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White Supremacist Pacification Is a Hollywood Burden
The trailer for Burden has arrived and I’m fucking tired. From the film’s official press release: When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a small South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker) resolves to do everything in his power to prevent long-simmering racial tensions from boiling over. But…
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Lizzo Responds to Plagiarism Claim, Says She Is 'Sharing Success' With Original '100 %' Tweeter, 'Not These Men'
Lizzo don’t play tag, bitch, she been “It.” And she’s taking on producer Justin Raisen’s plagiarism claims head-on. Earlier this month, Raisen accused Lizzo of taking her very popular “Truth Hurts” lyric from his song titled, “Healthy.” “On April 11th, 2017, we wrote a song called ‘Healthy’ w/ Lizzo, Jesse St John, and Yves Rothman…
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Should Have Seen This Coming: Future Hit With New Paternity Suit, Allegedly the Father of 8th Child
In the words of our brilliant Staff Writer, Anne Branigin, “What’s Scorpio season without Future having another paternity suit?” Cindy Renae Parker is alleging Future, born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn, is the biological father of her 3-month-old son, Legend Ary Wilburn, according to legal documents filed in Nueces County, Texas, obtained by TMZ. TMZ adds: Sources…
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Turns Out, Everybody and Their Mama Is Coming 2 America…Except Eriq La Salle
There is a long and black ass line of cast members waiting to enter Club Zamunda, but it looks like Eriq La Salle has decided to not do hoodrat things with his friends. Though the bulk of the original cast is returning to Coming 2 America, La Salle has apparently decided to opt out. At…
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Cardi B Is the Hottest in the Street, Cast in Fast & Furious 9
Start your engines, okurr! According to Entertainment Weekly, Cardi B has been cast in Fast & Furious 9. The franchise’s star, Vin Diesel, posted a video on Instagram Tuesday afternoon to announce the news. “Day 86, here on the set of Fast 9,” Vin began the video, from the film’s U.K. set. “I know I’m…
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The Best Man 20th Anniversary: Let's Discuss How Hard Ginuwine, R.L., Tyrese and Case Were Singing on the Soundtrack
Stop what you’re doing—you are now living in a world where Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man is 20 years old. Yes, the same movie with an epic bro-code violation and an Electric Slide to make everything okay is two decades old. The Best Man, which premiered October 22, 1999, can almost legally drink. What…
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AAFCA and TCM Team Up to Discuss Classic Motown Films Mahogany, The Last Dragon, and Lady Sings the Blues
Two champions of film, The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are partnering up again to discuss our favorite black ass films. AAFCA Presents: Motown Productions will feature AAFCA member Christopher Witherspoon in conversation with TCM host Alicia Malone to discuss classic films, The Last Dragon, Mahogany and Lady Sings…
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Tootie! You Take the Good, You Take the Bad, You Take Them Both and There You Have the Facts of Life Cast Reunion on Lifetime
Remember when I said holiday movie season is upstaging Halloween before it even arrives? Well, one of the top champions of holiday movies, Lifetime (Hallmark is the other), is dishing out a special holiday treat. That treat is Lifetime’s You Light Up My Christmas, starring Kim Fields, as part of the network’s It’s A Wonderful…
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A New Star Wars Trailer Dropped—Let's Talk About Victoria Mahoney and Her Historic Directing Role in the Film, Though
Cue the epic saga text scrolling, we have a new Star Wars trailer! That’s right, Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker has dropped its much-anticipated final trailer. Default fanboy giddiness aside, the trailer looks damn good. Plus, there’s the added bonus of a woman and people of color heading the charge—I spot Daisy…
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Wait a Minute…Suge Knight Reportedly Signed Over His Life Rights to Ray J
If Ray J had one wish, would it have been to tell the authorized story of Suge Knight? Well, if it was, Marion “Suge” Knight has granted that wish! According to TMZ, Suge wants Ray J to take over his life story. TMZ reports: Sources close to the former Death Row Records boss tell TMZ…
