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They say never meet your heroes, but I met this architect of Black joy in 2017 and learned an important life lesson
Entertainment icon and ABC’s "Abbott Elementary" star Sheryl Lee Ralph has a unique opportunity to use her role as Mrs. Howard to both highlight...
Vice President Kamala Harris lost her campaign for president overnight, breaking the hearts of many, including my wife Caron and four-year-old...
"The first person I'd ever met who was poly, I met in 2005, so it's not conceptually passing strange to me and not really foreign territory," actress...
Last fall, Roy Wood Jr. took his seven-year-old son with him to clean out his office at “The Daily Show.” Wood had been working at “The Daily...
Alex Gibney is the Academy Award, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning director, writer, and producer of "Taxi to the Dark Side," "Enron" and "Going Clear,"...
Tyrese Gibson is a Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist and celebrated film star from the "Transformers" and "The Fast and the...
Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo is actively challenging men to be more tender through his new film “Sing Sing,” which follows a group of...
Blair Underwood terrified me last weekend to the point where my Sunday was ruined. Yes, I am talking about that Blair Underwood –– the Peabody,...
Who would think that fun-loving actor Brian Baumgartner, known for playing Kevin for nine seasons on the legendary, Emmy Award-winning series, "The...
Director Prentice Penny on his new docuseries about the coming-of-age story of an influential online community
"I've been rejected my whole life," actor John Leguizamo told me. After starring in over 100 movies, earning a Special Tony Award, an Emmy Award,...
Actor Dulé Hill's big break was in 1999 on Aaron Sorkin's "The West Wing," where he played Charlie Young, the personal aide to President Jed Bartlet,...
I failed at trying to bake or cook over a dozen recipes I found on Instagram, so don't feel bad when you do the same. In the 1993 classic film,...
Seeing images of college sensations turning WNBA stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark fill my timelines and appear on all the media sites I subscribe...
A few apples a day can keep the guilt away . . . or whatever mom used to say. I don't want to act like I have discovered a foolproof plan, and no,...
You know what's more difficult than advanced trigonometry? Getting your toddler to eat healthy on a consistent basis or getting them to try new...
Trashing books has the power to save the publishing industry. Spring cleaning has become a universal time to declutter our lives, chucking everything...
It took award-winning author Andrew Boryga 10 years to write his debut novel "Victim," which was published in March. When I talked to Boryga recently...
The kind of PTSD that comes with weekly shootings, teenage funerals and that third world American experience in general, makes phone alerts scary. A...
ABC's "Abbott Elementary" star Lisa Ann Walter wants the world to know that the sitcom's success is the result of creator and showrunner Quinta...
Larry David’s existence has made us all better, and we all need to give him his flowers right now. This is the last season of "Curb Your...
Gail Simmons believes that "Top Chef" has created a generation of monster-diners — and she would know. The veteran judge of Bravo's hit culinary...
Natasha Alford is an award-winning journalist, the Vice President of Digital Content for The Grio, and CNN political analyst. She is most known for...
Over the years, we’ve gotten to know Alison Brie in Type-A roles like Trudy Campbell on the hit AMC series “Mad Men,” Annie Edison on...
Urban farming is changing the world and leaving me more optimistic than my 14-year-old self could ever imagine. I truly believe that easy access to ...
"Yo, meet me at Burkes!" My cousin Tye always said. "Hurry up before you miss happy hour!" Cousin Tye was one of the only dudes in my family that...
Yes Larry David has millions of dollars, unlimited opportunities in Hollywood and enough resources to come out on top, even when he clearly loses....
In April, the rapper Nas' debut album "Illmatic" will turn 30. But those of us who participated in the 1990s DJ-mixtape economy knew what was about to...
Former president, now presidential candidate and the world’s most famous defendant Donald Trump dropped the Never Surrender high-tops at Sneaker Con...
You know Dulcé Sloan from "The Daily Show," where she delivers witty commentary from the desk as a correspondent and plays hilarious characters...
Did you know that you can grow brownies? I never tried it personally; however, I was able to use some leftover ingredients to create what I consider...
To all of the parents who work so hard for their children's approval, I am happy to say that I have a simple pancake recipe that will both awaken the...
Valentine's Day was never a complex sale for me; I always understood the power of love and the commercial marketing attached to it. My elementary...
Do you love Valentine's Day? Feb. 14 is rapidly approaching, and I'm here to make sure that you do not look basic when trying to express your love to...
I never heard of a biblical comedy-drama until seeing the trailer for the Jeymes Samuel film "The Book of Clarence." Samuel’s 2019 Netflix cowboy...
In full transparency, I am so in love with this species of marine bivalve mollusks — but it didn't start out that way. Back in the day when I was...
While a meat patty or a plant-based burger can be great, there's something special about a salmon burger
Here's a recipe so good that you won't abandon your diet
Back in 1982, Alice Walker published her genius novel "The Color Purple." That book would make her the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer...
"I found a super easy method for chocolate mousse on the internet" is a sentence that I never thought would make its way onto my blank page or even...
"American Fiction" is the perfect film, at least for me. I am not a film critic, nor do I try to be one; however, I am a Black artist coming of age in...
My hatred for bullies had introduced me to Egusi, the stew of my dreams. And you can enjoy this beautiful dish with little to no salt. I was a 9th...
“You’ll be OK. I take breaks, on and off, all of the time,” my cousin Maja said with a smooth smile during my first week off alcohol. “And if...
There’s a cheap, delicious way to whip up a batch of pasta with a creamy lemon flavor that will impress everyone in your orbit. Unless they hate...