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Watch: L.A. Reid Says Pebbles Didn’t Shortchange TLC; Parent Label Was the Bottleneck
L.A. Reid said something during a recent radio interview that his ex-wife and former TLC manager, Pebbles, has been insinuating for years: that it was LaFace Record’s parent-label companies—Arista and BMG—that caused the money-flow problem for TLC. Not Pebbles. Even when Pebbles insinuated this, as she did during TLC’s Behind the Music special on VH1…
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David Oyelowo Thinks His Next Movie About an African King’s Love Story Is What the World Needs
When was the last time you saw a movie about an African king that didn’t focus on corruption or war but instead featured a love story that supposedly “changed the world”? That’s the reason British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo is excited about his leading role in the upcoming movie A United Kingdom. He opened up about…
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Beyoncé Is Taking Her Career to Greater Heights With a Few New Hires and Dismissals
Change is an integral part of every organization’s growth. Especially if you’re running the Beyoncé empire. According to Page Six, Queen Bey made huge personnel changes at Parkwood Entertainment—her managerial and production hub that oversees all of her projects, tours, albums, artist management, endorsements and film endeavors. She hired a corporate bigwig, Steve Pamon, who…
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Watch: Alicia Keys Uses Valentine’s Day to Woo the Speaker of the House Into Action Over Justice Reform
They say love conquers all, even drives out hate. But can it change a politician’s mind about the excessive prison terms that some people are serving for nonviolent crimes? Alicia Keys certainly hopes so. She posted a tongue-in-cheek video asking Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to be her Valentine. She wants him to…
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We Dated for 2 Years and He Still Wouldn’t Claim Me as His Girlfriend
I was dating this guy for about two years and I wanted to become his girlfriend, but he kept telling me that he wanted to wait until he got a full-time job because he wanted to take care of me, but we were doing boyfriend-girlfriend stuff anyway. I didn’t understand, so I told him I…
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Is My Mom Passing on Straight-Hair Ideals to My Daughter?
Aliya’s turn: Recently, my mom and I wrote about spanking and the choices she made regarding punishments when I was younger. It led to a broader discussion on how we can grow up and bring parenting into the modern era while respecting our parents and the choices they made. Dealing with hair care for a…
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How Spike Lee Inspired This Filmmaker to Do His Own Thing
Editor’s note: This short-film series is a collaboration between The Root and El Rey Network to support, elevate and promote African-American filmmakers throughout Black History Month via on-air, digital and editorial platforms. Filmmakers were contacted and recruited through film festivals and industry partnerships in December, with finalists selected by both El Rey Network and The Root…
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Kanye Patches Things Up With Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa told New York City radio host Angie Martinez that Kanye West apologized to him for their dustup on social media last week. “Yes, he apologized,” Wiz said. “Everything’s cool, we spoke, it’s all good.” Last week, West posted 20-some-odd insulting tweets directed at Wiz, all because he thought Wiz said something disrespectful about his…
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The Best Twitter Reactions to The People v. O.J. Simpson Movie
The 10-episode series chronicling the “trial of the century” premiered Tuesday night on FX. And judging by people’s reactions on social media, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story did not disappoint. The first episode refreshed the nation’s collective memory about the trial’s cast of characters, who played such a critical role in making the…
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Meagan Good and DeVon Franklin Share Why They Took Vows of Celibacy
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It’s that thinking that prompted actress Meagan Good to take a different approach in her relationships with men. During an interview with CBS to promote The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of…
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