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Isaiah Washington on Life After the F-Word
It’s been more than six years since Isaiah Washington was unceremoniously dropped from the hit TV series Grey’s Anatomy for allegedly insulting co-star T.R. Knight with a derogatory gay slur. Since then, the actor has failed to secure a role as popular as Dr. Preston Burke, his character on the Shonda Rhimes-created medical drama, which…
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Pharrell Speaks on 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit
Thus far, 2013 has been a renaissance of sorts for the music career of Pharrell Williams. His collaborations with others — and even his own songs, in which he is front and center — have been all over the radio and all up in the clubs, but no song has been more omnipresent than “Blurred…
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Acclaimed Black Author Jesmyn Ward on New Memoir
For her third book, Jesmyn Ward, 36, probably could have written about anything she wanted. With two novels under her belt, including the 2011 National Book Award winner Salvage the Bones, it is safe to say that Ward is one of the brightest stars in the literary world, a black woman from the South with…
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Sororities Accused of Discrimination at University of Alabama
It’s been more than 10 years since a black student made it through the recruitment process of a sorority at the University of Alabama. This year it seemed that a change was inevitable when a black student with a flawless résumé applied, according to the New York Times, but even she didn’t make the cut.…
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Michelle Obama Now Telling the Nation to Drink Up
Michelle Obama would like to see people pop more bottes and raise more glasses — of water. The first lady announced that the latest campaign in her initiative to combat childhood obesity will focus on getting people to drink more of Earth’s most natural thirst quencher, according to the Associated Press. The message is straightforward and…
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Is NBA Player Raising the Next Serena Williams?
When 7-year-old Sacha Marie is not watching her father, New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler, score and rebound on the basketball court, her time is spent playing on a different type of court and watching a different type of athlete. Chandler told the New York Post he brings Sacha Marie to the U.S. Open to watch…
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Did Cory Booker Make Up Another Sad Story?
The National Review continues to tell Cory Booker that his stories need more real people. First it was Booker’s imaginary drug-dealer friend, T-Bone; now it turns out the Newark, N.J., mayor, who is running in a special election for U.S. senator, may have created another fictitious tale to boost his superhero profile. According to the…
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Care for a Glass of Mandela's Wine?
While Nelson Mandela is recovering after a lengthy hospital stay in South Africa, his daughter Makaziwe Mandela and granddaughter Tukwini Mandela will be toasting him this weekend thousands of miles away at the two-day Toast of Brooklyn Wine and Food Festival in New York City. But they won’t have to raise just any old glass…
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Jessica White: Where Are the Black Models?
African-American supermodel Jessica White is used to sticking out wherever she goes. She is a model, after all, who has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition and walks the runways for some of the world’s top designers. She is also one of a select few black women in her position, and in…
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Kanye West Has Words for Ray J
“Brandy’s little sister lame man he know it now/When a real brother hold you down, you supposed to drown.” Those were the opening lyrics that Kanye West rapped Monday on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. West was performing “Bound 2,” featured on his latest album, Yeezus. On the recorded version, however, no such lyric appears. According…
