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Atlanta Brings Out Its Young, Fabulous and Female
The spirit of The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female evening Tuesday in Atlanta was summed up quite nicely in a piece of advice shared by Meet the Browns actress Terri J. Vaughn: “When we are all propelling each other, we all rise to the top.” Vaughn made the remark during a wide-ranging panel discussion on…
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The Root Recommends: CIAA
You have a couple of days to plan — get thee to Charlotte. Stat. Often referred to as simply CIAA, the annual all-black Central Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C., is a must-attend event for many folks in the know. The athletic conference includes 13 black schools — including Bowie State, Winston-Salem State…
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Omarosa Named Assistant Pastor of L.A. Church
AOL BlackVoices.com reports that reality-TV star Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth received her preacher’s license this past Sunday and has been named assistant pastor of the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, where she is a member: “Sunday was a very special day for me in terms of my ministry and spiritual growth,” the one-named TV…
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Black Artists Accused of Taking 'Blood Money' From Libya
From Rolling Stone: According to reports by the New York Times and a document obtained by WikiLeaks, several pop stars including Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Usher and Lionel Richie have taken lucrative gigs performing for the members of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi’s family. Yesterday the Times reported that Qaddafi’s son Muatassim, Libya’s national security adviser, had…
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The Root Recommends: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 'On the Shoulders of Giants'
Nearly two decades into his retirement, Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is embarking on a new hobby: filmmaking. On the Shoulders of Giants, executive-produced by Harlem-bred Abdul-Jabbar, tells the story of basketball’s first all-black team, the Harlem Renaissance Big Five, also known as the Rens. Based largely on the book Abdul-Jabar co-authored about the team in…
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The Root Recommends: Race and the Recession
A new study suggests that blacks and Hispanics are more hopeful about the future of the economy than whites. Do the results mirror your opinions? Whether they do or don’t, here is an opportunity to talk about race and the recession with the media. Tonight the Washington Post is hosting a panel discussion called “Behind…
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The Root Recommends: Adele
The U.K. has been buzzing about Adele’s sophomore album, 21, since its release last month. If her 2008 Grammy Award-winning debut album is any indication, then the States will follow suit, since 21 is set to hit the U.S. market today. Produced by the prolific Rick Rubin, 21 features veteran musicians, including the Roots’ keyboardist James…
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The Root Recommends: Naturally 7
Popular overseas, the R&B group Naturally 7, which performs without instruments, is poised to take its home country by storm as well. The group of seven singers has been together since 1999 and released four albums. The group became a YouTube smash with a video of a performance in the Paris subway. Check them out on…
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The Root Recommends: The Legends of Hip-Hop Tour
For those longing to relive hip-hop’s glory days, when the sole criterion for a great song was its ability to get the party started, check out “The Legends of Hip-Hop” tour, headlined by hip-hop’s most famous female tag team, Salt-n-Pepa. In their first tour since their official breakup in 2002, Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandy…
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The Root Recommends: Showtime's Shameless
Showtime’s irreverent new show Shameless, about the dysfunctional, white working-class Gallagher family, wouldn’t be half as funny — or, well, shameless — without the addition of Shanola Hampton, who plays the Gallaghers’ wild neighbor, Veronica Fisher, and turns what could have been a typical “black best friend” role into something more substantial. The show is…
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