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The U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the CROWN Act, legislation that seeks to prohibit race-based hair discrimination.  According NBC News, lawmakers approved the bill Friday with a vote of 235-189 largely along party lines. Proponents of the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act say the move will provide more protections for those […]

Pixar has reportedly reinstated a same-sex kiss scene in its much-anticipated Lightyear film.  A “source close to the production” told Variety the decision was made recently, amid widespread backlash over Disney’s slow response to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill controversy. The animated flick has Chris Evans as the voice of Buzz Lightyear, who, in this telling, is a person who inspired the Toy Story action […]

With the release of the upcoming 240-page hardcover book The Fendi Set: From Bloomsbury to Borghese, Kim Jones is sending out a “love letter” to the Bloomsbury Group and the history of the Italian luxury house. As previously teased in January surrounding Bloomsbury-associated writer Virginia Woolf’s birthday, the book features text from Jones and photos by Nikolai […]

Fresh off joining forces with Steve Lacy for her latest single “Skin Tight,” Chicago-born R&B singer Ravyn Lenae returns with “Light Me Up.” The ballad arrives alongside an Aliyah Otchere-directed video that sees Lenae singing to her lover in a candlelit room. “‘Light Me Up’ is about exploring the unknown with a new love; leaning into those tingly feelings while letting […]

Production and artist faction Hous3 of Commons has just dropped their long awaited collaborative EP, LASA6NA. With a stacked list of features from some of Toronto’s most rapidly ascending rappers, the release shows the independent label reaching new heights. LASA6NA calls on the talents of Duvy, LB Spiffy, Portion, Blockboi Twitch, 2kz, Hoodbaby Peppa, John C, […]

In a nine-minute video shared to social media and elsewhere this week, Terminator: Dark Fate star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger addressed the people of Russia, as well as President Vladimir Putin directly, amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. At the top of the video, Schwarzenegger explained that he was sharing this message in an […]

Pete Davidson is no longer part of the crew for the next Blue Origin flight, the Jeff Bezos-founded company has confirmed. In a statement initially shared to Twitter on Thursday evening and later added to the mission in question’s designated updates page, a Blue Origin rep announced that the initially scheduled launch date of March 23 had […]

DJ Quik says he was almost involved in one of music’s most notorious crime, but managed to avoid the incident thanks to his mother’s intuition.  During a recent interview with Los Angeles Times, the Compton native recalled the day of 2Pac’s fatal shooting, and how Suge Knight was pressuring him to attend the Mike Tyson boxing match later that evening.  “My mom […]

We knew Nick Cannon was a multi-hyphenate, but we never would’ve thought he’s also a self-proclaimed “Snickle-eating champion.”  Cannon had a segment about strange food combinations with food blogger Emily Chan on a recent episode of his self-titled talk show. After being pleasantly surprised by the air fryer pasta chip concoction and utterly repulsed by mac and cheese ice […]

Coi Leray has tapped Nicki Minaj for her latest single, “Blick Blick,” after some back-and-forth over its existence this past month. The track features the two MCs swapping verses and is as bright as its eccentric cover.  After the drama surrounding the single—which had its existence leaked by Coi’s father Benzino during a Clubhouse session—Nicki […]