WHUR Contributor

Ruth E. Carter has just made history as the first Black woman to win two Oscars for her outstanding work on the “Black Panther” films.

The official trailer for the 1985 remake film The Little Mermaid has officially debuted at this year’s 95th Oscars telecast and has received an overall positive response.

Howard University softball coach, Tori Tyson, refuses to stay silent after the mistreatment of her athletes during a game visiting the University of California-Irvine on March 4th, 2023, earlier this month, which resulted in her later suspension.

On March 3, Hip-Hop group De La Soul’s entire back catalog became available on digital streaming platforms for the first time.

WNBA player Brittney Griner cheekily sports the uniform of the Phoenix Mercury in a social media post after resigning from the team nearly a week ago, following her long-awaited return from a 10-month-long detainment in Russia last year.

A powerful earthquake at a devastating magnitude of 7.8 hit the country of Turkey, officially The Republic of Türkiye, in the southeastern region as well as northwest Syria earlier this month on February 6th.

A few days after Warner Brothers announced the show ‘Judge Mathis’ would be canceled after 20 years on air, the daytime judge from Detroit has not hung up his robe just yet.

A tradition continues this upcoming Saturday when the 54th NAACP Image Awards air live on BET. This marks the first time the award show is held in front of an audience in three years.

Howard University’s Swim and Dive Team has officially become the first all-Black swim team to
grace the cover of Sports Illustrated, and remains the only swim team at a historically Black
an institution since 2016.

Rapper and Television producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson signed a broadcast deal with Fox Entertainment studios.

After achieving many accolades, records, and successes following her critically acclaimed sophomore album SOS, contemporary R&B singer SZA will be awarded the honor of “Woman of the Year” at the Billboard Women in Music Awards held in Los Angeles on March 1st.

Consumers who have purchased bottles of Fabuloso between the period of Dec. 14th, 2022, and Jan. 23rd, 2023 are being urged by Colgate-Palmolive, Fabuloso’s parent company, to stop using and immediately discard of any bottle listed in the recall announcement due to dangerous bacteria contamination risk.

This past Saturday, the U.S. Military recently shot down and recovered a Chinese spy balloon which has been making its way across the country at a high altitude for the past couple of days. Originally spotted over Billings, Montana on Wednesday, they claim it is a part of a large-scale surveillance program implemented by the Chinese military.

As of February 5th, 2023, Viola Davis has become the third black woman and the 18th person in history to achieve EGOT status after winning her first Grammy at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.