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Ryan Coogler Says Balancing Grief and Working on Black Panther 2 Is 'the Hardest Thing' of His Career
It’s been over six months since the death of Chadwick Boseman and grieving that loss is an ongoing process for his loved ones, fans and peers. It’s an especially bittersweet experience to witness the acclaimed nominations the late actor is receiving during this awards season, including his first Oscar nomination for his final onscreen performance…
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Oscars 2021 Nominations: Judas and the Black Messiah Could Make Best Picture History
On the last month of 2020 (which seemingly lasted longer than a typical year, according to everyone), the Academy shook the awards season table when they announced that the 93rd Academy Awards would be taking place in April instead of the typical February/March schedule. It hasn’t been held that late in the year since it…
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Grammys 2021: This One Goes Out to the Classy, Bougie, Ratchet and History-Making Brown Skin Girls
The event known as “the biggest night in music” has come and gone! There were some bumps in the road due to the global pandemic and a globally reported snubbing mishap, but the Recording Academy managed to pull it off. Like similar awards shows during this unprecedented time, there was limited attendance—strictly for those who…
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The Weeknd Says Goodbye to the Grammys With a Boycott; Beyoncé Could Make Triple History at the Ceremony
“The biggest night in music” may come with some setbacks this year. In addition to having to reschedule the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony due to the global pandemic, there’s been some controversy about this year’s nominees—specifically, who isn’t among that esteemed list of musicians and artists. Following the 2021 Grammys nomination announcement, The Weeknd…
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The Royal Rumble Continues: Meghan and Harry's Wedding Choir Stands by Prince Charles and Broadcast Bully Accuses The Talk of Bullying
I’m sure we all pretty much expected some sort of ripple effect to come after last weekend’s interview special featuring Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey, but it’s seriously been a next-level nuclear bomb of news! Not a day (or moment) goes by without something else spawning from that interview and going viral! Hell,…
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Money Talks, but White Supremacy Screams: How Much Does It Cost Hollywood to Undervalue Black Stories? $10 Billion
Imagine being a capitalist structure, yet fumbling the bag in the name of racism. Then again, capitalism is a system founded on white supremacy in and of itself, so I guess it tracks. Anyway, that’s what Hollywood keeps doing, in such a comedy of errors that even the best screenwriter couldn’t write this shit. According…
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Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Alexi McCammond Wants to Be Held Accountable for Previous Anti-Asian and Homophobic Tweets
Following up on an internal email sent to Teen Vogue staff earlier this week, incoming editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond has published an expanded letter addressed to the Teen Vogue “community, staff, readers, writers, photographers, content creators and friends.” As we recently reported, the 27-year-old newly appointed editorial lead was called out after a series of anti-Asian…
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Royal Flush: Prince William Says Royal Family Is 'Very Much Not Racist' and Sharon Osbourne Rinses Off Piers Morgan's Racism With White Tears
As expected, this past weekend’s widely-watched (and discussed!) tell-all interview, Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special inspired some sort of a Royal Watch Cinematic Universe (or RWCU, for short). Since the special aired on Sunday night, so many more chapters of this saga have emerged. Because of that, we at The Root…
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A Con Man Was Really Messin' With Jenifer Lewis' (and Other Women's) Money in These Streets—and He Just Got Sentenced to Prison
Jenifer Thee Lewis. That’s it—that’s the lede. Now, as for the rest of this article, I have something to report! According to KTLA, a Santa Monica, Ca., man named Antonio Wilson (with aliases, “Dr. Tony Mariot” and “Brice Carrington”) was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for conning three women out of their…
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Following the Oprah Interview, Meghan Markle Has Full Support From the Queen…Bey!
Meghan Markle may have gotten a somewhat passive-aggressive show of support from Buckingham Palace, but she’s getting 100 percent support from a music monarch! On Tuesday night, Beyoncé Knowles Carter—also known as Queen Bey—publicly supported her good friend, Meghan, who is currently the topic of discussion (either for or against), following the interview special everybody…
