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Is DeRay Mckesson the Change-Maker Baltimore Needs?
It’s almost been a year since the death of Freddie Gray––the innocent 25-year-old, unarmed black man who was enjoying a nice April day near his home in West Baltimore when he was illegally stopped, arrested and fatally injured while in police custody. Six police officers are facing trial in his death, a death that sparked…
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Rihanna Reportedly Acquired the Masters to All Her Previous Recordings
Rihanna has reportedly done what most business-minded artists are eager to do at some point in their careers: own the masters of their recordings. Masters are typically owned by the record label to which an artist is signed. But Rihanna apparently made that move recently, acquiring “the masters of all her previous albums,” Vogue reports. During…
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When Life Imitates Art: Shonda Rhimes Says the Elections Are Imitating the Zany Stuff Writers Develop for Scandal
There’s the saying, “You can’t make this stuff up.” Well, apparently you can. Just ask Shonda Rhimes and her team of writers who concoct the storylines for Scandal. In an interview during PaleyFest, Rhimes described how, because the political goings-on in Washington, D.C., serve as a backdrop for Scandal, she and her writers drum up pretty sensational plotlines about…
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Watch: Oprah’s New Series, Greenleaf, About a Megachurch Family
Oprah’s coming back to television in a more consistent way come June. Tune in to the OWN network June 21 to watch the premiere of Greenleaf, a 13-episode drama about a family that runs a megachurch in Memphis, Tenn. Oprah released the trailer on Twitter, and it looks solid. It’s giving me Eve’s Bayou. The…
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The Deets on Mariah Carey’s New Reality Show
Mariah Carey is coming to reality television. And to the E! network, at that—home of the Kardashians. The eight-episode docuseries, titled Mariah’s World, will be based on Carey’s upcoming tours in Europe and South Africa and her wedding to her Australian billionaire fiance James Packer, the New York Times reports. It’ll likely air in late summer. …
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Nicki Minaj Explains Why Her Relationship With Meek Mill Works
One of the signs that you’re in a promising relationship is if you can be your authentic self around that person and feel completely encouraged and appreciated. During an interview that appears in the April issue of Nylon magazine, Nicki Minaj said she gets that feeling from her boyfriend, Meek Mill. It means everything to…
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Amber Rose: People Are OK With Beyoncé’s Half-Nakedness but Trash Me and Kim
Amber Rose is on a crusade of sorts, encouraging people to think long and hard about sexism, sexuality and the double standards at play between men and women. And even the double standards at play between different kinds of women. She made it plain and clear to Rev. Run and Tyrese that when a woman…
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The People v. O.J. Simpson Recap: It Doesn’t Fit
Bob Shapiro is at the courthouse offering a “Good morning” to Gil Garcetti, who is not here for any of Shapiro’s shenanigans. “We barely recovered from the Rodney King riots of two years ago, and now you and Johnnie are standing in a damn pool of gasoline playing with matches,” Garcetti snaps. Shapiro insists that…
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