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The 2019 NAACP Image Awards Noms Are Here. Naturally, Wakanda Is Forever Winning with Black Panther
Following its Entertainer of the Year announcement, the NAACP Image Awards have announced their 2019 nominees. The iconic awards ceremony will be celebrating its 50th this year. To the surprise of no one with a deck of black cards, Black Panther leads the pack in terms of projects, with 17 total nominations (and multiples in…
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Forever FLOTUS, She's Just Like Us: Michelle Obama's Text Exchange With Her Mama is Relatable as Hell
My mama (aka Mama Cheeks, aka the Dalai Mama) and I have an exceedingly close relationship. We communicate in some form every single day. I not only love her, I like her. As a person. She’s hilarious. Ever since moving to Los Angeles from Chicago a little over three years ago (!!!), that 2,000-plus miles…
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Exclusive: TIDAL Celebrates Black History Month, Streaming Documentaries and Playlists Highlighting Black Luminaries
Black History Month is something we can celebrate with all of our senses, and Tidal is here to activate your sight and hearing. The subscription-based streaming service offering music, podcast and video is celebrating the blackest time of the year with a set of A&E documentaries highlighting black luminaries in our history. The 44th President:…
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Watch: Octavia Spencer in Ma Is What Happens When White People Don't Mind Their Business
Horror and thriller typically involve a bunch of eager white teens who can’t find it in their DNA to mind their business, always with the urge to explore some shit. What happens when that “shit” turns out to be a lonely black lady who just wants to have some fun? Well … too much fun,…
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Baby Bow? Black-ish Prequel Based on Tracee Ellis Ross' Character May Be in the Works
Black-ish is spinning off! Well, it may be … again. Grown-ish, the ABC sitcom’s Freeform spin-off focusing on the college life of Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi), has been quite successful. So, the parent show may be birthing an additional baby, so to speak. According to Deadline, executive producer Peter Saji is in talks to cook up…
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'He Won His Freedom': 21 Savage Released from ICE Custody on Bond
The #Free21Savage movement can rejoice today. 21 Savage has been released on bond from ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) custody, according to his team. Per an official statement via Charles H. Kuck, Dina LaPolt and Alex Spiro on behalf of She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, aka “21 Savage”: For the past 9 long days, we, on…
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This Is Shots Fired: Jase Harley Calls Childish Gambino a 'House Slave' After Grammy Win, Repeats Plagiarism Claim
After Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” made Grammy history, scoring both Song of the Year and Record of the Year statuettes, it marked a triumphant shift for many hip-hop fans. However, rapper Jase Harley isn’t exactly feeling that embrace. The man behind “American Pharaoh” recently chatted with TMZ about Gambino’s “prestigious award” win, which he…
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Alfre Woodard Embodies the Escape a Tired Black Woman Needs and Deserves in Juanita
We’ve all heard the black woman motto around this clusterfuck of a world that needs fixing: “Fine, I’ll do it.” But what of the black woman who is tired of doing it? When does she get to rest? When does she get to escape? When does she get to just … be? Cue Netflix, with…
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3 Generations of Shaft Are Premiering at the American Black Film Festival. Will I Be There? You Damn Right
Remember that complicated man who was misunderstood by everyone but his woman? Well, now there are three of them. It’s been 19 years since the release of John Singleton’s Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Can you believe it?! And even longer since we first saw Richard Roundtree don the baddest jacket in the game: 48…
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Citizens of Zamunda! The Coming to America Sequel Is Coming—in 2020
We’ve been hearing about a possible Coming to America sequel for a while now, whether it’s rumored plot details (following the next generation of Prince Akeem) or the film’s new scribe (Kenya Barris); and it looks like we finally have a release date to look forward to. That day is August 7, 2020. Paramount has…
