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<i>Hunger Games</i>‘ Jack Quaid & Latina Feminist Dior Vargas Raise Awareness of Income Inequality on Mental Health

Hunger Games‘ Jack Quaid & Latina Feminist Dior Vargas Raise Awareness of Income Inequality on Mental Health

November 9, 2015 | No Comments

Sometimes Hollywood recognizes social ills and tries to lend a hand -that’s what’s happening here. Check out these two videos and learn more about income inequality’s impact on mental health. Share stories on social media with #MyHungerGames. Jack Quaid (Hunger Games, Vinyl) wants you to join Project UROK and the Harry Potter Alliance in fighting the stigma around mental illness and economic inequality. We want to hear from you! How has economic inequality impacted your mental health experience? Use the hashtag #MyHungerGames to tell your story on social media, and visit our website to learn how to make a video
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Beyonce as X-Men’s Storm Better Than Halle Berry!

October 28, 2015 | 2 Comments

Beyonce jumped into the wet dreams of comic geeks everywhere when she attended Ciara’s birthday party dressed as X-Men’s premiere black character – Storm! The internet and Bey followers are all a dither complimenting Bey Bey on her costume – well, of course they are, we all know what happens when you hate on Beyonce. But seriously, Beyonce’s Storm costume is actually quite good, especially when you compare it to Hollywood’s version of the DC comic heroine – Halle Berry in a bad wig with bangs. Actually, that describes a lot of Halle Berry movies – Monster’s Ball: Halle Berry
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Halle Berry Dumps <del>Eurotrash</del> Husband Number 3 -Olivier Martinez!

Halle Berry Dumps Eurotrash Husband Number 3 -Olivier Martinez!

October 27, 2015 | No Comments

Somewhere Gabriel Aubry has a smug look on his pretty face as he fondly recalls punching Olivier Martinez during their 2012 altercation. Aubry is also probably saying “I told you so” in a French Canadian accent as he reads the joint statement put out by his baby mama and her short-lived husband. Berry and Martinez released this statement on Tuesday: “It is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decision to divorce. We move forward with love and respect for one another and the shared focus for what is best for our son. We wish each other
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Ebony Magazine Breaks the Cosby Show!

October 24, 2015 | 1 Comment

Call it the straw that broke the camel’s back or the many sexual abuse allegations that broke the Cosby Show’s image. Ebony magazine published a seemingly shattered image of the once-highly esteemed show about a successful black family headed by a lawyer and a doctor. Malcolm-Jamal Warner expressed disapproval of the broken image of the show in which he once starred saying, “it’s contributing to the uh, you know, the stereotypical image that society has of the broken black family, the shattered black family.” Ebony senior editor Jamilah Lemieux defended the magazine’s position telling HuffPost Live: “I disagree with his
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VIDEO: <i>What if One of the Black Characters went Back To The Future?</i>

VIDEO: What if One of the Black Characters went Back To The Future?

October 24, 2015 | No Comments

While everyone celebrated 10/21/15, the date that Michael J. Fox’s character, Marty McFly, in Back to the Future II (1989), traveled forward in time to help his future children, black people thought about how things haven’t changed that much in this so-called future. Youtube parody channel F-Comedy rebooted the blockbuster to illustrate this scathing reality. In the short “What if One of the Black Characters went Back To The Future?” Goldie Wilson, the cook at the 1950s diner replaces Marty McFly in the driver’s seat of the Delorean and travels to 2015.
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The Weekend ‘Can’t Feel His Face’…But Taylor Swift Is Feeling His Hair

October 24, 2015 | No Comments

Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye, who goes by the moniker The Weekend, and sings the hit song “Can’t Feel My Face,” was apparently petted like a puppy when he met singer Taylor Swift at a Grammy after-party this year. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the dreadlocked musician tells of how Swift did not abide by that unspoken golden rule that black people have – don’t touch our hair, at least not without asking first. Tesafye says, “the whole time she was talking, she was kind of, like, petting my hair?” he said of the 15-minute encounter. “I think she was
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