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Christopher Martin, aka “Play” from the duo Kid ‘n Play, has a new documentary about the dancers who pioneered hip hop back in the 1990s. Martin says his documentary shows young women “a group of women that didn’t count on their sexuality or demoralizing themselves for the world to see and you know, shame their parents or whoever brought them...

Asian women are depicted as either an “object for the taking” or a scheming “temptress,” said one expert.

Performer Becky G is just one of millions not only embracing Spanglish as a way of communicating, but as a way of life.

In a year like no other, people turned to culture to satisfy sometimes conflicting needs of distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope. And while live entertainment was tragically curtailed due to the raging pandemic, performers found their own stages in endlessly creative ways.

In recent years Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was surprised to find herself so popular that she once observed that “everyone wants to take a picture with me.”

“Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds said he and his wife, actress Blake Lively, are “deeply and unreservedly sorry for” for holding their 2012 wedding ceremony at a South Carolina plantation. “It’s impossible to reconcile,” Reynolds told Fast Company, in a profile published Tuesday. “What we saw at the time was a wedding venue on Pinterest. What we saw after was a...

The San Diego Convention Center is missing you, Comic-Con fans.

Across America’s dinner tables, marches, roll calls, city halls and board rooms, racial justice is being discussed in ways that are personal, national and cultural. In a conversation with NBCLA’s Michael Brownlee, Dr. Todd Boyd took a look at the disparity between embracing Black culture, and music in particular, in a country that continues to struggle with inequality.  “There...

Update: LA Comic Con has postponed their Main Stage Monday event this week in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. For more details and information on the next event, visit comicconla.com. While comic book and pop culture fans are staying home because of COVID-19 health concerns, they are also connecting virtually with the help of LA Comic Con...

The team behind E!’s ‘Pop of the Morning’ show is ready to share some laughs and entertain us! Danielle Nottingham talks to Lilliana Vazquez, Victor Cruz, and Scott Tweedie about working from home and keeping up with pop culture.