Be Well: Courtney B. Vance and Dr. Robin Talk New Book and Black Men's Mental Health
Actor and author Courtney B. Vance joined 'beWell' to talk about his latest work, written with psychologist Dr. Robin L. Smith, The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power. Vance told Cheddar News' Shannon LaNier that he was inspired to write the book after his godson's death, which was deemed a suicide and all too familiar after he father died under the same circumstances.
Simpson’s gridiron legacy was forever overshadowed by the 1994 knife slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. A criminal court jury found him not guilty of murder, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
