An audience watches the conclusion of the 37th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, which was held at Torrance, CA on April 13th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer) More than 200 college students from across the country came to Torrance earlier this
An audience watches the conclusion of the 37th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, which was held at Torrance, CA on April 13th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer) More than 200 college students from across the country came to Torrance earlier this
By Daniel Arkin Ted Turner, the high-flying media tycoon, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded CNN and revolutionized American cable television, died on Wednesday, according to his private holding company. He was 87. “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and
An HBCU alumna led a group of state attorneys general in winning a huge lawsuit against the event ticket company, Ticketmaster. New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of state attorneys general in an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and its ticketing
How Sweet The Sound™ (HSTS), America’s #1 Gospel Music Competition, returns to the nation’s capital on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM at The Anthem, 901 Wharf St SW, Washington, D.C. — bringing together the most gifted voices, choirs, dancers, and spoken-word artists from the
By Daniel Arkin Free speech advocates sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s challenge to ABC’s broadcast licenses, with some decrying the move as a threat to the First Amendment and a clear example of federal overreach. “The FCC is neither
By The Associated Press “Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics. A highly authorized portrayal
By Dennis Romero Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmel’s ouster, the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Days before an armed man
Miles College alumna Alexia Jayy (real name Bri Jackson), a mother of three from Irvington, Alabama, has made history as the first Black woman to win NBC’s “The Voice.” Jayy secured the Season 29 title on April 14, marking a historic moment in the show’s
Alexia Jayy The Voice win is the kind of moment that lands far beyond reality television. It immediately became an HBCU story because the Miles College alum won Season 29 of The Voice: Battle of Champions, and multiple current reports said the victory made her the
By The Associated Press Eddie Murphy took a moment to look out at the star-studded room at the American Film Institute ceremony — at his family, his peers, the people who have shared his journey — and let it all sink in. “Seeing all
