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Trailer Roundup: Saying Peace Out 2020 Is a Highlight of 2020 Because…It's The Little Things
This isn’t the last week of 2020, but it feels like it since most folks have taken off work until the new year (except me, obviously…and the person editing this piece). It’s technically the last full week of 2020, so there ya go! But, since we’re still in 2020, let’s get to some escapism in…
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'Push It' and Prosper at the 2021 Grammys: Salt-N-Pepa Among Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
The Recording Academy has now made their official announcement for 2021’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipients! Earlier this month, Rahiem from the Furious Five revealed that Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Grammys. On Tuesday morning, the Recording Academy officially confirmed that Salt-N-Pepa and legendary jazz…
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Sylvie's Love Exclusive Clip: Tessa Thompson and Aja Naomi King Chat About Bops and Boys
While we’re still on lockdown for the holidays, a streaming platform is pretty much the gift that keeps on giving because at least it provides some sort of entertainment. One of the much-anticipated examples of entertainment is Sylvie’s Love, which made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently acquired by…
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Watch: The Coming 2 America Teaser Trailer Is Very Happy to Be Here!
Y’all want an escape from 2020 right quick? Well, how about a virtual trip to Zamunda? Just like 2021 may be our escape from 2020, one of our movie escapes will come in the form of Coming 2 America, the sequel releasing 33 years after the original film. Here’s what to expect from the long-awaited sequel:…
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Need a Creative Spark? The Cast and Crew of Pixar's Soul Got You, Boo
This year has done a number on us all in various ways. The “spare time” we’ve been afforded during the lockdown has also made more room for extra existential thoughts. Cue Pixar’s first film with a Black lead character, Soul, which explores the possibilities of the meaning of life. The synopsis for Soul, per a…
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Rock Your Body With You: Pharrell Reveals Justin Timberlake's Justified Tracks Were Originally for Michael Jackson
Imagine Michael Jackson singing about crying over rivers. Well, apparently, Pharrell Williams is sparking that imagination as the artist-producer said Jackson actually rejected the bulk of the Justified album, which was then given to Justin Timberlake, on a recent appearance on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s podcast, Drink Champs. Yes, the very album that went triple…
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The Root Tapped to Buy NBC for #NegroSolstice
JUST IN: The Root is in final talks to acquire NBC in an unprecedented deal. NBC, which stands for Niggas Be Cappin’, will officially merge into The Root’s mega-media conglomerate on Dec. 21, 2020 at approximately 12 p.m. CPT, known as the Negro Solstice or Negro Soulstice. “I’m thrilled about this partnership to champion the…
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Trailer Roundup: Education Is A Recipe for Seduction
You may have not been named Time’s Person of the Year (unless President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is reading this right now), but you get to shuffle through yet another list of trailers! Also, because I missed you last week, you’re getting an extra helping of trailers this week to carry you…
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Barack Obama Revealed His Fave Books, TV and Film He Consumed in 2020 While Chillin' on A Promised Land
2020 is almost over. Soon, we’ll be embarking on a new year. Now that’s change we can believe in. Who knows what the next year will bring but now’s the time to reflect on the year that was. That’s right, it’s time for end-of-year lists. One of the most anticipated lists of the year has…
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Everyone Else Better ‘Walk On By’ Because Dionne Warwick Has Handpicked Teyana Taylor to Play Her in a Biopic
Someone get the Psychic Friends Network on the phone and ask them if they saw this coming! Specifically, asking them if they saw it going down this way! What the hell am I talking about? Y’all, I think we just watched a Hollywood deal go down on Twitter—which actually seems to be happening more often…
