*“The Little Mermaid” isn’t performing well in China, where moviegoers are said to be averse to Blackness. According to Urban Hollywood 411, the Disney title earned $68.3 million abroad, and just $2.5 million over the weekend in China. Meanwhile, “Fast X” tops the mainland China box office, topping the $100 million mark. Disney’s live-action remake…… MORE
*(CNN) — We’ve got an update on the feud between Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan. It’s gotten so bad that Pippen straight up telling the world that his former teammate was a “Horrible Player” and “Horrible to Play with.” But first, let’s review the backstory of these two. Between 1990 and 1998, the Chicago Bulls…… MORE
*Raven-Symoné is a happily married woman to wife Miranda Pearman-Maday but before settling down, the actress had everyone she dated sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement). “All of my relationships, especially – obviously – when I started dating, I had to get people to sign NDAs,” the “Raven’s House” star, 37, said on a recent episode…… MORE
*Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa are celebrating their 10-year-old son in a new post announcing he’s going to middle school. “On our way to 5th grade,” the rapper captioned an image of him and Rose with their son Sebastian and Rose’s other son Slash, whom she shares with music producer Alexander’ A.E.’ Edwards. As reported…… MORE
*Singer Ari Lennox is apologizing to Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King for blasting both women in 2020 after King’s coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death. We reported previously that Lennox slammed King and Winfrey in an Instagram Live, accusing them of bashing Black males accused of sex crimes while ignoring similar allegations leveled against some of…… MORE
*Ralph Yarl walked at a brain injury awareness event in Kansas City, Missouri, on Memorial Day, where he and his family joined more than 1,000 people to help to raise money for the cause. The “Going the Distance for Brain Injury” run took place in Loose Park on May 29 and included a 5K, 10K,…… MORE
*(CNN) — Tennis star Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion and 2018 French Open finalist, says racist abuse targeted toward her on social media has been a problem throughout her entire tennis career. “It has never stopped. If anything, it’s only gotten worse,” Stephens, who is Black, told reporters after winning 6-0 6-4 in…… MORE
*“Humanity towards others,” said Grammy-nominated Jazz guitarist Jonathan Butler (George Duke) about the meaning of the title of his newest album release “Ubuntu” (Mack Avenue Records). “I am because you are. We are all connected to one another…completely connected. I learned that from Desmond Tutu…he is a movement. He was the leader who brought our…… MORE
*More from South Africa as I visited Soweto about 25 minutes by road from Johannesburg. I remembered Nigerian musician, Sonny Okosuns‘ liberation songs such as “Fire In Soweto Song” and “Papa’s Land.” Okosuns, a legend left us years ago but his music kept coming to me as we neared Soweto, and could not help singing…… MORE
*Social Heat is sliding in, and the first story is about Dani Leigh, aka Danielle Leigh Curiel, DaBaby‘s baby mother, who got booked because she got too busy driving under the influence. Early Tuesday morning in Miami Beach, police arrested the 28-year-old singer/dancer because she was involved in a DUI hit and run, causing back…… MORE
