Author: Gesi Lloyd

Louis Carr spent nearly four decades at Black Entertainment Television building one of the most productive sales operations in cable television, generating more than $10 billion in advertising revenue over his career. He was not angling for the top job. Then Scott Mills left after a 40-year run with the network, and Carr found himself stepping into the presidency. Ninety days in, he is still defining what the role means. In a recent conversation with Forbes senior writer Jabari Young, Carr laid out a vision for BET that goes beyond ratings and programming schedules. The network, he argued, has an…

The hardest part was the waiting for the Artemis II. When the Orion spacecraft hit the upper atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph on Friday, its heatshield absorbed temperatures roughly half as hot as the surface of the Sun, and mission control in Houston went silent. For six minutes, nobody on the ground knew what was happening inside the capsule the crew had named Integrity. Then Commander Reid Wiseman’s voice came through. Houston confirmed communications were restored, and soon after, the capsule’s red-and-white parachutes deployed over the Pacific Ocean. The crew of four splashed down off the California coast right…

The Los Angeles Lakers handed the Golden State Warriors a 119-103 defeat at Chase Center on Thursday night, and LeBron James made sure the outcome was never really in doubt down the stretch. The 41-year-old finished with 26 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds, shooting 11 of 17 from the field and connecting on three three-pointers in a performance that once again raised the question of how much longer he intends to keep doing this. Stephen Curry was not in uniform. The Warriors held their star guard out of the front end of a home-and-road back-to-back, managing his return from…

ServiceNow closed around $89.81 Today, down nearly 8% on the day, as two separate pressures landed on the stock at the same time. The decline added another bruising chapter to what has already been a difficult year for shareholders of the enterprise software company. The stock has now fallen 38.3% since January 1, and at its current price, it sits more than 56% below its 52-week high of roughly $211, which it reached in mid-2025. A $1,000 investment made five years ago would be worth approximately $858 today. Friday was the 11th session in the past 12 months where shares…

Chris Brown and Usher wasted no time making Friday morning memorable. The two artists jointly announced their upcoming “Raymond & Brown” stadium tour on April 10, sharing the news across their social media pages at roughly the same time. The reveal sent an immediate wave through R&B fan communities online, where speculation about a joint venture between the two had been building for months. No dates or cities have been confirmed yet. The announcement arrived with a promotional trailer, not a tour schedule, leaving fans with the anticipation but none of the logistics. That detail has done little to quiet…

For the first time in five weeks, mortgage rates moved in a direction that favored homebuyers. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 6.38% this week, down from 6.46% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac data. The catalyst was the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, which cooled inflation fears long enough to push the 10-year Treasury yield below 4.3%. The reprieve was real, but economists are already cautioning against reading too much into it. By midday Thursday, Treasury yields and oil prices were climbing again as concerns mounted over how durable the ceasefire agreement would prove…

The U.S. Postal Service took an extraordinary step Today, announcing it would immediately suspend employer contributions to the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System. The move, effective April 10, is expected to conserve roughly $2.5 billion through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. It is the most visible sign yet of how severe the agency’s financial situation has become. USPS notified the White House Office of Personnel Management of the decision, which stops biweekly payments of approximately $200 million that the agency had been making as its share of employee pension funding. The agency…

Sean Combs returned to federal court Today, this time through his attorneys, as a three-judge panel at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan heard arguments over whether his 50-month prison sentence was excessive and legally flawed. Combs, who has been serving his sentence at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey since his conviction last July, did not attend the hearing. The panel did not issue a ruling after two hours of arguments. Circuit Judge William J. Nardini described it at the close of proceedings as an exceptionally difficult case raising questions no federal court in…

Gospel artist and Bishop Marvin Sapp married Dr. La’Boris Cole on March 20 at The Chosen Vessel Church in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony itself passed quietly enough, but when wedding photos surfaced over Easter weekend, the internet had questions. A helicopter entrance, a ballet performance, and three wedding dresses later, speculation about how the celebration was funded began spreading fast across social media. The central question being asked online was pointed: did church money pay for it? Dr. La’Boris Cole-Sapp responds from the pulpit Rather than let the rumors run unchecked, Cole-Sapp addressed them directly during Easter Sunday service…

One of the most anticipated cultural openings in recent memory is now just weeks away. The Obama Presidential Center will open its doors on June 19 in Chicago’s South Side Jackson Park, and the Obama Foundation has begun laying out exactly how the public can get in. General ticket sales open on May 6, but Obama Foundation founding members will have a head start. That group can begin purchasing timed entry tickets on April 21, two weeks before the public window opens. Timed entry tickets grant access to all four levels of the museum. What visitors will find inside the…