Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter as Treasury begins distribution

A new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin. The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the Read more

Sidney Poitier changed what a movie star looked like

Sidney Poitier, who died Jan. 6, was Hollywood royalty, and at the 2014 Academy Awards, he was walking toward me with his date for the evening, his daughter Sydney Tamiia Poitier, her hand clasped in his. Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking Read more

Netflix drops trailer for ‘jeen-yuhs’, a Kanye West documentary

A documentary about the life and career of Kanye West is coming to Netflix. While jeen-yuhs: A Kanye West Trilogy, will premiere on the streaming service on Feb. 16, fans are getting a glimpse of what to expect in a recently released trailer. Read more

Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Artistic Director, Dies of Cancer at 41

Virgil Abloh, who most-recently served as men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, died Sunday after a private battle with cancer. He was 41. A post on Abloh’s verified Instagram page announced his death, explaining that he battled a rare, aggressive Read more

Madonna criticised for photo shoot alluding to Marilyn Monroe’s death

Madonna as been called out for posing in photos in which she alludes to Marilyn Monroe’s death and her final photo shoot. The pop star is seen posing in similar positions to Monroe’s last shoot, Bert Stern’s The Last Sitting (1962), which Read more