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Celebrities Are Now Getting Punk’d on BET
We get to see our favorite celebrities in true form again on Punk’d. The show is getting a reboot and will now air on BET every Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. Instead of Ashton Kutcher, comedians King Bach and DeStorm Powers will be the ones setting up crazy situations for celebrities to react to. They’ve already…
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T.D. Jakes Slams Christian News Site for Suggesting That He Endorsed Same-Sex Marriage
T.D. Jakes is not taking too kindly to being misunderstood. The mega-church pastor posted a message on Facebook Sunday apparently calling out the Christian News Network because, he says, the website misconstrued his observations on the black church’s relationship with LGBT people by suggesting that he now supports gay marriage. During his appearance on HuffPost…
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T.D. Jakes Slams the Christian News Site for Suggesting That He Endorsed Same-Sex Marriage
T.D. Jakes is not taking too kindly to being misunderstood. The mega-church pastor posted a message on Facebook Sunday calling out the Christian News Network because, he says, the news website misconstrued his thoughts on same-sex marriage by suggesting that he now supports gay marriages. During his appearance on HuffPost Live, Jakes was trying to…
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Watch Laverne Cox Channel Her Inner Beyoncé in a Dance Routine
Laverne Cox has got some moves. During an interview with Nylon magazine, the Orange Is the New Black actress was given three “situations” to dance her way through. The first was a high school dance recital, so Cox gave us fine ballet. The second scenario: picking someone up from the club. So she shook…
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2 Actors Unions Tell Their Members Not to Perform in Tyler Perry’s Newest Madea Stage Play
Two actors unions are forbidding their members from participating in Tyler Perry’s stage play Madea on the Run. According to Deadline, the Actors’ Equity Association union put the production on its “do not work” list. Apparently, Perry’s production company has yet to sign a contract with Equity. Those kinds of contracts dictate such things as how…
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Gay Rapper Joins Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood but Says Male Cast Members Won’t Shoot Scenes With Him
There are two theories circulating concerning why Milan Christopher, the newest cast member of the reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, is reportedly having a difficult time filming scenes with his cast mates. According to TMZ, sources say that Christopher believes it’s because he’s gay, and the other rappers and singers on the show, like…
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Alicia Keys: I Dressed Like a Tomboy to Stave Off Attention, but I’m Done Hiding Who I Am
From an early age, Alicia Keys found that a lot of the things about herself that elicited praise and compliments from other people made her feel different, and so she started to downplay those attributes in order to blend in. She opens up about all this in a blog post titled “A Revelation” on her…
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Social Media Reacts After 2 Prominent #BlackLivesMatter Activists and Cornel West Are Arrested During St. Louis Protests
Johnetta “Netta” Elzie and DeRay Mckesson are among the handful of activists who stayed in Ferguson, Mo., long after the Michael Brown protests died down. They organized conference calls and panels and put together a newsletter to keep the nation and media outlets aware of the ongoing efforts to fight police brutality in the working-class community. Elzie was arrested…
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Biracial Singer FKA Twigs Reacts to the Racist Messages Twitter Trolls Sent to Some of Her Fans
Celebrities grow thick skin pretty quickly, but there’s probably nothing worse than feeling as if their fame inadvertently caused hardship for someone in their life who isn’t famous. That’s what British singer FKA Twigs says happened to her. During an interview with the United Kingdom’s Sunday Times, the singer said that she got a tweet…
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Timbaland Says He Has Unreleased ‘Aaliyah’ Music and He Wants Us to Hear It
Timbaland always did praise his and Aaliyah’s music-making magic. Ever since a 2001 plane crash claimed the life of 22-year-old Aaliyah Dana Haughton, in interview after interview the hip-hop mega-producer has been asked if and when he would be working on unreleased material for a new Aaliyah album. On Sunday Timbaland posted a message on…