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Role Call: HBO Max Adds More Cast Members to Issa Rae’s New Joint; Euphoria and High on the Hog Renewed for Season 2
Idris Elba is open to weird CGI, The Root Co-Founder Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s show renewed for eighth season, Courtney Kemp signs eight-figure deal with Netflix
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Boyyyyyy, If You Don’t Get…!
Kanye West’s release date for his 10th studio album Donda was postponed again. We tired.
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Tonja Renée Stidhum to Throw in the Tile as The Root‘s Staff Entertainment Writer
According to a source that is also Tonja, we heard through The Grapevine (heh) that this is the end of an era.
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Lizzo and Cardi B Give Us ‘The Gospel Truth’ About Those ‘Rumors’ Going Around
Lizzo debuted her new single ‘Rumors’ featuring Cardi B and drops the correlating music video. Fans loved the Muses (Disney’s Hercules) inspiration.
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Exclusive Clip: Say His Name—Candyman‘s Origin Story Involves Being a Victim of Police Brutality
In an exclusive clip sent to The Root, William (Colman Domingo) tells Anthony (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) the urban legend of Candyman.
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Audra McDonald, Who Portrays Aretha Franklin’s Mother in Respect, Will Always Say ‘Yes’ to Herself
The record-breaking Tony Award-winning actress tells The Root how she navigates the industry as a Black woman.
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We Know Some of Y’all Still Think Sinbad Was in a Genie Movie, But His Kids Say It ‘Did Not Happen. Get Over It.’
‘Our dad has been mistaken for Shaquille O’Neal more times than makes logical sense,’ Sinbad’s daughter Paige Bryan told NBCLX.
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Bill Cosby, Who Isn’t In Prison Due to a Technicality, Is Still Facing a Civil Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Will Plead the Fifth
Judy Huth alleges that Cosby sexually assaulted her at a Playboy Mansion in 1974.
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Lil Nas X, Who Just Dethroned DaBaby as the Most-Streamed Spotify Rapper, Thinks He May Have Found ‘the One’
In Variety’s 2021 ‘Power of Young Hollywood’ issue, Lil Nas X also revealed he turned down a role in Euphoria because he was committed to his album.
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I Know That’s Bite: Saweetie Plays Black Ass Game With The Root for Her New McDonald’s Meal
Saweetie got the sauce—’Saweetie ‘N Sour’ sauce, that is! Get into her Black-ass food answers because we know y’all hungry.
