Pop Culture
A milestone moment: sisters Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad—both directing stalwarts—marked “Grey’s Anatomy” hitting 450 episodes. Allen, an executive producer, frequent director, and on-screen force as Dr. Catherine Fox since Season 12, shared a set photo of the pair in director’s chairs as Rashad helmed an episode. The celebration, with Shonda Rhimes, Meg Marinis, Betsy […]
A college football announcer is apologizing for his comment on the size of a rival team’s dance squad. An announcer at an HBCU is under fire on social media for comments he made over the weekend. While football is big at HBCUs, sometimes, the bands and dance teams are even bigger. The band announcer for […]
Bad Bunny will bring his Latin trap and reggaeton swagger to the NFL’s biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in Northern California. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Bad Bunny will lead the halftime festivities from Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 8 […]
Congratulations are in order for Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky. The “What’s My Name?” singer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share that she has welcomed her third child, a girl named Rocki Irish Mayers. The new Instagram post features a photo of the Fenty founder, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, holding her […]
Jimmy Kimmel joked as he opened his show Tuesday night to a standing ovation after nearly a week away. “I’m not sure who had a weirder 48 hours — me, or the CEO of Tylenol,” In a monologue that turned emotional, the comedian choked up addressing the family of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist who was […]
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a U.S. judge late on Monday to impose a 14-month prison sentence on the hip-hop mogul after he was convicted of prostitution-related offenses, but acquitted on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Combs, 55, faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison after a Manhattan jury found […]
Singer D4vd has canceled the remaining dates for his Withered 2025 World Tour. According to the ticketing website, anyone who purchased a ticket will be automatically refunded, usually within 30 business days of the cancellation announcement. TMZ reported the decision was made on Thursday (Sept. 19). D4vd was scheduled to perform Friday night in San Francisco and Saturday […]
Cardi B is expecting another little one! The “I Like It” rapper, 32, revealed in an interview on CBS Mornings that aired on Wednesday, Sept. 17 that she’s pregnant with her fourth child. “I’m having a baby with my boyfriend, Stefon Diggs,” Cardi told anchor Gayle King, in a pre-tapped interview. Responding to King’s messages of […]
Apple TV+’s genre-defying drama “Severance” added another Emmy Award last night, when Tramell Tillman won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. Tillman is the first Black man ever to win in the category. It was the only acting field that had yet to honor a Black performer in the Emmys’ 77-year […]
Thirteen years after Whitney Houston’s passing, a new duet version of her 1987 hit “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” has been released with English singer Calum Scott. The balladic reinterpretation was created using Houston’s original vocal stems, with the blessing of her estate and Primary Wave. Pat Houston approved the project after […]