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Don Cheadle Talks Obama Hopes, 'Django' Toys
(The Root) — Don Cheadle and crew return tonight at 10 p.m. ET in the second-season premiere of House of Lies on Showtime. The show, which features Cheadle’s slick-talking character Marty Kaan as the head of a management-consultant firm, also stars Glynn Turman as his dad, Donis Leonard Jr. as his son and Josh Lawson…
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BET Honors 2013: Black Celebs Reflect on MLK
With other networks offering the likes of Basketball Wives, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Best Funeral Ever and the upcoming and already boycotted All My Babies’ Mamas, BET’s programming is not currently at the center of criticism for negative portrayals of the black community. And for at least one night a year since 2008,…
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'The Root Live' Video: Where to Work in '13
(The Root) — The jobs crisis isn’t a story we left behind in 2012; as we enter the new year, employment is on everyone’s mind! In the third webisode of The Root Live, taped on Jan. 7, host Harriette Cole was joined by Dedrick Muhammad, executive director of the NAACP’s Financial Freedom Center; executive recruiter Volora Howell;…
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Laz Alonso on 'Jumping the Broom' Sequel
(The Root) — Meagan Good jumps the broom from supporting player to leading lady in NBC’s new soapy thriller, Deception, which premieres Monday at 10 p.m. ET. The show features Good as undercover detective Joanna Locasto, who has returned to her hometown to investigate the death of her childhood friend. She’s joined in this effort…
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Ayana Mathis' 8 Favorite Books
“From language to content to the way time is manipulated to the sheer breadth and genius of it, it’s kind of impossible not to return to it. It changed dialogue about how black people were writing, black women specifically. One of things that amazes me [about Beloved] is that it’s a highly literary novel but…
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Top 16 Political Stories of 2012
Thanks to the presidential election, 2012 certainly had a great deal of memorable political news. From surprising candidates to shocking gaffes, we look back at the people and moments that earned a spot on our top political stories of the year list. The first major political battle after the election had nothing to do with…
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Who's Played the Twitter Blame Game?
Just as starlets who accidentally overdose are admitted to the hospital under the wink-wink term of “exhaustion,” some rap and R&B stars, including Kanye West, Chief Keef and Chris Brown, have recently claimed that their Twitter accounts were hacked when they were caught saying something dumb or controversial. Since Charlamagne Tha God, radio co-host of…
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
