Kui Mwai

4 weeks ago | blavity.com | Kui Mwai

Social media was set ablaze after a series of videos of Bishop Marvin Sapp started to circulate online. According to The Shade Room, the clips are of a sermon Sapp gave in which he asked his congregation to help him reach a $40,000 goal. In one clip, Sapp repeatedly instructed the church ushers to close the doors to keep the congregation from going anywhere. “We all gon’ leave together,” he said.

4 weeks ago | blavity.com | Kui Mwai

Rising star baseball Cam Smith is officially in the big leagues. According to ESPN, the 22-year-old, whom the Houston Astros brought on as part of Kyle Tucker’s offseason trade with the Chicago Cubs, made the Opening Day roster for the Texas team. He had an emotional response after learning he’d made the roster.

4 weeks ago | blavity.com | Kui Mwai

Kenyan theater director Saheem Ali was 15 years old when his father, an airline pilot for Kenya Airways, took him on a trip to London. There, he saw a stage adaptation of the coming-of-age musical Grease. From the moment the curtains opened and audiences were introduced to its mid-century, Americana dreamscape backdrop, Ali was hooked. And he’s been hooked ever since. In the decades that have passed since seeing Grease in London, Ali has become an innovative voice in New York’s robust theater scene.

1 month ago | blavity.com | Kui Mwai

Since January, fans of The Bachelor have watched this season’s leading man, Grant Ellis, on his quest for love. After exploring connections with 25 eligible bachelorettes, Monday night’s finale saw the former professional basketball player decide between 28-year-old Juliana Pasquarosa, a client service associate from Newton, Massachusetts, and Litia Garr, a 31-year-old venture capitalist from Salt Lake City, Utah, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

1 month ago | blavity.com | Kui Mwai

While appearing on Monday’s episode of The View to promote her new show, Good American Family, Ellen Pompeo got candid about the hardships she’s had to navigate in her career, including receiving death threats for being married to a Black man. Here’s what she said about the hateful comments and how they’ve made her stronger.