The passing along of wisdom, particularly in the Black community, is a rite of passage. Learning from an Elder or an “OG” is a core part of Black culture and can even find roots in the historic nature of storytelling and oral history exchanges.NBA veteran Andre Drummond has found himself in the proverbial seat of…
Northwestern University fired its longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday after allegations of hazing within the football program were revealed. “I recognize that my decision will not be universally applauded, and there will be those in our community who may vehemently disagree with it,” university president Michael Schill wrote in a letter to the…
As email becomes an increasingly clogged communication mechanism, businesses looking for more direct ways to communicate with their customers in a B2B context have been turning to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord and other channels. But tracking those conversations and making sure they get directed to the right people is challenging for businesses. That’s where Pylon,…
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek is out of Wimbledon. So, too, is American Jessica Pegula. Ukrainian wild card Elina Svitolina, who returned to the tour in April after giving birth to her daughter last October, ousted the top-seeded Swiatek on Centre Court 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the semifinals at the All England Club…
Zayn Malik is breaking free of his “quiet one” status and sitting down for his first interview in six years. The podcast “Call Her Daddy” announced Tuesday that Malik would appear on Wednesday’s episode for a full sit-down interview. In a video preview, host Alex Cooper asked Malik about his career, fatherhood and his life…
TOPLINE Mark Zuckerberg appears to be training with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, according to a Twitter post from Adesanya—weeks after the Meta CEO agreed to a “cage match” with Elon Musk. UFC 276 & UFC 277 Media Opportunity UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and UFC featherweight champion Alexander…
Timothée Chalamet is taking viewers to a world of pure imagination. Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for “Wonka,” starring Chalamet as the eccentric chocolatier created by renowned author Roald Dahl. The musical fantasy film follows the adventures of a young Willy Wonka, including how he met the Oompa-Loompas. Along with Chalamet, the film…
In this franchise’s seventh entry, Tom Cruise’s mission includes increasingly improbable leaps, chases and stunts. Luckily for us, he chooses to accept it. I don’t know if anyone has ever clocked whether Tom Cruise is faster than a speeding bullet. The guy has legs, and guts. His sprints into the near-void have defined and sustained…
A jury in Michigan has ruled that a note handwritten by the late soul singer Aretha Franklin is valid as her will, according to The Associated Press. In 2019, Franklin’s niece found three handwritten documents around the singer’s home in suburban Detroit. One, dated 2014, was found underneath a couch cushion. Two of Franklin’s sons,…
Blue Beetle is based on the DC Comics character and hails from Charm City Kings director Angel Manuel Soto. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer penned the script. Maridueña’s Blue Beetle is particularly notable, as he will be one of the few holdover characters to be part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s upcoming DC Universe. Gunn and Safran…