Issa Rae is facing a legal battle after being accused of stealing the concept for her upcoming comedy One of Them Days. In a lawsuit filed on July 30, writers Joshua Isaacson, Shon Oku, and Tyrone Perry allege that Rae’s 2025 film, which stars Keke Palmer and SZA, closely resembles their 2020 script, One of […]
As the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform industries, one former Google executive is warning CEOs that they could be the next casualties of the AI revolution. Mo Gawdat, the former chief business officer at Google X, recently appeared on the Diary of a CEO podcast, where he cautioned corporate leaders that […]
WNBA star A’ja Wilson has been selected as one of six former student-athletes to be inducted into the University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame. The school made the announcement, recognizing Wilson for her remarkable career as a member of the Gamecocks basketball team from 2014 to 2018. The induction ceremony is scheduled for […]
Veteran actor and Tony Award-winner Wendell Pierce is putting his star power and resources behind a $10 million initiative to revive and support historic Black theatres in New York. The investment, part of a broader push tied to the proposed Caesars Palace Times Square project, aims to bolster production, marketing, and visibility for long-standing Black-led […]
In what’s shaping up to be one of the most critically panned releases of 2025, The War of the Worlds—a modern-day adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 sci-fi classic starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria—has earned an unprecedented 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Released on July 31 via Amazon Prime Video, the film attempts to reimagine […]