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Social Distancing With Stacy Adams: Steve Harvey Is Hosting the Isley Brothers Verzuz Earth Wind & Fire
The shine of Steve Harvey’s teeth and the sheen of his mustache are providing the positive energy you may be feeling this week because the comedian-actor has just landed his next hosting gig! On Tuesday, Verzuz officially announced that Steve will be assuming hosting duties for this Easter Sunday’s main event: The Isley Brothers Verzuz…
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Red Table Talk Exclusive Clip: Whether You're for or Against Niecy Nash's Relationship, It's 'Not Gon' Change' What She Does
Red Table Talk is back and it’s bringing the same energy—featuring guests that everyone is talking about. In this case, the guest is Niecy Nash and her wife, Jessica Batts. If you recall, she surprised fans last fall when she announced that she was newly married to the musician by dropping pics from their seemingly-fun-as-hell…
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Oscars 2021: Questlove and Dream Hampton Join Ceremony Production Team; Academy May Compromise on In-Person Nominee Mandate
March is coming to a close, which means next month is the official countdown to the Oscars! Yes, I know that’s weird because typically when March is ending, the Oscars have already come and gone. Anything can happen in a post-2020 world, though! Anyway, we have quite a bit to brief you on as we…
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Will Packer Named 1st-Ever Grand Jury President for 25th Anniversary of the American Black Film Festival
If you’re a Black person entrenched in the film industry in any capacity and have been to the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), you know just how special the sense of community is in comparison to more mainstream (white) festivals. Unfortunately, due to the rise of the global pandemic in 2020, patrons weren’t able to…
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Here's What We Know (and Want to Know) About Lifetime's New Meghan and Harry Movie
The Lifetime Royal Cinematic Universe (LRCU) is continuing! Because, of course, a movie channel is going to try to capitalize from all the shenanigans of recent months! That’s right, Lifetime has announced a film chronicling Harry and Meghan’s exit from the British royal family, Variety reported. The upcoming film will be the third of a…
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Marsai Martin Has an Office Rule for Produced Projects: 'No Black Pain'
Marsai Martin has made quite the mark in Hollywood and she’s making sure it matters. Martin, who is the youngest executive producer in Hollywood history (causing me to dub her “Yung EP”), recently celebrated her two NAACP Image Awards during the 52nd annual ceremony. The 16-year-old actress and creative mogul won Outstanding Performance by a…
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Did You and Your Friends Pull Up to the 2021 NAACP Image Awards? If Not, Here's What Went Down
After a week of Black-ass celebration, we’ve made it to the main event! The 52nd NAACP Awards televised ceremony took place on Saturday night and we have some highlights to…highlight! We already broke down the past week of winners at the non-televised/virtual ceremony so if you missed that, we got you boo! In a half-virtual/half-in-studio…
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Yes, We Celebrated a Whole Week of 2021 NAACP Image Award Winners and There's Still a Ceremony This Weekend
Y’all already know Black folks don’t half-ass our celebrations. So, it should come as no surprise that the NAACP dedicated an entire week of awarding Black excellence with a daily “virtual experience” for its block of non-televised award winners. Let’s break down what already happened and what’s to come! Y’all Won (Already) The non-televised award…
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Swizz Beatz and Timbaland Assures Us the Triller Acquisition Ain't Changing a Thing When It Comes to 'the Culture' of Verzuz
Is there a “selling out” Verzuz “the culture” in business? In anticipation of the upcoming 52nd NAACP Image Awards, The Root sat down with Verzuz co-founders (and now NAACP Image Award winners) Swizz Beatz and Timbaland to talk about the event’s recent acquisition by Triller Network. When anything fully Black-owned goes mainstream, the community has…
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Dear Montero, Lil Nas X Has Called Your Name With Love
Call Lil Nas X by his name. On Thursday night, the 21-year-old artist born Montero Lamar Hill debuted his new single and accompanying music video, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).” “We hide the parts of ourselves we don’t want the world to see. We lock them away. We tell them ‘no.’ We banish them.…
