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John Singleton’s Son Creates a GoFundMe Page to Pay for College
A struggling college student has got to do what he’s gotta do, even if he is the son of acclaimed movie director John Singleton. Singleton’s son, Maasai Mohandas Singleton, created a GoFundMe page to raise money for his college tuition. Maasai is a senior in the University of Southern California’s Writing for Screen and Television program. …
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Jamie Foxx Rescues a Man From a Burning Truck
Jamie Foxx helped a driver escape a burning truck that had tumbled over multiple times after careening from a California road and into a drainage ditch, CNN reports. The 32-year-old man’s name is Brett Kyle, and he ended up on the passenger side of the truck after the accident in Ventura County Monday night. Foxx,…
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Do You Have the Right to Post Things About Your Parents Online Without Their Knowledge?
Aliya’s turn: “What are you saying about me on social media?” In my childhood bedroom, my mom sat, her arms tight across her chest. She’d asked me to come over to discuss a parenting column I’d been writing for The Root. I hadn’t told her about it ahead of time and she was angry. Particularly…
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Celebrating 15 Years of Finding Forrester
How does a black kid from the Bronx come to possess the skill of writing? How does a black kid from the Bronx come to befriend a reclusive, older white man who turns out to be a celebrated author? It happens in the movie Finding Forrester, which celebrated its 15th anniversary Jan. 12. But this…
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Mos Def on Recent Arrest: ‘There Are Political Motivations Behind Why I’m Being Targeted in South Africa’
Kanye West lent his eponymous website to his good friend Yasiin Bey (commonly known as Mos Def) Tuesday night so that the New York rapper and actor could explain what’s going on in South Africa and what led to Bey’s reported arrest last week for producing an unlawful passport. In a recording, Bey started off…
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Tyler Perry’s Madea Is Going to Be Fending Off Ghosts in a New Madea Halloween Movie
Who knew that a line in Chris Rock’s Top Five movie about a fictitious Madea Halloween movie would eventually make it to the big screen? According to Variety, that’s how Boo! A Madea Halloween came to be. It’s being released on Oct. 21 and will star Tyler Perry as the no-holds-barred matriarch, who will be fighting…
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George Clooney Agrees With the #OscarSoWhite Outcry, Says There Were Black Nominations ‘Left Off the Table’
The conversation that the #OscarSoWhite hashtag, Jada Pinkett Smith’s tweet and video, and Spike Lee’s Facebook post began—about the fact that black actors are not recognized and rewarded at the Academy Awards—is going full steam ahead. Academy Award winner George Clooney jumped into the fray during an interview with Variety and argued that African Americans “have a…
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Watch: The Root Chats With Director Ryan Coogler at #MLKNow
Ryan Coogler is probably best known as the director of the record-breaking blockbuster Creed. But aside from directing, Coogler has a passion for social justice and equality. He is an activist and the co-founder of the Blackout for Human Rights collective. The Root had an opportunity to catch up with Coogler and several performers at…
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Idris Elba Scolds the Lack of Diversity in His Homeland: ‘I Had to Leave the UK to Get a Leading Role’
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about how Hollywood doesn’t support or recognize black actors and actresses, especially in light of the award season we’re in the middle of. But ask Idris Elba and he’ll tell you that it’s even worse in the United Kingdom. The Guardian got ahold of a speech that it says…
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Supreme Court to Take on Obama’s Immigration Plan
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, setting up an election-year review of his plan to allow up to 5 million immigrants living in the United States illegally to work in the nation legally. The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful…
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