Atlanta mayor – and maybe, hopefully, probably the Vice Presidential running mate for Joe Biden – Keisha Lance Bottoms announced today that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. “COVID-19 has literally hit home,” Bottoms said in a tweet. “I have had NO symptoms and have … [Read more...]
#RIP: Earl Cameron, Britain’s First Black Movie Star, 102
Earl Cameron – whose 60+ year film career included roles in a couple of Tarzan movies, '60s-era Dr Who, the James Bond flick Thunderball, and Inception – has died. He was 102. It was his first movie role in 1951's Pool of London, as a Black sailor who falls in love with a … [Read more...]
#BadIdeas: Halle Berry Says She Is Planning to Play a Trans Man in Upcoming Film
I'm sure by the time you read this cooler heads will have prevailed, or Halle will have been so thoroughly trashed by social media and the trans community that she's backed off the project BUT... let's dive into this story.... During an [Read more...]
Trump Inexplicably Demands Bubba Wallace Apologize for Noose “Hoax”
Our Racist-in-Chief has launched an attack on Bubba Wallace – the only black NASCAR driver – demanding he apologize (!!!) to everyone who supported him when it was reported a noose had been found in his garage stall. You might recall, last month a noose was found in Bubba's … [Read more...]
Colin Kaepernick Signs Disney Deal (There’s Already a Docuseries in the Works)
American hero Colin Kaepernick just signed a "first look" deal with Disney that "will focus on telling scripted and unscripted stories that explore race, social injustice and the quest for equity, and will provide a new platform to showcase the work of Black and Brown directors … [Read more...]
In Randy Rainbow’s “Little Mermaid” Parody, Trump Is a “Poor Deplorable Troll”
Really, he deserves his own Broadway show when this all over. Hell, he deserves a TV series, a three-picture movie deal, and a Nobel Peace Prize. I even think we should erect Randy Rainbow statues in place of all the Confederate ones scattered around the country. He's THAT … [Read more...]
Soooo… Alan Dershowitz Hasn’t Been Seen at His Favorite Nude Beach In Months…
File under: Things We Didn't Need to Know... Also: Things We Can't Stop Thinking About.... Famed lawyer and Trump apologist Alan Dershowitz, 81, has apparently been MIA this summer at his favorite nude beach, Lucy Vincent Beach, on Martha's Vineyard. “Alan’s not been on … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “This Is Your Fourth of July, Not Mine.” – Frederick Douglass, former slave, in an Independence Day Speech, 1852
Frederick Douglass (1818 -1895) was born a slave in Maryland in 1818 and became one of the first great black leaders when he published an autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American, where he described his life from slave to statesman and someone who … [Read more...]
Horror Icon Jason Voorhees Stars in COVID-19 PSA: “Wearing a Mask Can Be Scary. Not Wearing One Is Deadly”
In a funny new PSA by Ogilvy Health, a character resembling horror icon Jason Voorees from the Friday the 13th franchise, admits that 'a mask kind of makes people uncomfortable' ... but then ends up putting a medical mask over his hockey mask after getting one from a kindly … [Read more...]
Trump Surrogate Herman Cain Hospitalized For COVID-19 After Attending Tulsa Rally
Herman Caine, the former GOP presidential candidate who now co-chairs Black Voices for Trump, has been hospitalized in Atlanta for COVID-19. This happens after he posted a photo of himself (below) at the Tulsa rally in which he (and everybody else) ignored CDC social-distancing … [Read more...]
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