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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 7 Recap
(The Root) — On last night’s episode of Single Ladies, “Eat, Play, Love,” Keisha and Raquel were stumbling into fine men around every corner, while April was still having a hard time living it up in the single life. The Boule beaux made reappearances early in this episode. Reggie, Raquel’s friend who showed an interest…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 6 Recap
(The Root) — Last night’s Single Ladies episode, “Deuces,” opens up at Raquel’s boutique, Indulgence, as April brings in 2012’s bad boy of R&B, Bobby Mornay (Tony Rock), who looks like a Bobby Brown knockoff, or even a K-Ci Hailey from his Jodeci days. April’s baby-sitting him for the next few days to ensure that…
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Top 10 Moments From 'Boomerang'
(The Root) — When we’re commemorating the decades-long anniversaries of TV shows and films, it’s always fun and important to remember the moments, characters and quotes that make those works of art stand the test of time. Here at The Root, we’ve marked anniversaries of The Cosby Show, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever and…
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19 Neo-Soul Stars: Then and Now
During Black Music Month, The Root has looked back 15, 25, 35 and 45 years, commemorating black sonic achievement and recalling each era’s memorable musical moments. But now we’d like to give special attention to another pivotal point in music — the neo-soul movement of the ’90s and early 2000s. From soul-singing ladies Erykah Badu…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap
(The Root) — Eye candy at first glance on Single Ladies? Last night the show gave us the goodies early on in the season’s fifth episode, “The Fabric of Our Lives.” Just the way we like it. Raquel (Denise Vasi) is enamored of a “6-foot-3, cock-diesel,” three-time Super Bowl champion, Tony Crawford, who’s looking for…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 4 Recap
(The Root) — Last night’s Single Ladies episode, “Ex Factor,” was for everyone from the bourgie, Boule-going folks to the Magic City rainmaking connoisseurs. The episode opens with Raquel’s first strip-club experience. While April is mesmerized by a stage performance by Jack, Keisha fights off daydreams of her exes as she makes it rain on…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap
(The Root) — After last week’s steamy episode of Single Ladies, last night’s show, “Addicted to Love,” slowed the tempo down a bit. But in case you missed it, eye candy in the form of a shirtless, muscle-y R&B singer Tank is definitely worth tuning in for. More on that later. The show opens with…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap
(The Root) — Last night Single Ladies fans — and hate-watchers — witnessed a thigh-clenching doctor’s appointment, a roll in the hay, frozen assets, a guest appearance from Eve and three of the finest men on television on the season’s second episode, “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On.” Fresh off her first dating experience after her…
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'Single Ladies' Season 2, Episode 1 Recap
(The Root) — VH1’s Single Ladies picked up with its second season Monday night without Stacey Dash (Val) but didn’t skip a beat. LisaRaye McCoy (Keisha), Charity Shea (April) and the show’s new addition, Denise Vasi (Raquel), sipped champagne in Val’s boutique and poured out a little bubbly in Dash’s honor, whose character escaped to…
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Why We Still Love 'The Cosby Show'
Believe it or not, it’s been 20 years since America last sat down to watch our favorite TV dad and the Huxtable clan in their Brooklyn, N.Y., brownstone on Thursday nights. Cliff was the doting dad who dished out “zrbtts” to Lil’ Rudy. Clair was always nearby to give that tough-love talk after one of…
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