When it comes to the pay gap, there are both gender and racial inequalities. Chris Rock noted the salary discrepancies women of color face while speaking with The New Yorker about “Saturday Night Live” star Leslie Jones. Rock first met Jones in the late ’80s and saw her struggle to break into the world of […]
This New Year’s weekend is a blissful time to visit movies you didn’t catch in 2015. You can do that in theaters, where many of the year’s best releases are still playing, or you can curl up on your very own couch. Whether you’re hibernating before returning to work, avoiding lingering relatives or planning your […]
Faith Evans is well aware that “justice may never be served” in Notorious B.I.G.’s untimely death, she told HuffPost Live on Tuesday. The Grammy Award-winning singer, who was still married to Biggie when he was fatally gunned down in 1997, still has her suspicions about the events surrounding the shooting. “I just feel like in […]
Singer-songwriter James Blunt isn’t fazed by fans and critics who mistake him for gay. In fact, the five-time Grammy nominee considers it a great honor. “I sing songs that aren’t very macho, and so people will say, ‘Oh you’re effeminate,’ or ‘gay,’ as if calling me gay were an insult,” Blunt, 41, told the BBC. […]
Sure we were captivated by a fair amount of celebrity drama this year, but we were even more moved by the number of stars who used their passion, influence and funds to support people in need. In its annual roundup, DoSomething.org, a group that galvanizes young people to volunteer, named the top 10 A-listers who […]
In a neat and unexpected twist of justice, one of the first women who publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault may be the first to see legal retribution. On Wednesday morning, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, prosecutor Kevin Steele charged Cosby with a first-degree felony—aggravated indecent assault—for his alleged drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand […]
2015 was nothing short of inspiring, shocking, devastating — and everything in between. This year, contributors to The Huffington Post published thousands of blogs, offering their perspectives on topics ranging from LGBT rights to gun violence to body image. In no particular order, here are some of our most talked-about blogs from 2015. We can’t […]
Over the past six seasons, a veritable who’s who of the comedic world — including Louis C.K., Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Larry David and Chris Rock — has joined Jerry Seinfeld for a ride and a cup of joe in the Crackle series “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.” But Seinfeld took a detour from tradition […]
May the Force be on the dance floor! In a new video posted by YouTube stars Postmodern Jukebox, a group of performers who record jazzy covers of modern songs, the group gets in on the “Star Wars” hype. In the video, called “The Tap Awakens,” the group transforms the franchise’s epic theme music into a […]
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” may have only been out in theaters for less than two weeks, but it’s already nudged overall ticket sales to another record. The film’s $571.4 million domestic gross has propelled overall North American ticket sales for 2015 to $11 billion. This figure makes 2015 the highest-earning year in domestic ticket […]
