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As expected, Chris Rock’s Netflix stand-up special Selective Outrage has been one of pop culture’s biggest talking points all weekend, for reasons that have very little to do with the routine as a whole. Instead, almost all of the focus has fallen on the comedian finally opening up on the infamous Will Smith incident. The reactions have been polarizing to put it lightly, which is to be expected given Rock’s scorched earth approach to the monologue where he laid into both the Academy Award-winning King Richard star and wife Jada, leading to an outpouring of appreciation, approval, fury, dismay, and outright negativity. After Emancipation failed to take off as…

Meet Claudienne Hibbert-Smith, who quickly became a successful entrepreneur when she left her job at age 21 to become a realtor. Now, she is making headlines for recently partnering with EXP Realty, one of the fastest-growing real estate companies in the world. She comments, “In 2001, I became a licensed realtor in the state of Florida. During my first year, I became the rookie of the year, and I took off. I partnered with the Keyes Company for 20 years and as I moved up the charts, I became the number 5 realtor with my amazing team out of 4,000 agents.…

Venom #17 sees the fall of Marvel’s new King in Black, but his defeat has actually transformed him into something even more powerful. Eddie Brock’s journey from disgraced journalist and Lethal Protector to the King in Black has been among the most astonishing of any in the Marvel Universe, yet attaining literal godhood was far from the end of it. Over the past few months, Eddie has come to know his fellow Kings, all future versions of himself, each as inescapable as they are tragic. At least, that was the way things seemed until Eddie’s most recent demise sent him hurtling into…

Will Smith is the big story of the 2022 Oscars — not for winning his first Oscar for King Richard — but for hitting comedian Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife Jada while presenting an award. Smith stormed the stage and hit Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, just minutes before Smith was named best actor at the ceremony. The Magic Mike XXL star has previously spoken about her struggles with alopecia and said it is what prompted her to shave her head. Referring to Pinkett Smith’s buzzcut, Rock said:…

There are things that seem impossible, but are possible. A couple who embraced one of twins who had been pronounced ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, sᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ and had just moments to live. The two hours later, the child comes back to life, a story of a miracle of love. The couple, Kate and David Ogg from Queensland in Australia, had been trying to get pregnant for some time and were overjoyed when they found out Kate was expecting twins. Although the pregnancy started out well, after six months Kate was rushed to the delivery room. Jamie was born first on March 25, 2010…

The official Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Twitter account posted a new picture from the upcoming animated sequel. The image shows Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 — voiced by Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac charging across a multicolored bridge while extending one of his clawed hands. In the sequel, O’Hara is the leader of the Spider-Force — a group of Spider-People who aim to protect the multiverse. Check out the new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse image below: “Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” reads the synopsis. “After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a…

Meet Souadou Niang, a serial entrepreneur and the owner of Palms Luxury Boutique Hotel in Dakar, Senegal, who used to work as a housekeeper at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the United States. “I started out cleaning toilets. Today, I am the manager of my own five-star boutique hotel with 60 employees,” Niang told BBC Africa. Born and raised in Dakar, Niang moved to the U.S. at the age of 18. She went from New York to Washington, DC, where she applied for work at the Ritz-Carlton to help pay for her education. For 10 years, Niang worked cleaning rooms at the hotel while…

Did the fans get what they’ve been waiting for when Chris Rock took the stage for the historical Netflix live-streaming event Selective Outrage? He definitely addressed the infamous slap Will Smith gave him which the internet will never forget. Rock was hosting the 94th Academy Awards, getting ready to present Best Documentary Feature, when he made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s baldness, the Fresh Prince stormed the stage and slapped him. Rock has said the slap didn’t hurt, and he took it and cracked a few more jokes. Still, the humiliation lingered in the air long afterwards. That’s what fans have been waiting for this entire time. “Say…

In two years, audiences will finally get to see the Fantastic Four join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Speculation is rife, hype is high, and now one person speculates two somewhat random characters have a good chance to be featured in the developing project. The above post on Reddit points out Peter Parker was once a member of the team in the comics in a loosely-defined way and Harkness did serve as a nanny for Reed and Sue’s son Franklin as well as other powerful young people in the source material. While one fan says a reference to Peter’s time with the team would be nice, another…

Attorney Shymane Robinson, founder and CEO of True Lawyer, is now the youngest Black lawyer to have a law firm office on the Southside of Chicago. At just 31-years old, she now has two offices in the city for her real estate and trademark law firm that helps transform black communities. Her firm is also the first in the country to ever offer a Trademark Guarantee, and her goal is to help small and Black-owned businesses gain ownership of their brand and leverage their assets with real estate. “Lawyers are often rewarded for working long hours and billing as much as…

While most parents can find it ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ to take care of ᴀ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ  family. But, Chloe who of-eight with twins and triplets has offered a glimpse into what the night-time routine looks like in her busy household. Chloe Dunstan, 27and her husband Rohan from Perth had three children by the time she turned 22 – Evan, 8, Otto, 7, and Felix, 6 – swiftly followed by triplets Rufus, Hank and Pearl, nearly 5. Two more babies joined Chloe’s family in late October. All of her children were ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ. Two of the children were confused and asked their mum if…

Kawauna Gill and Tamara Coleman are set to open Kanary Bar, the first and only Black female-owned bar and lounge in the entertainment district of downtown Mobile, Alabama despite the racially motivated opposition they have faced from some neighbors. And for them, it’s finally a dream come true. Earlier this year, Gill and Coleman acquired a vacant building located on North Jackson Street in Downtown Mobile that they wanted to turn into an upscale bar and lounge. But it was only after six months that they got approval from the Mobile Planning Commission due to some concerns about the bar’s operating…

In a recent Reddit AMA, actor Keanu Reeves went on record to note that he’s always wanted to play one particular Marvel superhero. Reeves is an extremely well-known actor, most recently due to his John Wick films. However, despite that popularity, he’s never been in a Marvel project. Back in 2020, the actor’s name actually came up in relation to Moon Knight—a role that ultimately went to Oscar Isaac. In the past, Reeves shared how he “had previously spoken” to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige about taking on an MCU role—he even “flirted with the Yon-Rogg role” back when the studio was working on 2019’s Captain Marvel. Technically speaking, Reeves has played a big superhero before: Batman. Though, it…

One of the most frustrating tropes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been the franchise’s unerring reliance on the fake-out death. When you’ve seen so many heroes and/or villains killed off or annihilated only to return sooner rather than later, all it does is lessen the dramatic and emotional stakes whenever a character really does bite the dust. If the superhero series hadn’t cultivated such a reputation for death meaning absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, then maybe we wouldn’t have had to put up with rumors touting the likes of Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow…

Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall, two sisters who founded an innovative career development platform called QuickHire, have raised more than $1 million in funding for the startup. They are the first Black women in the state of Kansas to ever achieve this. To be exact, the startup actually raised $1.41 million in a seed round led by MATH Venture Partners, which was also participated in by a number of venture capital firms. The duo said they particularly looked for investors who have shown support for minority and underserved founders. Muhwezi-Hall, who previously worked as a career and educational advisor at Volunteers…

A mother-of-one shared stunning images of the moment she gave birth to her son, revealing how she snapped the photos herself while ᴘᴜsʜɪɴɢ her child out into the world. Megan Mattiuzzo, 29, is a wedding photographer from Hamburg, New York. Recently, she posted beautiful images of the moment her first son was born on social networks, which touched the hearts of viewers. Megan revealed that she wanted to capture the moment her son was born from her own perspective while she was lying on the birth bed. She had several photographer friends who offered to be in the room with…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is home to some of the most memorable superheroes in film, giving audiences fictional role models to admire as they would anyone else. Since its inception in 2008, the MCU has given fans plenty of gripping action sequences, jaw-dropping post-credits scenes, and iconic characters. Behind all of these unforgettable moments are unforgettable actors who portray Earth’s mightiest heroes with charisma and charm, like Robert Downey Jr. and Paul Rudd. While many actors have turned in powerhouse performances as leading men in the MCU, some stand out above the rest as being particularly impactful. 1. Mark Ruffalo — “Bruce Banner/The Hulk” In 2012, Mark…

Ashley Massengill, an entrepreneur and content creator from Fort Worth, Texas, went from having nothing to acquiring more than $30 million within 4 years. She has also broken another record after recently generating over $1 million in revenue in just 40 minutes for her online course called Digital Course Recipe! Her amazing feat caught the attention of Ankur Nagpal, founder and CEO of Teachable, as well as Stripe, which featured her on one of their featured articles about creator economy. Started from the bottom Back in 2013, Ashley struggled financially, even having faced eviction from her house and her car repossessed.…

Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #4 just paid homage to one of the most tragic and heartbreaking moments of the Jade Giant’s life. The far-flung future of Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker has introduced some of the most horrifying villains the titular behemoth has ever faced. Worst still, Bruce Banner has closed himself off from the rest of his world rather than join the battle. At least, that was the case until the specter of the Hulk’s greatest loss reminded him exactly what it is he would be fighting for, and how far the love of his life would have gone to save it. While the villainous…

There is no better feeling than becoming a parent – regardless of whether it’s your first, your last child, or a child in between. There’s nothing more invigorating than knowing that you made such a perfect little human and that they are a part of you and the person you love. Unfortunately, sometimes our babies arrive a little too soon and need extensive care to ensure they will sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ and grow up. The father in the photo was holding his new baby and giving the infant sᴋɪɴ-ᴛᴏ-sᴋɪɴ contact because he or she was born early. However, what is seen in…

Dads often get emotional when their partners give birth, it’s a ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ-ᴡʀᴇɴᴄʜɪɴɢ time for most people, whether it’s their first time or not. But recently, one dad has gone viral after a picture showed him crying with happiness, not because of the arrival of his newborn, but because of his wife. The mother went through a ᴅɪFFɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ. She ʟᴏsᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ 30ʟʙs and sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇᴅ to keep foof down due to an ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇ form of ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ sɪᴄᴋɴᴇss called Hʏᴘᴇʀᴇᴍᴇsɪs Gʀᴀᴠɪᴅᴀʀᴜᴍ (ⒽⒼ). Is a ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ɪʟʟɴᴇss ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ by ᴠᴏᴍɪᴛɪɴɢ, ɴᴀᴜsᴇᴀ, ᴅᴇʜʏᴅʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ and ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ʟᴏss. And in sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴀsᴇs, if no…

Tammy Williams, an entertainment industry veteran, is establishing a multi-million dollar film production facility called Cinema South Studios that will be located in Fayetteville, Georgia just a few miles away from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. Her new studio will be the first one to be owned by a Black woman in the state of Georgia. With more than 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Williams has already written and produced dozens of film and television projects. Now, she is taking on a new role as a majority Black female owner of a production studio. “We’ve been patient. This has…

Phase 5 kicked off this past month with the premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The film highlighted a very important story motif introduced in several projects of Phase 4: the Multiverse. The Multiverse as a story point includes introducing the concepts of alternate universes, variants of characters, and of incursions between two or more universes. These concepts were also explored in Loki, What If…?, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Three out of four of these projects included Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange as a key player. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania emphasized these concepts thanks to elaboration from the time-traveling, multiversal traveler Kang the…

When the 116th Congress was sworn into office on Thursday, the class made history as the most diverse group ever with a record 127 women. Among those women was 32-year-old Democrat Lauren Underwood, who etched her name in the history book as the youngest black woman to be elected to Congress. Underwood, who graduated from the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University, is a registered nurse who now represents Illinois’ 14th Congressional District. Her transition into politics began in 2010, when she joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to her website, she played a crucial role in implementing…