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Male Nudity, Illicit Substances and Ill-Timed Professions of Love
Welcome to the age of the bromance—a comedy, at times romantic, that showcases a deep-rooted, affectionate, borderline gay relationship between two or more white men. Lately, Hollywood has been packing and repacking the same successful recipe for male bonding on film: hijinks, dirty jokes and a handful of “hetero” man love sprinkled throughout. The 40-Year-Old…
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How Kandi Burruss Keeps It Real
Bravo nearly let me down. Watching the first few minutes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta — my consistent Thursday night “reality” fix, I didn’t get that good ol’ voyeur feeling; that juicy shame that comes from checking in with the over-dramatic, (allegedly) wealthy black women featured in the current season of Housewives. Castmates NeNe…
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Cosby Cameos
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” Before starring as a corporate vixen in the hit 1992 film Boomerang, Robin Givens was a Huxtable heartbreaker. In her role as Suzanne, a school friend of Denise, she had Theo jumping through hoops to impress her. Too bad for Theo,…
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Accepting Kanye's Apology
Kanye West took a few moments to apologize to Taylor Swift on Monday’s primetime debut of “The Jay Leno Show”. Props to him for admitting “it was rude” to snatch the mic away from Taylor Swift and steal her shine. Before performing the popular hype song “Run This Town” with Jay-Z and Rihanna, ‘Ye appearead…
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Kanye at the VMAs: When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong
The most memorable performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards wasn’t Lady Gaga or even Lady B. Nope, as Daniel Kreeps from Rolling Stone notes, the most memorable — and disturbing — performance at the VMAs was carried out by rapper/producer Kanye West. And the brother wasn’t even trying. Now, we know Yeezy likes to speak…
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Tyra Banks' Real (Boring) Hair
Tyra Banks’ “real hair” reveal on her talk show was much-anticipated and hardly worth the wait. The former supermodel and ANTM creator kicked off the first episode of her show’s fifth season with an underwhelming display of wet tresses sans weave, wig or extensions. Big whoop! I do that everyday. But do I get an…
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Chris Brown Looks Innocent
Chris Brown was never supposed to be this kind of boy. Mothers always warn their daughters about those other types: the Lil Waynes, the Mike Tysons; the “tough guys” with rap sheets as harsh as their public personas. That guy was not doe-eyed, dimple-cheeked Chris Brown. Or at least not until seven months ago. Before…
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Mary J. Blige: The Old Lady at the Club?
Hey Jada, thanks for sharing your thoughts on why Mary J. Blige is still “The One.” But, at the risk of sounding like the resident TEWW hater, I must respectfully disagree. Now, I love Mary as much as the next chick and the song certainly rocked, but the R&B diva is indeed showing her age. It wasn’t the…
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Michael Jackson's Birthday Bash
Saaret Yoseph is a writer and Assistant Editor at TheRoot.com. She manages and blogs for \”Their Eyes Were Watching …\” A big Brooklyn salute to the King of Pop. Director Spike Lee throws a block party in Brooklyn, N.Y., in honor of what would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday. A little rain was not…
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Ain't I a Young Woman?
The controversy swirling around Caster Semenya’s gender identity has been beyond offensive. Not just — as Kai Wright and Helena Andrews so eloquently put it — because of the Western standards of beauty implied with each accusation or the inhumanity of the accusations, themselves. The real shame of Ms. Semenya’s ordeal is the fact that…
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