(CNN)Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.Clint Watson, press secretary for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, confirmed to CNN that Poitier died Thursday evening.Poitier overcame an impoverished background in the Bahamas and softened his thick island accent to rise to the top of his profession at a time when prominent roles for Black actors...
LL Cool J is among artists offering their support DJ Kay Slay has reportedly been hospitalised with COVID. According to music manager Wack 100, the New York DJ and record executive is currently on a ventilator fighting for his life. “Pray for my brotha @djkayslay,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “It’s not looking good. He might be mad at me for this those that know Slay but he needs all the support he can get … Been 14 days fighting COVID...
Fans and family members took to social media to offer condolences. Jessie Lee Daniels, the singer better known as Jessie D of the iconic R&B group Force MDs, has passed away at the age of 57. Zakaa Boom Saadiq, an event promoter in New York City, posted to Instagram about Daniels’ death, while the group’s official Facebook confirmed his passing. “To the family, friends, and fans, today we lost a real talent,” the post stated. View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
A conservative group is calling out GOP lawmakers for failing to hold former President Donald Trump accountable for the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol carried out by his supporters. The new ad from the Republican Accountability Project, set to air on Fox News on the first anniversary of the attack, focuses on five lawmakers who were sharply critical of Trump last year, but since either changed their tune or went silent. “They told the truth then. Why won’t they now?” the...
1/5GOP Group Calls Out Trump’s Enablers In Congress By Name In Scathing Fox News Ad 2/51 Year After Deadly Capitol Attack, Pipe Bomb Suspect Remains A Mystery 3/5Trump Cancels Jan. 6 Press Conference 4/5A Year Later, GOP Lawmakers Still Won’t Say If Joe Biden Is Actually President 5/5Mary Trump Guesses Why Donald Trump Ignored Ivanka’s Pleas To Stop Capitol Riot Ed MazzaWed, January 5, 2022, 7:03 AM·1 min read A conservative group is calling out GOP lawmakers for failing to...
Most of the 64 Pennsylvanians arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol remain in criminal limbo, awaiting trials or plea hearings, but one of the most infamous among them asked for money to defend himself – and blamed others for his predicament. A fundraising page for Zach Rehl, a Proud Boys leader from Philadelphia and the son of a city police officer, claims “the Proud Boys of course had nothing to do with the attacks on police or battles with...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to depart in his helicopter after announcing his resignation in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 10, 2021. NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A New York prosecutor will not pursue a misdemeanor sex crime charge against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, saying he could not prove the elements of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Albany County District Attorney David Soares said in a statement on Tuesday that his office had investigated...
Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that her committee has evidence that then-President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka, was among those pleading with the commander in chief to do more to stop the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. “We have firsthand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence,” Cheney said on ABC’s “This Week.” Cheney made the comments just days before the one-year anniversary of the attack, which her House...
Former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden gestures toward a bust of himself during his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2006. John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, the NFL said. He was 85. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant...
Lawyers for Swift say the judge that allowed the suit to proceed failed to consider the “extrinsic test” It was reported earlier this month that Taylor Swift would face a jury trial over accusations that she plagiarised the lyrics for ‘Shake It Off’. Now, lawyers for the singer have formally asked to have that trial scrapped. Back in 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler claimed that Swift copied lines from the pair’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’, which they wrote for the...