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'Love Jones': Where Are They Now?
“This ain’t no love thang. We just kickin’ it.” —Darius Lovehall To hear Darius tell it, he and Nina were nothing more than what we’d call friends with benefits. Until, of course, she decides to run off to New York to see her ex-boo. Then his feelings get a little hurt, but she thinks he…
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11 Black Cult Classics of the 1990s
The 1990s produced a number of black films — both acclaimed and critically panned — that have managed to stay in the hearts and minds of viewers to this day. In honor of the 15th anniversary of the release of the certified classic Love Jones, we count down 11 1990s cult favorites, from New Jack…
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5 Black Films We'd Watch Anytime
Ask Twitter on any given day to define a #classicblackmovie and you’ll find a wide range of opinions, from Mahogany and Claudine to The Best Man and The Wood to even, um, Belly and I Got the Hook Up. One thing’s for sure: Ask any black film junkie to rattle off a few of his…
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'Juice': Where Are They Now?
Other than aiding his friends in a record-store heist — schmoozing the light-skinned, gold-tooth-wearing front-desk cashier while his friends used their five-finger discount for a few albums — Q (best line: “Man, you know what your problem is? You got no juice”) was the most levelheaded of the group. He was an aspiring DJ and…
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Reports: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Have a Baby Girl
Congratulations to Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who welcomed a baby girl on Saturday night, according to E! Online. The couple’s friends were the first to break the news on Twitter. From Russell Simmons: “congrats to my good friends Beyoncé and Jay-Z.” Rihanna tweeted: “Welcome to the world princess Carter. Love Aunty Rih.” As for the baby’s…
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Best and Worst of the 2011 'Soul Train Awards'
With every award show that airs, it’s becoming more and more evident that they are more fun with Twitter commentary to back them up (check out ours @theroot247). In case you missed the Soul Train Awards last night and want to catch up, we’ve rounded up a few of the show’s top moments and some…
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Tuskegee Airmen in Pop Culture
Red Tails is an on-screen expo for black actors. Featuring young stars Tristan Wilds and Michael B. Jordan (Michael and Wallace, respectively, from The Wire) and vets Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr., the movie follows a crew of black pilots in the Tuskegee flight-training program as they’re called to duty in World War II.…
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12 Top Black Chefs and Restaurateurs
B. Smith restaurants There are three B. Smith restaurants on the East Coast: in Washington, D.C., New York City and Sag Harbor, N.Y. If you’re big on brunch, like many buppies in cosmopolitan cities, B. Smith offers a smoked salmon platter, sweet potato pecan pancakes and cinnamon brioche French toast. And B. Smith tries to…
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'The Electric Company': Then and Now
From its first episode on Oct. 25, 1971, until it was canceled in 1977, Freeman starred on The Electric Company, a sketch-comedy program on PBS that helped kids with their reading and grammar skills. Maybe you remember Freeman as Easy Reader. Or DJ Mel Mounds. Or Vincent the Vegetable Vampire. Or Count Dracula. Kids across…
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VIDEO: Old-School Soul Trumps New-School R&B
Platinum Lovers featuring Proche & Brandon (BYFKZ) from Gary Beauford on Vimeo. In a battle royal of old school versus new school, Porche Anthony and Brandon Faulkner of the Beat Ya Feet Kingz (of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew fame) “compete” against an “old school” couple in a karaoke song-and-dance act called “Platinum Lovers” at…
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