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Zaya Wade made her first red carpet appearance, accompanied by father Dwyane Wade and stepmother Gabrielle Union, at the sixth annual Truth Awards in Los Angeles this past Saturday.

R. Kelly prosecutors requested an extension as they could not adequately review hundreds of seized devices before deadline, trial now set for October 13.

On Wednesday March 4, Gov. Ralph Northam finally signed House Bill 1514 and banned, according to NBC 12,  “discrimination based on traits associated with race, including ‘hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists.'”

Wolfcom CEO Peter Austin Onruang says facial recognition tech is “to help officers identify missing persons, fugitives, suspects, and people with outstanding warrants.”

“I’m the person that shot and killed all three of the officers that Nathaniel was subsequently charged and convicted of murdering,” Kerry Spencer states in open letter about Nathaniel Woods, executed Thursday night.

Black Panther’s sequel has finally been confirmed and given an official release date: May 2022. 

Usher has recently been dropping several hints of a new album, many of which reportedly believe to be a sequel to his 2004 diamond-certified album Confessions.

Mattel has released 10 Black Barbie dolls with different hair styles, skin tones and body types in honor of Black History Month.

Patrom says she stocked up after studying what was most in need in China. A distributor in New York provided her with 2,000 surgical masks, and she ordered a large supply of other products online from Dollar Tree

Cherry Blossoms are expected to hit peak bloom in Washington, DC March 27-3. National Cherry Blossoms Festival will be held directly after.

“Smiley vigorously pursued her, sent salacious notes to her and left keys for her to his hotel room under the guise of business.”

The first park will open this summer in Tokyo, Japan with the second opening in Los Angeles in 2021 and the final opening in Orlando in 2023.

Warren’s exit extinguished hopes that Democrats would get another try at putting a woman up against President Donald Trump.

“It didn’t hurt my feelings. At that time in my life, I think it really taught me how the industry is. It’s a dirty world,” said Leakes.

Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, moved to Los Angeles in July of 2019 before his October marriage. Sex offenders are legally required to update their registration any time they get a new job, commit a federal crime, move or go to school.

Twitter has been reportedly testing ‘fleets’, tweets that will disappear after 24 hours.

Thursday’s arraignment could be an opportunity for prosecutors to offer additional details about the new accuser and her allegations against the Grammy Award-winning artist.

Netflix is not the only company to scrap its festival plans. The Hollywood Reporter also reported Wednesday that Apple was also canceling its plans for the festival, which included Spike Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story.”

The new study is a based on three years of data — 2016 through 2018 — from a national in-person survey, and represents about 23,000 children ages 3 to 17. About 17% of black children had ever been diagnosed, compared with about 15% of white kids and about 12% of Hispanic kids, the report found.

“It means the world to me,” said Butler, who shares a one-bedroom apartment with two others. “We can go without a lot of things, like phones and music. We can’t go without eating.”

To put it in perspective: If a third of Americans will spend $1,488 on spring break travel and only a third of them will pay with a credit card, that amounts to over 200 billion missing points from the other two-thirds. Yes, that’s billion with a “b.”

Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has donated $100,000 to Los Angeles homelessness non-profit Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission.

Netflix recently took a trip to Africa to recruit talent that will develop original content and tell African stories.

“Our client, Vanessa Bryant, is absolutely devastated by allegations that deputies from the Lost Hills Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department publicly disseminated photos from the helicopter crash site.”

The movie will be released this June.

Kandi has begun production for a reality show centered around her Atlanta soul food restaurant Old Lady Gang.

On today’s episode of Ellen, Judy Sheindlin sat with Ellen DeGeneres to announce the 25th and final season of Judge Judy will be airing in 2021.

In response to the accusations of Honey Pot being racist, founder Beatrice Dixon says: “I can’t expect them to understand the plight of what it is to be a black woman co-founder in business.”

After leaving the NBA, pop culture icon and basketball legend Dwyane Wade is looking for a new hobby.

The proposed program, named Metro for DC, is dedicated to improving bus service in low-income communities and providing the monthly benefit for the residents of these communities.

Yesterday, Kanye West brought church to Paris Fashion Week when he held his Sunday Service in Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord at 8 AM.

Lipton was known for being an expert interviewer and devoted to his craft.

“Our business guests are still very strong, but I think that we should be anticipating some change in the tourism demand, depending on how long this runs for.”

It’s being reported all of the original cast members will return for the reboot.

Pugh, with the assistance of longtime aide Gary Brown Jr., carefully carried out the scheme over more than seven years, starting when she was a Maryland state senator and into her tenure as Baltimore’s mayor. Her clients included the University of Maryland Medical System, health insurers and other organizations.

“Kaia was brought to the station, had her fingerprints recorded and even had a mugshot taken, State Attorney Aramis Ayala later confirmed. No charges were ultimately filed against her.”

Banks’ mission, as stated on the official website, “is to bring modeling to the masses in ways beyond what I did with America’s Next Top Model. I want to redefine what a model and modeling means.” Banks began America’s Next Top Model, a modeling competition show, in 2003. 

The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

Amazon plans to open another type of grocery store in Los Angeles sometime this year, but the company said it won’t use the cashier-less technology at that location and has kept other details under wraps.

“We will not be able to see Gigi go to high school,” Vanessa Bryant said, her voice breaking. “We didn’t get the chance to teach her how to drive a car. I won’t be able to tell her how gorgeous she looks on her wedding day. … Gigi would have most likely become the best player in the WNBA. She would have made a huge difference for women’s basketball.”

“Unlike other awards shows, we actually have black nominees,” Anderson said. He may well have been talking about “Just Mercy,” the acclaimed film that was snubbed by the Oscars, Golden Globes and other ceremonies in the long awards season.

In 1961, Johnson did trajectory analysis for Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 Mission, the first to carry an American into space. The next year, she manually verified the calculations of a nascent NASA computer, an IBM 7090, which plotted John Glenn’s orbits around the planet.

“There’s a magical moment of entry as soon as visitors enter the front door,” says the museum’s president and CEO Crystal Bowyer.

Bryant’s family, dozens of sports greats and many major figures in Bryant’s public life are expected to attend.

“As far back as I can remember, I was always in love with hair… worn every type of hair and wanted to create a line that serviced everyone.”

“I will tell you, as far as coming back, I feel like this show is my baby. I started this show. But I also feel like I don’t want to be in a group where I feel like everyone is attacking and being very malicious,” she explained.

Spotify has the playlist for your next cookout, girls night out or rally with “Phenomenal Black Music.”

The film produced under Durant’s Thirty Five Ventures, is titled “In The Water” will focus on Durant, Len Bias , Victor Olapido and possibly other basketball standouts like Ty Lawson, Jeff Green and more.

“A fitness hall is kind of like a food hall, but for working out. The space will include a traditional gym with weights and machines, but they will include 250 other workout classes such as SoulCycle, Zumba, Yoga and even Virtual Reality workouts.”

“Making the band 2020. I really want to do this,” he said in the Twitter video. “I know that I’m going to build the biggest band in the world.”