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With Games People Play, BET Intends to Deliver What Black Millennials Have Been Waiting For
Born from the minds of Angela Burt-Murray and Tracey Edmonds, BET’s new series Games People Play explores the tumultuous lives of three ambitious women navigating the highly competitive world of professional sports. High school sweethearts Vanessa and Marques King, played by a pair of familiar faces in Lauren London and Insecure alumnus Sarunas J. Jackson,…
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Meghan McCain Meghan McCained Again, So Whoopi Shut That Shit Up By Cutting to a Commercial
Here we go again. Earlier this month, I introduced many of you to the remarkably unremarkable Meghan McCain as such: By any and all metrics, columnist Meghan McCain is unremarkable in every way. In fact, once you remove nepotism from the equation, all you’re left with is temper tantrums and a striking resemblance to former…
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Manhunt Underway After Dame Lillard Commits 1st-Degree Murder on National Television
NBA players live a charmed a life. There’s lucrative endorsement deals, celebrity friends, an inconceivable level of fame and influence along with a litany of other perks that I’m too spiteful to catalogue. But you know who I don’t want to be right now? Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George. I’m sure the MVP candidate…
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Avengers: Endgame Is a Master Class in the Perfect Goodbye
Note: This review is spoiler-free but includes obvious references to events in the movie. Proceed with caution. I know exactly why you’re here, so I’ll skip the pleasantries and get right to it. After being one of the select souls lucky enough to watch Avengers: Endgame prior to its theatrical release, here are five takeaways…
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United Airlines Employee Accused of Calling Actress Cacilie Hughes a 'Shining Monkey'
A United Airlines employee has been charged with disorderly conduct after verbally abusing actress and philanthropist Cacilie Hughes. The New York Times reports that the employee in question, Carmella Davano, repeatedly called Hughes a “monkey” and a “shining monkey” during the February incident at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. A United Airlines employee accused of…
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Alabama Deputy Suspended After Making Homophobic Comments About LGBTQ Teenager Who Took His Own Life
In the aftermath of 15-year-old Nigel Shelby, who identified as gay, taking his own life, a Madison County deputy has been placed on administrative leave in response to homophobic comments he made on social media. Newsweek reports that under an article published on Facebook by media outlet WZDX, which detailed fundraisers and local efforts to…
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Arrivederci! Two More States Kiss Columbus Day Goodbye
Christopher Columbus was a plundering, sex-trafficking, kidnapping ass genocidal despot who was given an annual holiday for his role in destroying whole ass civilizations. And while states such as Alaska, California and Louisiana came to their senses and no longer recognize the October holiday that commemorates his exploits, there are plenty of states that still…
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My Brother's Keeper: JoJo Smollett Rides for His Brother in Powerful Essay: 'What if Jussie is Telling the Truth?'
Look, I get it. If the entire free world was after your sibling, you’d grab your car keys and ride for them too. So the fact that JoJo Smollett—the older brother of embattled Empire actor Jussie Smollett—dropped an op-ed on Sunday doing exactly that doesn’t come as a surprise. In an exclusive essay for BET,…
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T.I., New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Join Forces to Bail Out Nonviolent Offenders for Easter
I spent my Easter Sunday deviating between inhaling jelly beans and watching Kanye pass out communion wafers through a peep hole. But it looks like recording artist, community activist and serial entrepreneur T.I. spent his Resurrection Sunday being far more impactful. The Hill reports that the Trap Music Museum founder joined forces with New Birth…
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A Blessing from Beyond: Prince Memoir The Beautiful Ones to Arrive in October
Prior to his shocking death in 2016, The Purple One was working on a memoir. And while he didn’t live to execute his vision, it looks like he’ll be blessing us from beyond the grave on October 29. MPR News, via the Associated Press, reports that book publisher Random House has entered into an exclusive…
