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12 Things You May Not Have Known About The Wiz
The Wiz Live! airs on NBC on Thursday with a star-studded lineup certain to have you ready to take a trip down the yellow brick road. The Broadway musical-turned-movie-turned-live TV musical features a newcomer as Dorothy (Shanice Williams), a Wiz vet as Aunt Em (Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy in the 1975 Broadway musical), and…
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12 Moments From The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air That We’ll Never Forget
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s debut, we decided to take a look back at some of our favorite moments from the show. From Carlton and Will’s run-in with the police to Ashley’s fainting spell in front of her celebrity crush to Aunt Viv’s dance recital, here’s a compilation of clips…
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Black Don’t Crack: 12 Stars Who Played High Schoolers in Their 20s and 30s
Pull out your pom-poms. This week marks the 15th anniversary of cheerleading flick Bring It On. Gabrielle Union portrays Isis, a hard-ass cheerleading captain of the East Compton Clovers. In 2000, when the film was released, Union was 27, 10 years older than a typical high school senior. Here’s a look at 12 black actors and…
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Here Are 7 Black Shows We Want to Reboot Instead of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Reports swirled last week that Will Smith hopes to bring a modern version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back to television. Now, as much as we love the Fresh Prince, the show wrapped with a tear-jerking series finale that doesn’t warrant a new version of the story. So we’ve decided to play TV exec and suggest…
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Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
