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Unlike Most of Y’all, I Like Katy Perry’s New Songs, but …
When I heard Katy Perry’s Migos-featuring single, “Bon Appétit,” I was too busy body rolling to join a lot of y’all in the latest online protest. Likewise, I took a “Don’t nobody bring me no bad news” stance when it came to reports about Perry making jokes about former President Barack Obama. In Saddle Tan…
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Sean Hannity Is a Lying, Sick Sack of Stupid
Of all the reasons to loathe that noxious loudmouth Sean Hannity, my top choice is that the Fox News host consistently has the nerve to serve his lavish amount of stupidity with sides of hubris and sanctimony. Shortly before going on vacation, Hannity did an interview with the Huffington Post and pretended that his peddling…
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Joe Biden Sounds a Lot Like Bitter Bernie Sanders: Thinks Hillary Clinton Was Not a Great Candidate but He Is
Hindsight is 20-20, but with respect to the 2016 presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden seems to have cataracts when assessing what might have been. Last week, during an appearance at a hedge fund conference in Las Vegas, Biden had this to say about former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton: “I never thought she…
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Mathew Knowles: Beyoncé Has Not Banned Me, and Idris Elba Is Playing Me in the Destiny’s Child Stage Play
Recently on her daytime talk show, Wendy Williams repeated a fable that the very pregnant, due-anytime-now mother of all mothers, Beyoncé, had banned her father from the delivery room. I love Wendy Williams, Lord knows I do, but if you’ve been listening to her since the days of her radio show, The Wendy Williams Experience,…
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‘Sologamy’ Is Some White Nonsense, and Y’all’s Black Selves Better Not Duplicate Their Silliness
Of all my favorite white-people shows, Sex and the City has a special place in my heart. Wait, do I have to explain what I mean by “white-people shows”? Are people offended? Do I care? I don’t. Never mind. Let me get back to the topic at hand. So, yes, I love Sex and…
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Where Can Jeff Sessions Go? To Hell. When Can He Go? Now
During the confirmation hearings for Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, racist sum’bitch, his Republican colleagues went classic Americana on us as they quite theatrically conveyed their collective belief that the real burden of racism isn’t racism itself, but merely being accused of racism. There was Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who told committee members during opening remarks,…
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Phaedra Parks Thought She Was Representing Black Women Well on Reality TV, but She Leaves RHOA as a Vindictive Liar
Toward the end of the four-part The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion, host Andy Cohen tried to help Phaedra Parks save herself from herself. Phaedra—who had been outed by cast member Porsha Williams as the source of a rumor that another cast member, Kandi Burruss, had once contemplated drugging Williams and taking her home, along…
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Underground Is Fighting for Its TV Life With a Network That Wants to Become the New Fox News
Even if it can boast of being a critical darling that’s generated historic ratings for the network, Underground‘s fate at WGN America appears to be all but sealed. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the slave-centered drama, which wrapped its second season Wednesday, will have to find a new home amid a new strategy employed by…
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Who Is the Most Insufferable Cast Member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta? A Ranking
If reports of NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak’s return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta are true, praise everyone on high because this season has been long, draining and worrisome. Some of the cast members are guiltier than others for that, and in the spirit of their nastiness, here is a ranking of everyone who’s…
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Now That Janet Jackson Has Left Her Man and Resumed Her Tour, Can We See the Real Janet Again?
When Janet Jackson decided to stop depriving us of her splendor, I was elated. “No Sleeep” was her best single in years and managed to be a successful launch for her Unbreakable album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Then came the other part of her comeback: the world tour. You know,…
