4-12-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Former President Barack Obama would like to create “a million young Barack Obamas” to run the next stage in the “relay race that is human progress,” the Washington Examiner reported. Obama made the comment Sunday at a conference in Japan while discussing the Obama Foundation’s work to help young people around…… MORE
Meet The Teen Accepted Into 19 Of The World’s Best Universities
4-11-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- It’s that time of year! College acceptances are rolling in and this brilliant teen was accepted into 19 of the world’s best universities. According to CNN, seventeen-year-old Nigerian-American student Oludamilola Oluwadara recently learned that Yale, Stanford, Columbia and the London School of Economics–to name a few–all want her to be part of…… MORE
Topless Protester Charges At Bill Cosby As Retrial Begins
4-10-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester with “Women’s Lives Matter” written on her body in red ink charged at Bill Cosby as he walked into a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Monday for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The woman jumped over a barricade and launched toward Cosby but was…… MORE
Target Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Over Its Hiring Practices
3-9-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Target settled a racial discrimination suit over its background check hiring process. The lawsuit highlights the unfair bias against Black job seekers with a criminal record, compared to Whites in the same situation. The retailer agreed on Thursday to pay $3.7 million in the class-action suit, which was brought on behalf of…… MORE
BLACK PANTHER BREAKS YET ANOTHER RECORD!
Black Panther is set to become the first movie shown in Saudi Arabia in 35 years! The country imposed a cinema ban 35 years ago and Black Panther will be the first movie shown in a new AMC branded theater on April 18th. This is a country that just legalized women driving in 2017, so…… MORE
Missing CDC Worker Drowned, No Foul Play Evidence
4-6-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY-2018 ATLANTA (AP) — An employee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was reported missing more than seven weeks ago was found drowned in a river not far from his house, with no sign of foul play, authorities said Thursday. Timothy Cunningham’s body was found Tuesday partially submerged in…… MORE
Cosby Jury Has Been Seated But Not Without Controversy
4-6-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A jury of seven men and five women — 10 of them white, two of them black — was seated Wednesday to decide Bill Cosby’s fate in the biggest celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, after a day marked by defense accusations of racial discrimination. Cosby’s lawyers…… MORE
Resilience, Resolve And Renewed Commitment To MLK’s Legacy
4-4-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Half a century ago, the enthusiastic crowd eager to hear from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. roused him from his bed at the Lorraine Motel across town in a thunderstorm to Memphis’ Mason Temple Church of God in Christ. King’s words rang anew during the program…… MORE
Howard University Protesters Enter Sixth Day Of Building Takeover
4-3-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- Howard University protesters continue to occupy an administration building for a fifth day in protests sparked by revelations that university employees had misappropriated financial aid money from 2007 to 2016. Students occupying the administration building have refused to leave until all nine of their demands are met, including the resignation of…… MORE
Apartheid Activist Winnie Mandela Dies At 81
4-2-18-ERNIE ALLEN’S-TOP STORY- JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died. She was 81. Madikizela-Mandela was married to Nelson Mandela from 1958 to 1996. Mandela was imprisoned throughout most of their marriage and Madikizela-Mandela’s own activism against the apartheid regime led…… MORE
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SNOOP DOGG’S BIOPIC COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN
Snoop Dogg, the West Coast rap icon turned cultural mainstay, is officially bringing his life story to the big screen. Read more about Snoop’s upcoming biopic, film and TV deal with Universal inside. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Doggfather has signed a multi-year first-look deal with NBCUniversal through his Death Row Pictures banner, solidifying a…
SNOOP AND NBC
NBC is going from being the Peacock network to the Canine network after inking a new deal with Snoop Dogg. Snoop’s Death Row Pictures has inked a multi-year creative partnership with NBC Universal. Part of the deal will bring him back to The Voice next season, and he’ll continue his cross-platform appearances, like he did…
SHANNON SHARPE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Shannon Sharpe is being accused of sexual assault and battery. A civil lawsuit filed in Nevada by Jane Doe says she and Sharpe were in a “rocky consensual relationship” for almost two years. The woman claims that Sharpe recorded their sexual relations without her permission. Jane Doe said the infamous live stream where Sharpe allegedly…
SZA HAS A NEW MAKE UP LINE
SZA‘s new business venture is Not Beauty — literally. She just launched a new cosmetic line under the label. Fans at Grand National Tour stops this weekend were the first to get their hands on products from the new line. The initial offering includes a trio of lip glosses, called In the Flesh, Strawberry Jelly and Quartz,…