Last year's Oscars- like many before -was essentially devoid of blackness.

"The New Edition Story" on BET has garnered rave reviews from viewers for the most part.

It’s that time of year again when the greatest actors and best moments in films from the year receive their accolades and recognition from the academy. Just a year after Chris Rock took the stage and hilariously tackled the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Jimmy Kimmel is set to take on the duties as host of this year’s […]

This year's Oscars will actually include diversity, with Hidden Figures, Fences, & Moonlight.

When Chris Rock called out Jada Pinkett-Smith and her Oscar boycott in his opening speech at the annual event this year, Jada took her time to respond with class. Click on the audio player to hear Gary With Da Tea explain more in this edition of Gary’s Tea. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Get the latest from Gary’s Tea here and listen […]

The cast of “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” discusses the highs and lows of this year’s Oscars, and most importantly, the best parts of Chris Rock‘s highly anticipated opening speech.  Click on the audio player to hear some of it in this exclusive clip! Sign Up For Our Newsletter! RELATED: Trevor Noah On Oscars: “Chris Rock Will Be The Winner […]

Oprah Winfrey was just as disappointed as everyone else who noticed she was mistaken for Whoopi Goldberg at the 88th Academy Awards. Blog Total Beauty made the cringe-worthy flub during red carpet arrivals Sunday evening. The site, which rarely focuses on products for people of color, posted a photo of Goldberg to their Twitter account with […]

Gary With Da Tea‘s eyes watched over the red carpet like a hawk at the Oscars last night! He reviews the looks of Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, and more! Who was on his best dressed list? And who landed on his worst dressed list? Plus, he’s got a special message to all black women on any red carpet at […]

The 2016 Oscars are underway, and host Chris Rock addressed the elephant in the room: is Hollywood racist?