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Columbus Short has had a weird year; I think we can all agree on that. But what happened? From being charged for misdemeanour spousal battery, aggravated assault and losing his job on Scandal, Short finally speaks out. In an interview with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush, Columbus Short talks candidly about his troubles. Columbus says his …
Three former bodyguards of Rapper Snoop Dogg have filed a lawsuit claiming they have been underpaid and overworked for years according to Courthouse News. The hip-hop star’s former security employees, Torrey Mitchell, Donnel Murray, and Ryan Turk, filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday claiming that they were fired earlier this year …
Phenomenal woman, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died on Wednesday, 27 May, she was 86. Aunty Maya (in my head, she’s always been my aunty) rose from a childhood of poverty in Arkansas to become an American literary icon. She became one of the first black women to write a best seller when …
People around the world have been showing support for the plight of the Nigerian girls that were taken from a secondary school by extremist group Boko Haram. Activists have been taking part in protests and joining online campaigns calling for the rescue of the girls but to what end? The internet and social media in …
Usain Bolt vowed to make it up to a fan after a framed pair of running spikes signed by the Olympic champion, were stolen from an industrial site on Gloucester Road, Croydon. Bolt tweeted the about the incident saying: I know u love me..but please why u had to go stealing that signed Usain Bolt …
The last time I heard of someone running around the streets naked the person needed and subsequently received medical help because they suffered a mental break. I hope that the man that was filmed running around Hither Green, south east London naked gets the help he needs. I’m jumping ahead, sorry. A young black man …
An elderly man and a young man got into it as the District line train pulled into Aldgate East station around 9pm on Monday, 28 April. British Transport Police have released a video of the incident in an appeal for more information. The video shows a man in his late 60s, wearing a red T-shirt, …
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly getting married this week, though earlier reports claimed the pair were going to wait until May. In a surprise twist, it has also been claimed that the ceremony will be private, though it was initially thought the two would have the wedding filmed for Kardashian’s E! reality show …
Despite Oklahoma death row inmate Clayton Lockett dying during a botched execution, I doubt American states who rely on it will rethink their stance on the death penalty. It would be far too inhumane to hang or behead a person so the US try to carry out the death penalty as quickly as possible using …
Columbus Short, who played Harrison on Scandal, will not be returning to the ABC series. Short has been involved in his own scandalous tales in real life so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. ABC hasn’t said anything about why it chose not to renew Short’s contract. In the Scandal season three finale Harrison was seen with …
Helen Bartlett, the mother who allowed herself to be videoed beating her daughter so that it could be posted on Facebook says she doesn’t regret her actions. The beating which continued for 6 minutes was supported by Bartlett’s two daughters, including the girl who was beaten. The daughters have defended their mum’s actions in another …
People all over the world are showing out on social media and it’s not all good. Everybody is happy to air their dirty laundry in public and be held up to ridicule or summary judgement. Take the mum who beat her 12-year-old daughter on camera and arranged for the video to be posted on Facebook. …
Hip-hop and R‘n’B royalty Jay-Z and Beyonce have just bought a massive £5.5million London town house it’s been reported. Last week they announced their joint US stadium tour – possibly called the Mr and Mrs Carter Show which is expected to come to the UK in the autumn. Now we hear the power couple could …
It’s been a big year for Lupita Nyong’o. After winning an Oscar and a lucrative advertising deal the actress was named as the world’s most beautiful woman for 2014 by People magazine. The 31-year-old actress, who won a best-supporting actress Oscar for her role in “12 Years a Slave,” tops the magazine’s list, announced today …
The story about six Houston teens breaking into a house using a basketball to break a window has turned into one about the eyewitness’s fat lady parts. Breaking and entering is serious business, and it’s good when an eyewitness comes forward, even if they don’t want to be named or have their face shown on …
Emojis on mobiles devices have failed to represent Black people, until now. An African company has released the world’s first set of black emojis, following complaints that different races are not represented in the current set used on mobile devices and computers worldwide. Oju Africa, a division of African mobile company Mi-Fone, launched the collection …
A 30-year-old Jennifer Lawrence fan spent $25,000 on plastic surgery to look like the actress. The mother of a 5-year-old underwent several procedures, including breasts augmentation, and fat grafts to her cheeks and buttocks. Kitty the super fan felt she looked like Jennifer Lawrence before and now with the surgery she believes her features are …
I do love a bit of celeb gossip but I normally don’t like to go too deep into people’s business if I like them. Since learning that Scandal actor Columbus Short allegedly sucker punched a guy in a bar, I’ve been preeing for updates. It’s been reported that Short was arrested and taken into custody …
Seems like Samuel L Jackson still has a bee in his bonnet over the awkward moment when he had to roast a reporter for mistaking him for Laurence Fishburne. Jackson posted a photo of himself on Twitter wearing an “I’m not Laurence Fishburne” t-shirt. My interview statement for the day! http://t.co/CzscqpnmLG — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) March …
Alfre Woodard is slated to play the first Black female President of the free world in NBCs drama pilot State of Affairs. In what has been described as Scandal meets the West Wing, Woodward will be playing President Roberta Payton opposite Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy). The drama revolves around a maverick CIA officer Charlie Whitney …
A story is doing the rounds on Facebook about a female student in Kenya who claims to have infected a total of 324 men with HIV on a revenge tip. According to the Kenyan Daily Post, the woman shared her story on the Kenyan Scandals Facebook page. They say she sent her story to their …
I can’t believe it. My boo Columbus Short (aka Harrison Wright from Scandal) might need a real life Olivia Pope. According to TMZ, Columbus is under investigation for getting into a bar fight. Short was at a bar celebrating a friend’s engagement when a fellow partygoer decided to talk smack to my gladiator boo. The guy …
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian grace the front cover of Vogue Magazine’s April issue sending some hardcore Vogue readers into hysterics. Fashionistas can’t understand why the rapper and reality TV star are on the cover. It’s a known fact that Vogue magazine’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour did not want Kim Kardashian on the magazine’s cover, it …
In March 2014, a Belgian newspaper that published a Photoshopped image of Barack and Michelle Obama looking like apes in the name of satire had to apologise. After being accused of racism, De Morgen admit that they made an error in judgement and published a statement saying: When you consider the fragment apart from its …
