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T.I. Apologizes for Saying He Wouldn’t Vote for Hillary Clinton Because Women Make Rash Decisions
No, T.I. No. No. No. And to think you were my #MCM last week for telling everyone that being a social media activist isn’t enough. Now here you go this week, during an interview with DJ Whoo Kid, arguing that you wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, or any other woman, for president because women make…
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John Ridley Will Direct Movie About Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots
John Ridley is keeping the ball rolling with his career and is not letting that Academy Award he won for writing the screenplay for 12 Years a Slave make him complacent. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Ridley will be directing a movie about the Rodney King beating that was caught on tape and the Los…
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Star Wars’ Black Stormtrooper Actor Has a Message for Racist Fans of the Franchise
John Boyega, the black British actor who was cast in a lead role in the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, has already responded to racist fans of the the franchise. When a trailer of the movie was released late last year, they were grumpy that a black man, Boyega, was playing a Stormtrooper.…
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#MCM: Charlamagne tha God Perfectly Called Raven-Symoné’s Bluff
New York City radio host Charlamagne tha God shot down Raven-Symoné’s I-would-never-hire-a-person-named-Watermelondrea comment from an angle that no one else has considered. (Yep, Raven-Symoné made that statement during a taping of The View, where she sits as one of the co-hosts.) There are a number of spot-on think pieces arguing that Raven-Symoné should take a…
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Iyanla Vanzant Reveals What She Learned After Trying to Commit Suicide
Iyanla Vanzant is usually the one trying to get people to open up about their past, but she recently revealed how she tried to commit suicide. During a recent interview with OWN, Vanzant revealed that after she had her third child at the age of 21, she dealt with postpartum depression. “I took a bunch…
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Imagine the Possible Storylines for BET’s Reality Show Featuring Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Birdman and Damon Dash
Cable network BET will be airing a new reality show in late 2016 featuring a lineup of personalities that almost guarantees its success: Damon Dash, Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg and Birdman. Production for the series, aptly titled Media Moguls, begins next month. Let’s take a closer look at the cast members and the potential storylines…
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Wanted: Anyone Who Is Young, Fabulous and Female in Houston
Attention, all the young, black and gifted women in Houston: The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female series continues in Houston Oct. 15 with moderator Devi Dev, a No. 1-rated personality heard daily on iHeartMedia’s 93.7 The Beat, as well as a television pop-culture correspondent for CBS affiliate KHOU. Join The Root and Toyota for a…
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Watch: Did Obama Just Tell Presidential Hopeful Kanye West to Sit Down?
President Barack Obama, known for his sharp sense of humor, doled out some funny and critical advice to presidential aspirant Kanye West on Saturday during a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, Calif. An estimated 1,300 people paid between $250 and $10,000 per person to attend the event, which was headlined by West, alongside…
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Raven-Symoné’s Dad Weighs In on Her Comments About Black-Sounding Names: ‘I Did My Best as a Father’
The father of Raven-Symoné, the embattled co-host of TV talk-show The View, spoke out in support of his daughter, who has been under fire in recent days for saying that she would not hire someone with a black-sounding name. In a Facebook post Saturday, Christopher B. Pearman, who is also Raven-Symoné’s ex-business manager and the author of Daddy’s…
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The Weeknd and Nicki Minaj Deliver Steamy SNL Performance
Nicki Minaj was not billed as an official guest on Saturday Night Live, but she crashed the party anyway. Musical guest the Weeknd brought her out to perform a remix of “The Hills” during his Saturday Night Live debut. The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, sang the first half of the song solo…
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