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Not-So-Empowering: This Hollywood Pole Dance Studio Reportedly Caused 'Direct Harm' to BIPOC Women
“Girl Power” with an asterisk is weak. True and sincere women empowerment movements should be inclusive and maintain equity—and it should certainly not thrive on the commodification of Black and brown bodies. The erasure and harm that occurs due to white woman-led femininity and feminism is something we’ve thoroughly covered at The Root—and it’s a…
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Antoine Fuqua to Direct Series Highlighting Hypocrisy of Enslaved People Owner George Washington
America’s first-ever president is getting a series…helmed by a Black man. According to Deadline, Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) is set to direct and serve as executive producer for a pilot about the contradictions surrounding George Washington’s first term in office. The series, titled The President, was created by Brian Burns (Blue Bloods) and…
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TKO Now Means Thirst Knockout Because Jonathan Majors May Co-Star in Creed III Opposite Michael B. Jordan
Picture it, Philly. You run to the top of the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and punch the air in triumph. What are you celebrating? The potential thirst traps to come in the third installment of a very popular boxing franchise spin-off! It’s the “Eye Candy of the Tiger” now, y’all. We already…
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RHONY’s 1st Black Housewife Eboni K. Williams Calls Out Castmembers’ ‘White Fragility’ During Group Argument
*Bravo Housewife Franchise Intro Music* “They call me The Root’s Staff Entertainment Writer because I always hear it through the Grapevine.” *poses with folded arms for emphasis as my name is displayed across the screen* In Housewife franchise news that doesn’t involve Porsha Williams’ peachy production of an engagement announcement, Real Housewives of New York’s…
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Let's Electric Slide Down This Newly Announced List of Performances at Essence Fest 2021
Y’all ready to bust out your linen suits for Essence Fest 2021? In February, we announced that Essence would be going the hybrid route for this year’s New Orleans-based festival—including both in-person and virtual programming. So, that means you can show off your linen suit on social media from the comfort of your home or…
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We Outside! This Summer, We Have the Chance to Experience Club Quarantine in Person With D-Nice
Hey outside, we’re coming for you! After a year and some change in a lockdown, several cities in the U.S. are opening up their doors to “normal”—whatever that is. Though we have no idea if there will be a uniform protocol on the mask mandate for unvaccinated people (I’ve heard of some venues checking vaccine…
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Ellie Kemper, Who Appeared on TV Show That Actually Starred Tituss Burgess, Outed as Former 'KKK Princess' on Twitter
Ellie Kemper and her publicist are the involuntary stars of Twitter this week! The 41-year-old actress, who is best known for her roles in The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (or UnbreaKKKable KKKimmy Schmidt) became a top trending topic on Twitter (or as folks now call it, the “Twitter main character”). Unfortunately, unlike the silly…
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Don’t Freeze! Danai Gurira’s Okoye Is Reportedly Starring In Black Panther Origin Series [Corrected]
Correction: 5/29/2021, 2:21 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this blog noted that Okoye will be getting her own original series, but upon clarification of the below blurb, it appears an Okoye-led series has not yet been confirmed. What has been confirmed via the below quoted section is Gurira’s character will be starring in the…
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Bird Box(ing): Trevante Rhodes to Star as Mike Tyson in Hulu Biopic Series
Go ahead and picture Trevante Rhodes working on Mike Tyson’s famous lisp with a dialect coach because the actor has been cast as the legendary professional boxer for a new Hulu series. According to Deadline, the co-star of The United States vs. Billie Holiday will be portraying Tyson in Iron Mike, which is “set to…
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Bill Cosby Denied Parole After Refusing to Complete Sex Offender Treatment Program
The Pennsylvania Parole Board has denied Bill Cosby’s parole, Deadline confirmed on Thursday. Cosby has been incarcerated at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at SCI Phoenix located in Collegeville for nearly three years after being convicted for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. He was sentenced to serve three to…
