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Holiday Traditions Around the World: How We Celebrate the Season
Maybe it’s because Madison Avenue is in New York City, which, theoretically at least, is a place where December bristles with the chilly arrival of winter, and thus images of Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer have dominated our vision of the Christmas holiday. Yet Christmas is celebrated all over the world, though…
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Fetty Wap Is Reportedly in a Public Spat With a Woman Who Says She’s Carrying His Child
Fetty Wap is supposedly going through it with a woman who says she’s carrying his child. Her name is Masika, she’s appeared on Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood and she posted a photo of her pregnant belly on Instagram. Masika went on a radio show recently and announced that she was six months along and…
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Why Mack Wilds Felt the Need to Highlight His Love for ‘Dark-Skinned Girls’
Tristan “Mack” Wilds was on The Wendy Williams Show last week promoting his upcoming VH1 movie, The Breaks. Williams addressed a little bit of gossip and asked whether Wilds was ever in love with R&B singer Sevyn Streeter. A huge picture of Wilds planting a juicy, sexy kiss on Streeter’s cheek appeared behind them. “She’s…
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Abortion Is Not Just a White Woman’s Issue
Throughout 2015, reproductive-rights issues have made headlines, and the news has mostly been bad. From deceptive videos intended to discredit Planned Parenthood to more clinic closures and the recent shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, legislators and anti-abortion extremists are unrelenting in their efforts to push abortion out of reach. While there has…
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ABC Family Names Cast in New Nicki Minaj Series
Saying she was “honored and excited,” rapper and songwriter Nicki Minaj announced that a cast has been selected for her new ABC Family series. “I am honored and excited to announce that I’ve literally hand picked the main characters of my scripted series,” Minaj, 33, wrote Friday on Instagram. Ariana Neal will portray Minaj in her…
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Obamas Arrive in Hawaii for Annual Christmas Vacation
Barack Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii Saturday for their annual two-week Christmas holiday and to ring in his final year as president, reports the Associated Press. Before their arrival, first lady Michelle Obama and the president stopped in San Bernardino, Calif., to meet with grieving relatives of victims of gun violence. The Obamas…
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Watch: SNL Spoofs Ben Carson in GOP Debate
Saturday Night Live pulled no punches in its parody of last week’s Republican debate in Las Vegas, mocking everyone from front-runner Donald Trump to ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. Carson, who was once close to outpacing Trump in the polls for the top spot earlier this fall, is now teetering at…
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Star Wars, a Global Box Office Smash, Rakes in $250,000,000
Taking in $129 million from box offices abroad, Star Wars: The Force Awakens this weekend closed in on breaking worldwide records set by Jurassic World, reports The Wrap. The latest installment of the space epic, directed by J.J. Abrams, began rolling out in theaters abroad on Wednesday. The film hauled in a record $120 million in…
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Should I Choose Amazing Sex Over Marital Security?
Dear Drs. Lewis and Gail Wyatt: I am a 31-year-old housewife with a 2-year-old son (from a previous relationship). I married my husband essentially because he was kind, supportive and had the potential to be a good father. He was wise, unselfish and patient. However, I never loved him or enjoyed sex with him. I…
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Discovering the Artistic Genius of Painter Norman Lewis
Toward the end of his life in 1972, African-American artist Norman Lewis wrote an eye-catching pitch to a New York gallerist: “I have read that you have not stopped discovering talent and helping artists. Your valuable assistance is needed—I have talent … ” That Lewis felt the need to be “discovered” so late in his…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
