Author: Tariq

The City of Rochester and Monroe County are set to receive nearly $1 million in healthcare funding. The funding is meant to help low-income and underserved city and county residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the existing healthcare worker shortage in New York State, the programs will provide training and education for city and […]

Add Florida universities to the banned TikTok list. All school-owned devices are ban on specific software, applications, and developers was put in place “due to the continued and increasing landscape of cyber threats.” Florida university presidents received a memo stating that “This regulation requires institutions to remove technologies published in the State University System (SUS) […]

The Super Mario Bros. Movie powered up with $204.6 million in its first five days in 4,343 North American theaters, including $146.4 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Add that with an estimated $173 million in international earnings and a global total of $377 million, “Mario” broke records for video game […]

The 3 men convicted of murdering XXXTentacion will be sentenced to life in prison. Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams were previously found guilty of murder in the fatal 2018 shooting. Robert Allen, the fourth man arrested for the murder, pled guilty to second-degree murder, he has not yet been sentenced. XXX was just […]

Chris Rock’s live stand-up special on Netflix didn’t break through in the streamer’s global rankings, but it definitely caught on with U.S. viewers. In the nine days after its March 4 release, the Chris Rock: Selective Outrage racked up almost 1.22 billion minutes of viewing, including 798 million for the week of March 6-12. The […]

Diddy has seemingly confirmed that he has to pay Sting $5,000 a day for his use of the Every Breath You Take sample in I’ll Be Missing You, his 1997 hit (as Puff Daddy) with Faith Evans. The song was created in tribute to Diddy’s great friend, The Notorious BIG, who had recently been murdered, […]

Disney+’s Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian got quite the surprise when Lizzo and Jack Black popped up onscreen during the brand-new April 5th episode. The “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire” episode, which was written by Jon Favreau and directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, features Lizzo and Black respectively, The Duchess and Captain Bombardier — […]

The TV ratings for Sunday’s national championship game between LSU and Iowa are in. Tigers notching a 102-85 victory for the program’s first-ever title. The game drew in 9.9 million viewers making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record, according to ESPN. On the streaming side, the game was the most-watched sporting event—men’s […]

Movie & TV Star Taraji P. Henson will play Vanetta, Janine’s mother on the ABC’s comedy series“Abbott Elementary”. In the “Abbott Elementary” episode “Mom,” Janine (played by Quinta Brunson) is planning a Memorial Day weekend solo trip. But that’s derailed when her mother Vanetta, played by Henson, shows up unannounced and asking for help. “Mom,” […]