Love & Hip Hop Miami star Veronica Vega is still dealing with the fallout from her use of the N-word during the show’s inaugural season, but it sounds like Veronica’s come a long way since then. In a new interview with VH1 — one in which questions of Veronica Vega’s nationality and ethnicity were also…
Veronica Vega from Love & Hip Hop Miami is again under fire for her ethnicity. She’s claimed both African and Latina ancestry in the past, but a new clip featuring some of Veronica’s family members has LHHMiami fans wondering once more: Is Veronica Vega black? What is her ethnic heritage? The long-simmering controversy over Veronica’s…
It’s been a year of controversy for Blac Chyna. Months ago, she and her crew got into a brawl at Six Flags when another mother came too close to baby Dream for Blac’s liking; the resulting fight, in which Blac hurled a stroller at the woman, lost her a high-profile stroller endorsement. (Yes, the stroller…
UPDATE – Shortly after our report on the rumors of Megyn Kelly Today‘s imminent cancelation, NBC has pulled the plug on both Megyn’s show and the controversial host. Initial reports indicate that the network has decided to fire Megyn Kelly outright and pay her the remainder of her $69 million contract rather than try to…
It might have been just a publicity stunt, but she hasn’t changed her look back yet — so does Spice from LHHATL bleach her skin, or not? The “Black Hypocrisy” singer stirred up a hornet’s nest of attention by appearing to go light ahead of her new single’s release. Since then, Spice has gotten the…
Love and Hip Hop Miami co-stars Amara La Negra and Young Hollywood stole the series premiere spotlight with a jaw-dropping, racially charged exchange. After the episode aired, the pair took to social media to rally fans — but it looks like one side has the bulk of the audience’s support. In the build-up to the…
The many looks of Lil Kim then and now have become a daunting task to keep track of; over the past two decades, the rapper and emcee has been linked to literally dozens of rumors about plastic surgery, skin-lightening creams, and other appearance adjustments. Thanks to the controversial Lil Kim 2016 photos–which Kim herself shared, and which you…
The Bride and Prejudice cast has been revealed! FYI’s newest marriage-based reality TV drama is set to air in just a few short weeks, and it looks like the show will hold nothing back when it comes to the family drama that follows its three couples: one interracial, one interfaith, and one gay. According to the initial…
Why is The Real Housewives of Potomac cast all black? Last week, we reported on the origins of the newest entry in the Real Housewives franchise, and highlighted claims from viewers and reviewers that something about the show seemed stilted. It seemed that, before filming for the show began, the Real Housewives of Potomac cast weren’t told that they would be…
K. Michelle has never been afraid to say what’s really on her mind–and, now, she’s letting the reigning queen of pop music have an earful. The Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta alum and current star of K. Michelle: My Life came out swinging against Adele, her fans, and the whole so-called blue-eyed soul movement in…
In the latest Anonymous KKK list update, the group has distanced itself from yesterday’s release of a list of prominent politicians who are also members of the famed group. According to Anonymous–which is decentralized, and has no single leader making its decisions–yesterday’s list was unintentional, and not necessarily part of what will be the official release on Thursday,…
Today, the hacker collective known as Anonymous made good on its promise to release the names of and contact information for alleged KKK members. In a shock to the political establishment, the list includes many prominent politicians, including several United States Senators, and mayors of large cities. The group, which bills itself as a “Hacktivist”…
James Blake is a Harvard-educated former tennis professional who once ranked No. 4 in the world. He is now in New York City for the US Open, but ran into unwarranted trouble outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday when white NYPD officers mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud case —…
In an interview on CNN’s program State of the Union, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin implored immigrants to America to learn English. New arrivals in the country should “speak American.” Sarah Palin was asked to weigh in on the ongoing fight between Donald Trump and Jeb Bush regarding bilingualism–and, to a greater and more nebulous extent, Trump’s…
On Friday, Texas deputy Darren Goforth was murdered, allegedly by a black suspect, while pumping gas into his police car. On Saturday, protesters at the Minnesota State Fair appeared to threaten officers by chanting, “Pigs in a blanket/ Fry them like bacon.” Reacting to all of that during a segment on Monday’s episode of Fox…
When Lowe’s employee Marcus Bradley and his partner showed up to make a delivery at a woman’s house in Virginia, the woman turned them away. Their manager later told them it was because Marcus is black and “They don’t want you at the house.” A white driver was sent in Marcus’ place. “I mean, I thought that…
Raven-Symone made headlines last fall when she said on Oprah’s Where Are They Now? that she is “not an African-American.” “I’m tired of being labelled,” Raven said when asked specifically about her sexuality. “I’m an American. I’m not an African-American.” “Oh girl, don’t set Twitter on fire,” Oprah responded. “What did you just say?…
Justin Bieber has come to Kylie Jenner’s defense in the ongoing argument over whether Kylie’s cornrows are racist. Yesterday, the oft-derided pop star commented on the above photo on Kylie’s Instagram page, hours after Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg’s initial interrogation sparked a furor. Bieber’s response to the debate? Chill, y’all: @kyliejenner…
As part of their Emmy-winning Look Different campaign, MTV collaborated with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to create White People, a new documentary focused on five young Caucasians. In a press release, the network said that White People is “a first-of-its-kind documentary exploring race, whiteness, and how young white people perceive their racial…
Barack Obama became the first president in generations to publicly speak the n-word when he used it in a conversation about race and racial violence in the context of the Charleston church shooting. President Obama appeared on comedian Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast over the weekend; the podcast was released Monday. Maron has turned “WTF” into a…
Speaking out for the first time since her parents outed her as Caucasian and she stepped down from her local NAACP role, Rachel Dolezal defended presenting herself as an African-American woman because she said she identifies as black. “I was drawing self-portraits with the brown crayon instead of the peach crayon, and black curly…
Two police officers were shot in Ferguson late Wednesday night as protests wrapped up for the evening, according to St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar during an overnight press conference. The two police officers shot in Ferguson do not belong to Ferguson Police Department, though they were stationed in front of the Ferguson PD…
A woman in Germany is using maxi pads – period pads, in other words – to serve as a metaphorical megaphone for her feminist messages, attracting extra attention to her words by the simple fact that they’re written on a woman’s sanitary pad and stuck to a light pole. Oh, and then she posts the…
Jennifer Lawrence is one of the hottest celebrities in Hollywood (in more ways than one). She opened up to September 2013 Vogue about the challenges that presents.
Marilyn Monroe misquotes run rampant on Pinterest. We set the record straight by identifying who should actually get recognized for these Pin-worthy sayings…
One Reddit user set out to decide which TV shows best represent each state. He made some controversial calls (That 70s Show over Happy Days?!), but the resulting map is pretty awesome!
Maybe we should do a better job of listening to our elders: According to new researcher, our IQs are in a steady state of decline. Just how much our IQs have dropped and researchers’ theory as to why after the jump…
Taco Bell may not be the first fast food chain to offer waffle/bread options. But, it’s the first to do it right. Show your love so this creation comes to a Taco Bell near you!
With the rise of social media, Silicon Valley sex workers are spending less time on street corners and more time on the Internet.
Breaking down some top pop culture trends of the 1990s and 2000s to see which decade was superior.
From Sister Wives to Big Love, non-monogamous relationships have been popular media topic in recent years. But, along with the publicity, there’s also been a wave of misinformation.
There was a very, very short list of things capable of making me jealous of Russians in the winter… Until I heard about Maslenitsa, an annual festival where people celebrate the week before Lent by gorging on pancakes, dressing up in costumes and having a big bonfire.
Almost all mammals mom participate in placentophagy, or eating their own placenta after birth, and a growing number of women are saying “why shouldn’t humans do it too?”
There are unverified health and mood benefits of eating afterbirth, including elevating mood (and therefore preventing postpartum depression,) and providing extra nutrients.
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