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  • Clive Davis Documentary Opens 2017 Tribeca Film Festival; Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow Perform

    “From Kenny G. to the Notrious B.I.G., now, that’s distance,” quipped record mogul Antonio “L.A.” Reid in the documentary on the musical life of Clive Davis, which opened the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Wednesday. Reid, who coincidentally (and, if the film is any indication, regretfully) replaced the then-68-year-old when he…

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  • Top 10 Blackest Experiences From the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

    The Tribeca Film Festival, the badass downtown sister to golden girl Sundance, is back on these screens April 19-28. Like the New York neighborhood it’s named for, every year TFF becomes richer; fortunately, as with Hollywood (though not the nabe so much), black images, people and stories abound. There is much at the festival that…

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  • Auntie Maxine on Trump: ‘We’ve Got to Stop His Ass’

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Auntie Maxine to us, continues to speak truth to power. On Saturday the congresswoman kept it real and succinct as she spoke on President Donald Trump: “We’ve got to stop his ass,” Waters said to a cheering crowd. As noted before, Mama Max takes no tea for the fever, and as…

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  • Trump Supporter Says Those Suing the President for Inciting Violence Are Right: Trump Did Urge Him On

    President Donald Trump’s lawyers are working double time to get yet another lawsuit against him dismissed, even going so far as to claim that he can’t be sued because he is president of the United States. Yet a federal judge ruled earlier this month that three protesters who claim they were roughed up at one…

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  • Dave Chappelle Pays Tribute to Charlie Murphy at John Mayer Concert

    Comedian Dave Chappelle gave his late friend Charlie Murphy a touching tribute at a John Mayer concert this week. Arguably the person who introduced Murphy to the masses, Chappelle made a surprise appearance at Mayer’s Columbus, Ohio, show on Wednesday, where he dedicated the Mayer song “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me” to his pal.…

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  • Shaquille O’Neal Will Pay for Funeral of Teen Who Accidentally Shot Himself on Instagram Live

    Former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal will cover the funeral expenses for Malachi Hemphill, the 13-year-old Georgia teen who accidentally shot himself on Instagram Live. NBC 11 reports that O’Neal first called and then came by the home of Malachi’s family in Atlanta a day after the teen died from an accidental gunshot wound. “We just…

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  • Gilbert Arenas Proves the Sunken Place Has Plenty Good Room

    This nuh. Former pro-baller Gilbert Arenas recently spewed his hateful ignorance all over Instagram and was summarily (and rightly) dragged for it. The latest in a long line of “celebrities” that peddle in daily misogynoir (yeah, I’m looking at you, French Montana, Tyrese), Arenas took to social media to disparage dark-skinned women, saying they are…

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  • The 1st Flick of Janet Jackson’s Baby Is Care Bear Rainbows Doused in Krispy Kreme Glaze

    Even if you hate doughnuts (or the Care Bears), you get the point. Although Janet Jackson may now be estranged from her husband, Wissam Al Mana, she showed the world their 3-month-old bundle of joy, Eissa, on Friday night. And he is adorbs! “My baby and me after nap time,” she wrote. Of course her…

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  • Watch Amazing Man With Autism Draw an Entire City—From Just 1 Glance

    Because April is Autism Awareness Month, The Root is highlighting a black British artist on the spectrum whose work will amaze you. Stephen Wiltshire was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and today is one of Britain’s most celebrated artists. After a cursory glance, he can draw entire landscapes of cities from memory with amazing…

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  • Dead Bat Found in Fresh Express Mix; Packaged Salads Recalled in the South

    First it was e-coli; now it’s dead bats. Is salad low-key dangerous? On Saturday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that two people get postexposure rabies shots after one of them reported finding a dead bat in a Fresh Express packaged salad mix. CNN reports that the bat was sent to the CDC…

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Ms. Bronner Helm is the Senior Editorial Director at Colorlines. Mouthy Black Girl. Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Fellow. Shea Butter Feminist. Virgo Sun, Aries Moon.


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