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Dave Chappelle Courts Controversy in 2 New Comedy Specials: Singles Out Louis C.K. Accuser, Doubles Down on Trans Jokes
Yup, Dave Chappelle went there. In his new Netflix comedy special, The Bird Revelation, Chappelle touches on sexual harassment in Hollywood and in comedy, mining the accusations against fellow comedian Louis C.K., who was accused of masturbating in front of female colleagues, for joke fodder. The special debuted on New Year’s Eve. As Billboard reports,…
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At Long Last, Hoda Kotb Helms the Today Show, Becomes Permanent Co-Host
The new year is off to a great start at the Today show, where it was formally announced Tuesday morning that Hoda Kotb would permanently co-host the popular morning program. The announcement was made on the air Tuesday by a jubilant Savannah Guthrie, Kotb’s co-host. “This has to be the most popular decision NBC News…
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‘They’ve Chose a Real Good Color’: Owner of Defaced Confederate Eyesore Will Keep the Pink
To call it the ugliest Confederate statue in America seems a bit redundant, but the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest on Interstate 65 in Tennessee undoubtedly wins that distinction. The deranged interpretation of Forrest, a Confederate general, human trafficker and leader of the Ku Klux Klan, has been an eyesore in Tennessee for nearly 20…
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Houston Man Charged With Murder After ‘Nearly’ Decapitating Woman With Samurai Sword
Little is known about a 45-year-old Houston man who, according to authorities, killed his girlfriend Wednesday with a samurai sword. As the Houston Chronicle reports, officials say that Kenneth Wayne Lockings Jr. “nearly” decapitated Aracely Jernigan, who was found dead on Lockings’ living room floor. According to the Chronicle, Houston police responded to a call…
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Ohio Woman Convicted of Murder Is Released on Christmas Morning After Serving 22 Years
After 22 years in prison, an Ohio woman falsely accused of being an accomplice to murder at the age of 19 finally got to spend Christmas by her mother’s side. Tyra Patterson, a Dayton native, was sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 15-year-old Michelle Lai in 1994. In Ohio, accomplices to murder…
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Woman Falsely Accused of Fraud After Buying Louis Vuitton at Saks Fifth Avenue
A Michigan woman is alleging that Saks Fifth Avenue employees profiled her after she made some high-end purchases at their store last week. With only a few days left until Christmas, Dana Hale and her 24-year-old daughter, Paris, went to a Saks store store in Troy, Mich., on Dec. 21 to get some shopping done.…
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Why 2017 Was the Year of Rose Armitage
To be a person of color in America is to always be tangled between dueling worlds. What was different in 2017, more so than any other year in recent memory, was how those polarities were laid bare for everyone else to see. It was the year American streets were crowded with both pussy hats and…
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Restaurant Owner and Stunt Queen Brings the North Pole to North Philly in Epic Neighborhood Block Party
How do you top hiring a live-ass camel for your son’s Dubai-themed prom? If you’re Saudia Shuler and the occasion is Christmas, the answer should be pretty obvious. Reindeer. Bring on the damn reindeer. Shuler was back at her extravagant best Wednesday night, throwing a massive block party and toy giveaway she called “North Pole…
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NYC Man Exonerated After Serving 30 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit
Thirty years ago, three men broke into a Brooklyn, N.Y., Burger King, robbing the store and gang-raping an 18-year-old worker who had been closing up the eatery. But the brutal attack—and the subsequent police investigation—landed four men behind bars. The fourth was a then-17-year-old named Mark Denny, whom the 18-year-old identified in a police lineup.…
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In the Dark of Night, 2 Confederate Statues in Memphis, Tenn., Come Down
For 113 years, a bronze statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a man who rose above his station thanks to the slave trade, a Confederate general who orchestrated the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow, and the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard—loomed over downtown Memphis, Tenn. At 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, a time the New York…
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