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'Thanks Black One': This TikTok Video Perfectly Encapsulates Being the Black Sidekick in a Movie
Remember how it was such a big deal when Neo (Keanu Reeves) finally realized he was “The One” in The Matrix? Take all of the power and acclaim from that feeling, replace it with patronizing stereotypes, add a dash of microaggression and you have, “The Black One,” also known as the Token Black Friend. TV…
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Karen vs. Becky: An Instagram Live Battle Featuring 20 Back-to-Back Hits
Picture it: a Sicily-themed nook, where a Becky sits scrolling through her “Turning Lululemons Into Lemonade” Pinterest board with a self-satisfied smirk on her face. All of a sudden, she receives a DM from her girl Karen with an interesting proposition: a hit-for-hit battle on Instagram Live. It’s a timely proposition since both women have…
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Tyler Perry Presents a $21,000 Tip to Out-of-Work Restaurant Servers in Atlanta
Tyler Perry’s new BET+ show may be “Ruthless,” but his recent act of charity was the very opposite. According to TMZ, the entertainment mogul continued his Good Samaritan energy and left a $500 tip for each of the 42 out-of-work servers at a Houston’s restaurant in Atlanta on Sunday. Do the math—that’s $21,000 total! Apparently…
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Oprah Donates $10 Million for Coronavirus Relief, With $1 Million Going to America's Food Fund
We have more news of celebrities going beyond empty platitudes by using their financial privilege to pay it forward. Oprah has pledged to donate $10 million toward relief during the coronavirus pandemic. She also set aside $1 million of that donation to go toward fighting food insecurity, specifically. “Chef Jose Andres and Claire Babineaux-Fontenot have…
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The Last O.G. First Look: Tracy Morgan Knows Finding an NYC Apartment 'Is Harder Than Finding a Puerto Rican in a Woody Allen Movie'
The Last O.G. is back and Season 3 kicks off with its premiere titled, “Lookin’ at the Front Door” where, after a failed food truck business, Tray (Tracy Morgan) is on the hunt for his own place (since he really can’t take living with his mama, portrayed by Anna Marie Horsford, anymore). Remember that in…
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Trailer Roundup: Chance the Rapper Is Grabbing the Punk'd Baton and Nick Cannon Is Finally Dropping the Dr. Sebi Doc
Another week has flown by, which means it’s time for another trailer roundup! Let’s get right to it. The Good Fight (CBS All Access; Season 4 Release Date: April 9, 2020) First Impressions: Full disclosure, I haven’t actually caught up on this show yet but what better way to decrease your “too much good content…
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Marsha Ambrosius Reminded Everyone She Sang the Ad-Libs in 'Cry Me a River,' Not Justin Timberlake
Marsha Ambrosius is the shit, in case y’all forgot. While she may be best known for being one-half of the English R&B duo known as Floetry (along with Natalie Stewart) and her subsequent solo career, she also has a string of amazing songwriting credits (such as Michael Jackson’s “Butterflies”) and has made guest appearances on…
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Omar Comin', So #StayAtHomeBoxOffice: You Can Now Watch All 5 Seasons of The Wire for Free
“You come for the king, you best not miss”… this free content. As we rack up yet another day that we can’t label anymore (Is it Friday? Is it Monday? What is time?!) during self-isolation, it’s becoming harder and harder not to exclaim, “I hate it here!” every single day. Well, thanks to HBO, we…
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'It Was Everything': Viola Davis' Favorite HTGAWM Memory? That Old-School Hair Moment With Cicely Tyson
Imagine being able to say that you got to sit betwixt the knees of the leading matriarch of black Hollywood while she does your hair, ever so tenderly. Well, Viola Davis has those bragging rights. A highly respected actor in her own right, Davis reminisced on her favorite moment throughout the six seasons of the…
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Negro Noir: I Watched Tyler Perry's Ruthless and My Confusion Is at Its 'Highest'
Movies that are “so bad, they’re good” are one of life’s unsung treasures. And like anything, adding blackness to that principle is like adding proper seasoning—our series reviewing/recapping bad black movies, Negro Noir. As our queen-in-chief Danielle Belton pointed out, it’s so black, the title of the series is essentially “black black” in two different…
