• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II recalls dealing with racism at UC Berkeley

    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II recalls dealing with racism at UC Berkeley

    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — a breakout star of DC’s “Aquaman” and HBO’s “Watchmen” — is the cover star of the latest Men’s Health, and contributed to the mag’s special report, “Race, Racism, and Black Men’s Health.” Oakland, Calif., native Abdul-Mateen recalls dealing with racism as a freshman at UC Berkeley. “I studied architecture, and … …
  • More Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars exit amid disputes with Condé Nast

    More Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars exit amid disputes with Condé Nast

    The talent roster behind the popular Bon Appétit Test Kitchen series on YouTube continues to unravel. Two more BA Test Kitchen hosts said Friday they won’t appear in the videos anymore — continuing the string of allegations that Condé Nast is not delivering on its promise to support diversity in its entertainment division. Gaby Melian, …
  • Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star Molly Baz resigns in solidarity amid controversy

    Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star Molly Baz resigns in solidarity amid controversy

    Yet another Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star has resigned — but this time in solidarity with colleagues at the controversy-ridden video channel. Molly Baz, the senior food editor at Bon Appétit, announced her exit Friday to show support for three colleagues who left the channel. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food …
  • Creem magazine’s wild misfit days of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll

    Creem magazine’s wild misfit days of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll

    The office of Creem magazine was as unruly as the music that its writers covered. One day, when local hero Iggy Pop paid a visit to the mag’s Detroit headquarters, publisher/founder Barry Kramer sneaked up behind the proto-punk and dumped a trashcan full of garbage on his head. Then Kramer inexplicably exclaimed, “Hey, motherf - - ker! Did …
  • 3 Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars of color depart video channel amid controversy

    3 Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars of color depart video channel amid controversy

    These Bon Appétit stars are saying bon voyage. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food editor Sohla El-Waylly and contributing food editor Rick Martinez have announced they are leaving the video channel. Their departure comes after five weeks of contract negotiations, reports Business Insider, and a slew of controversy at the popular …
  • Why Ford’s Jim Hackett and other major CEOs are stepping down in 2020

    Why Ford’s Jim Hackett and other major CEOs are stepping down in 2020

    Not even CEOs are safe from the wrath of 2020. From Disney to Ford to Bleacher Report, heads are rolling at the top of America’s most recognizable companies. Whether from resignations, firings or retirements, the blood is flowing as companies from all industries experience a changing of the guard. Here’s who lost their job in …
  • Tina Knowles Lawson urges Vogue to hire more black photographers

    Tina Knowles Lawson urges Vogue to hire more black photographers

    Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, is the latest insider to demand that Anna Wintour hire more people of color at Vogue. Lawson, 66, posted a picture of British Vogue editor Edward Enninful on Instagram Monday night to congratulate him on the cover of the magazine’s September issue, which features 20 activists from around the world, …
  • Ashley Graham says her stretch marks make her feel like a ‘superhero’

    Ashley Graham says her stretch marks make her feel like a ‘superhero’

    New mom Ashley Graham is celebrating her postpartum physique. “When I look at my new stretch marks and the changes that my body went through, it reminds me that, as women, we’re all superheroes,” the 32-year-old supermodel — who in January gave birth to son Isaac, her first child with husband Justin Ervin — told …
  • Bella Hadid poses in work boots on family farm for ELLE August issue

    Bella Hadid poses in work boots on family farm for ELLE August issue

    Gigi Hadid They’re a model family. Bella Hadid ditched her stilettos in favor of rubber work boots for ELLE magazine’s first-ever “Friends and Family” issue. The 23-year-old cover star was shot with an iPhone 11 by her supermodel sister, Gigi, at their family farm in Pennsylvania. Ashley Graham with her 6-month-old Isaac and husband Justin …
  • Declassified Documents Show FBI Used ‘Defensive’ Briefing In 2016 To Spy On Donald Trump

    Declassified Documents Show FBI Used ‘Defensive’ Briefing In 2016 To Spy On Donald Trump

    The new documents detail the FBI’s attempts to use a briefing ostensibly meant to warn the Trump campaign about foreign intelligence threats to spy on the Trump campaign itself. Newly declassified internal Federal Bureau of Investigation documents prove the top U.S. law enforcement agency used a so-called defensive briefing of the Trump campaign in 2016 …