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Photo of the Day: Jaden Smith Bucks Gender by Modeling in a Louis Vuitton Womenswear Campaign
Here we see more of Jaden Smith’s free-spirited self busting through. The eldest child of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith is one of the new faces of a Louis Vuitton womenswear campaign. The creative director of LV, Nicolas Ghesquière, posted two photos of Jaden on Instagram. In one, we see Jaden posing alongside three female models.…
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Chris Brown Denies Accusation That He Assaulted a Woman in Las Vegas
Editor’s note: This article contains a social media post that some may find offensive. Chris Brown is being accused of assaulting a woman in Las Vegas early Saturday morning, USA Today reports. The woman filed a police report claiming that Brown hit her and took her cellphone after she tried to take a photo with…
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George Lucas Explains and Apologizes for Referring to Disney as ‘White Slavers’
George Lucas is backpedaling away from remarks he made during a recent interview in which he referred to Disney movie studios as “white slavers,” USA Today reports. Lucas—the creator of and mastermind behind the Star Wars franchise—sold the franchise to Disney for a little over $4 billion in 2012. In an interview with Charlie Rose that…
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New York Knicks Guard Cleanthony Early Was Robbed and Shot in the Knee by Assailants
New York Knicks guard Cleanthony Early hopped into an Uber car early Wednesday morning after leaving a strip club in Queens, N.Y. Soon after, three cars boxed his car in and assailants came out and robbed him for his gold necklace and gold caps on his teeth, TMZ reports. The assailants shot Early once in the knee…
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Watch: T.I. Walked Into 2 Ga. Wal-Marts on Christmas Eve and Picked Up the Tab for Single Mothers
“All the single mamas, raise your hand.” That’s how T.I. walked into an Atlanta Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve because he planned to pay the tabs of “unexpected Christmas shoppers,” he said in a video posted on YouTube. But T.I. didn’t just pay the women’s current tabs. He walked from register to register and asked several…
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Photo of the Day: It Runs in the Family; Michael ‘Bae’ Jordan’s Male Relatives Are Fine, Too
Now we see where Michael B. Jordan (who will forever be known as Wallace from The Wire) gets it from. Jordan posted a photo of himself and some of the men in his family on Instagram, and boy, does it have the ladies swooning on social media. Every single man in the photo—from the O.G.s…
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Watch: The Root Doles Out More Awards to the Folks Who Made Social Media a Fun Mess in 2015
In part 1 of this two-part video series, in which we break down the hottest viral stories of 2015, we named the Best Advice for Young Girls and Women, the Trillest Moment and the person(s) who had the Hardest Fall From Grace, just to name a few. Below is part 2, the final installment of…
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Watch: Aretha Franklin Brings President Obama to Tears While Performing ‘Natural Woman’
Earlier this month, Aretha Franklin performed her 1967 hit “You Make Me Feel Like (A Natural Woman)” at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., to honor the person who wrote the song, Carole King. And boy, did Franklin make King proud. During the gala, which aired Tuesday night, Franklin came out in a…
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LeBron Says He’s Not ‘on Top of’ the Tamir Rice Case, but He Spoke About Tamir and Toy Guns Months Ago
After a basketball game Tuesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James talked about how his press people had given him a heads-up that he might get a few questions about the Tamir Rice case, ESPN reports. Activists on Twitter launched the #NoJusticeNoLeBron hashtag to encourage James to boycott his NBA games until a federal prosecutor indicts…
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Timbaland Keeps True to His Word and Releases New Aaliyah Music
Back in August, hip-hop mega-producer Timbaland told us that he had unreleased Aaliyah music that he planned to share with the world. He kept true to his word, and on Christmas Day he released a new track called “Shakin” that features himself and Babygirl. The song appears on his new mixtape, King Stays King. “Aaliyah.. This…
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