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Where’s the Media Sympathy for Lamar Odom?
Of course you’ve heard that two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom was found unresponsive in Las Vegas on Tuesday. He was taken to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition. This has caused a major media frenzy, a circus. I guess it’s to be expected because Odom is a celebrity. He became a familiar…
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Help! I’m Baffled by My Neanderthal DNA Test Results
I read your column “Do Most Whites Have Traces of African DNA, as I Do?” with interest. The questioner in that column was wondering whether the traces of African ancestry in her DNA test entered her family tree recently (perhaps during slavery) or in ancient times (remnants from all of humankind’s origins in Africa). You…
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Eddie Murphy Explains Why He Turned Down an Opportunity to Roast Bill Cosby in an SNL Skit
Eddie Murphy felt some kind of way about making fun of the sexual-abuse allegations surrounding Bill Cosby in a skit that was pitched to him for Saturday Night Live. One of the show’s writers wanted Murphy to do his infamous Bill Cosby impersonation for SNL’s 40th anniversary, but Murphy said he felt the topic was…
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This Season Will Be America’s Next Top Model’s Last
America’s Next Top Model is nearing its end. This season, its 22nd, will be its last, Variety reports. Tyra Banks, the reality show’s mastermind, host and executive producer, tweeted about it Wednesday. https://twitter.com/tyrabanks/status/654382259852738560https://twitter.com/tyrabanks/status/654401524563480576 The series was one of the pioneers in the reality genre—pitting aspiring models against one another as they battled it out in…
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Whoopi Goldberg Disagrees With Viola Davis, Says There’s Plenty of Opportunity for Black Actresses
Every now and then, Whoopi Goldberg acts as if she’s beyond race, that she doesn’t understand why black people bring it up when explaining why they don’t have access to the same resources or opportunities as white people. Goldberg caught that case of amnesia when commenting on Viola Davis’ acceptance speech at this year’s Emmy…
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Watch: Taraji P. Henson Talks About the President and First Lady’s Love of Empire
Well, who knew that President Barack Obama and the first lady were hooked on Empire, just like the rest of the nation? The way Taraji P. Henson, who plays Cookie Lyon on the show, found out about the first couple’s stamp of approval made Henson drop her phone. During an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on…
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Denzel Washington Is Directing an Episode of Grey’s Anatomy
Because he’s Denzel Washington, a brilliant actor, when he decided to add directing to his résumé, he skipped television and went straight to films (Antwone Fisher and The Great Debaters). Now, though, according to TVLine, the Academy Award winner is circling back and will be directing an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Washington’s choice of the…
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Whoopi Goldberg’s Marriage Advice: Cheat With Reputable People, Tell Secrets 3-4 Years in and Sign a Prenup
Whoopi Goldberg has been married and divorced three times, so she knows a thing or two about what sends marriages to the graveyard. She’s putting all of the knowledge she’s picked up over the years in a no-holds-barred marital-advice book. And since this is Whoopi Goldberg we’re talking about, she’s not sugarcoating anything. The book…
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My Man Wants to Use Extra-Large Condoms, but He Doesn’t Really Measure Up
Me and my guy were out to have sex for the first time. He pulls out a Magnum condom. Not to sound “thotty,” but I’ve seen big ones before, and he’s not a gold member … at all. I asked if he had a regular-sized one and he seemed upset. My reasoning was for safety.…
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Harriette Cole is the author of the book of meditations 108 Stitches: Words We Live By and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.
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