releases new track with DJ Snake 'Let Me Love You'
Justin Bieber’s collaboration with DJ Snake has been released. The track ‘Let Me Love You’ will feature on DJ Snake’s debut LP ‘Encore’. Other artists set to appear...
View ArticleLarry Wilmore's show was a victim of our reluctance to discuss race
The Nightly Show’s investigations of race issues put it sharply in contrast with the cocktail party vibes of the competition – yet it’s essential that late-night TV continues to engage with such a...
View ArticleShanda Loses Her Cool, Tries to Knock Willie’s Mistress Out
Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. Shanda came face to face with the woman who claimed to be involved with Willie for years in the season premiere of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, and kept her...
View ArticleLarry Wilmore (and Jon Stewart) Said Goodbye to the Nightly Show with Jokes,...
“Do not confuse cancellation with failure,” Jon Stewart told Larry Wilmore Thursday night, on the Nightly Show’s final episode. “You gave voice to underserved voices in the media, and … you started a...
View ArticleESPN Presents An Undefeated Conversation: Athletes, Responsibility and...
(Source: ESPN Inc) August 25 Town Hall in Chicago Featuring Panels on Race and Violence Hosted by Jemele Hill ESPN will present An Undefeated Conversation: Athletes, Responsibility, and Violence - a...
View ArticleGreg Tate: the flyboy goes back to the future
From Michael Jackson’s nose to the righteousness of Jan-Michel Basquiat, Tate has been analysing culture for over 30 mind-expanding years. He talks philosophy, Afrofuturism, and how black artists defy...
View ArticleDr. Cardi B Is Giving Pregnancy Advice For VH1’s Love Week: Pay Attention,...
Embedded from media.mtvnservices.com. Dr. Cardi B is here and as she does from Instagram, she has been offering love advice for all her...
View ArticleVH1 Wants You to Take a Stand Against Police Brutality and Violence Now
This week, the world is mourning the violent and unnecessary deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling at the hands of the police, as well as the deaths of five police officers last night in...
View ArticleMarc Lamont Hill on Fox News' narrative of Black Lives Matter: "...it's very...
(Source: CNN - Cable News Network Inc) Today on CNN's Reliable Sources, Princeton University professor, Dr. Cornel West, and CNN political commentator, Marc Lamont Hill, joined host Brian Stelter. They...
View ArticleIslamophobia and Black American Muslims
Twenty years ago, I stood nervously in front of a group of reporters. The bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma killed 168 people, including 19 children, shook the entire nation. Our local chapter...
View Article8 Black Media Professionals Helping To Create A Better Tomorrow
This February, HuffPost Black Voices is honoring black men and women who are paving the way to a better future for black America. As part of our "Black Future Month" series, we will highlight the work...
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