“No Good Deed” starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson tops the box office! Over the weekend, the film raked in $24.5 million! The movie wasn’t a favorite of the critics but apparently audiences loved it. Could it be the Idris Elba effect? He can sell me on anything! Follow @aprilwattslive on Facebook Instagram & Twitter
Miami Heat star Chris Bosh is making power moves off the basketball court. He launched a new line of neck ties with Armstrong & Wilson. The line is called, “Mr. Nice Tie.” Reportedly, Bosh came up with the idea after losing a game. Good for him! There is life and money to be made after […]
Tommy Lee Jones (68), Oliver Stone (68), Lisa Vanderpump (54), Dan Marino (53), Prince Harry (30) We remember: Nipsey Russell, Claude McKay, Agatha Christie and Pres. William Howard Taft Follow @aprilwattslive on Facebook Instagram & Twitter
I tried to drive by this powerful image and had to turn around, get out of my car and capture it. Race/racism is the biggest Jedi mind trick ever played on America. Wealth and poverty are the great equalizers in this nation; neither discriminates. All the BS in between is just a smoke screen. #getmoney […]
Bizzy Bone (38), 2 Chainz (37), Ruben Studdard (36), Yao Ming (34), Jennifer Hudson (33), Hosea Chanchez (33) We remember Paul Walker, Barry White, Jesse Owens and Ali Woodson
I heart me some Traci Braxton! Did you hear me? I saaaaaaid, “I heart me some Traci Braxton!” She’s funny, witty, sassy and super down to earth. My last name isn’t Braxton but Traci said we can be “play cousins.” LOL Be sure to watch Traci and her sisters on Braxton Family Values, Thursdays at 9pm […]
After NFL executives claimed no one from the organization saw the Ray Rice elevator tape, Associated Press broke a contrasting story. An unnamed law enforcement official told AP the clip was sent to an NFL executive back in April. The NFL has hired former FBI director Robert Mueller to conduct an “independent” investigation into how the league […]
MC Lyte is coming back with new music! The upcoming LP is slated for release later this year and will be her first studio album in more than a decade. The first single from the album is an open letter to black men called “Dear John” and she enlists the help of Common. Listen to Lyte’s […]
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Today marks the 13th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks. New York City commemorated the tragedy last night with a beautiful tribute in lights. Nearly 100 7,000 watt xenon light bulbs were used to shoot two beams of light into the sky where the twin towers once stood. Follow @aprilwattslive on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
The public release of the video that shows former NFL running back Ray Rice slugging his fiancee (now wife) and pulling her unconscious body out of an elevator has challenged me to ponder some larger issues. Of course I thought about domestic violence. As I began to think deeper, it occurred to me that our society has a […]
Shaquille O’Neal has taken on professional basketball, rap music (Although we may try nobody can forget “Shaq Fu.” Ha!), television and the big screen. Now he’s trying his hand at becoming the long arm of the law. According to the Miami Herald, Shaq has applied to become a reserve police officer in Doral, Florida. If […]