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The Double Dose of Fyre Festival Fail Docs Led to a Blessing as Caribbean Caterer Raises Over $160K
The Fyre Festival documentaries have arrived—Fyre Fraud and Fyre from Hulu and Netflix, respectively. Each documentary is a wild ride into the fail known as Fyre Festival, co-founded by Billy McFarland and Ja Rule. There are a lot of aspects from the festival that’ll make anyone’s blood boil, but the most egregious was how negatively…
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Watch: André Holland and Tarell Alvin McCraney Reunite In High-Stakes Soderbergh NBA Flick, High Flying Bird
André Holland is dreamy. Ever since seeing him blossom via Barry Jenkins’ patented full-on medium closeup shot in Moonlight, it’s been clear. Holland has a way of slicing into your soul with his eyes—and I’m here for every second of it. So, color me excited when I realized his first project of 2019 involved a…
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Exclusive: BET's Boomerang Teaser on Being 'Young, Gifted and Black'
It’s been about 27 years since the theatrical debut of Boomerang, starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens and Halle Berry. Now, BET is reviving the story— this time, on the small screen. From BET.com: Boomerang is a half-hour subversive, smart, serialized comedy, fueled by romance, friendship, gender politics, love and of course, sex. The story picks…
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2019 Oscars: Nominations Are In and Spike Lee Finally Gets His Directing Nod [Updated]
It’s time: The grand finale of awards season has announced its nominees. When the nominations announcers were… announced last week, Tracee Ellis Ross tweeted her co-host, Kumail Nanjiani on wardrobe coordination. Before the sun rose on the West Coast on Tuesday, the world got to see just what Nanjiani and Ross picked to wear as…
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Ava DuVernay to Lead 'National Day of Racial Healing' Following MLK Day, Speakers Include Stacey Abrams and More
The third annual “National Day of Racial Healing” will be kicking off the day after MLK Day (observed), with Ava DuVernay taking the lead. The award-winning director will be partnering up with W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) via her foundation for underrepresented storytellers, ARRAY Alliance. Established by WKKF in 2017, National Day of Racial Healing will…
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Bounce Bounce Bounce: Sony and R. Kelly Mutually End Longtime Record Deal: Report [Updated]
Wow. It finally happened. According to Billboard, sources are confirming that Sony and R. Kelly have agreed to part ways. The R&B singer’s relationship with the record label was quite familiar. In the early 1990s, Kelly initially signed to Jive, which eventually became a part of Sony BMG. In 2012, he signed a contract with…
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2019 Oscars: Tracee Ellis Ross to Present Nominations
Living embodiment of a sunshine’s rays Tracee Ellis Ross will be bringing her golden aura to present the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards. She’ll be joined by Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick). According to The Hollywood Reporter, a whopping 347 feature films will be competing to secure a finalist spot in the running for…
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Happy 88th Birthday to the Only Mufasa We'll Ever Acknowledge—James Earl Jones
Iconic thespian and dream-narrator-of-my-life-story James Earl Jones is a universal treasure. Born on January 17, 1931, the man, the myth, the legend graced the world with his presence. And that voice—speaking of which, I’m pretty interested in finding out when Jones hit puberty. Did the voice arrive at the typical prepubescent stage or was he…
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Yes, Cardi B Went from Shaking That Ass to Speaking on Politics in the Same Day
Cardi B makes multifaceted moves. The lovable rapper took to Instagram to discuss politics on Wednesday, January 16 after her feature in the City Girls’ music video for their single, “Twerk” dropped. Speaking of—that video? The answer is “yes.” That same day, Cardi also decided to post a rant about something all of us want…
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Miss You: On Aaliyah’s 40th Birthday, I Reminisce on the Stanning of the Hair Swoop
Hi, I’m Tonja and I grew up stanning Aaliyah so damn hard, I wanted to be her. Following Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, Aaliyah’s name is (unfortunately) once again inextricably linked to R. Kelly’s tarnished web. So, for what would have been her 40th birthday—on the day of her birth, at the very least—I wanted to…
