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Quincy Jones Is Probably Shooting Dust but Doesn’t Want to Date ‘Old,’ ‘Fat’ Women
It must be nice to be geriatric and rich. In the case of Quincy Jones, the 84-year-old proudly brags about the bevy of young women across the country who get to massage his shrinkled-up balls. In an interview with GQ, Jones basically took a cue from Ludacris and talked about all of his hos women…
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From the Roots to Chris Rock: How Tina Farris Launched a Successful Tour-Management Company—and Now Wants to Empower Women
It was a cold morning in Washington, D.C. Before Tina Farris landed at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, she texted me that she had left her scarf in Los Angeles, which she wouldn’t need after leaving D.C., so I offered to bring her mine, as we planned for me to shadow her for the day.…
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Mother Gets Shamed After Posting Video of Her Toddler Sons Kissing
Ashlee Muhammad is the mother of identical twin boys, Jet Pharaoh and Nova Maximus, and she routinely shares videos and photos of them on her Instagram account. But earlier this week, she faced backlash after posting a video of her sons hugging and kissing each other, because people are idiots. Criticisms ranged from comments like,…
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Black Excellence Celebrated at 49th Annual NAACP Image Awards
Every year, black excellence is celebrated at the NAACP Image Awards, and during Monday night’s airing of the 49th annual event, held at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., Ava DuVernay took home the Entertainer of the Year Award. During DuVernay’s acceptance speech, she mentioned her fellow black creatives such as Ryan Coogler, Kenya Barris…
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Watch: MLK Now 2018 Live from Harlem’s Riverside Church
Hundreds of people have gathered at Harlem’s famed Riverside Church to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at this year’s MLK Now 2018. MLK Now is organized by Blackout for Human Rights, and this year The Root has the honor of being the official media partner of the event. Join us live via livestream…
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon Discuss Time’s Up Movement With Oprah Winfrey
Hollywood’s leading women gathered with Oprah Winfrey in Pasadena, Calif., this week to discuss Hollywood’s reckoning with sexual harassment and abuse and the resulting Time’s Up movement. The panel included actresses Reese Witherspoon, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman and Tracee Ellis Ross, as well as producer Shonda Rimes, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and attorney Nina Shaw.…
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‘Proud Mary’ Singer, Songwriter John Fogerty Isn’t Proud Regarding Taraji P. Henson Film
John Fogerty, the songwriter and singer of “Proud Mary,” is speaking out about the film of the same name, starring Taraji P. Henson as an assassin named Mary. In a statement posted to his Twitter account Thursday evening, Fogerty said that he’d never heard about the movie and that he has nothing to do with…
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Move Over, Twerking … There’s a New Dance in Town Called ‘Figuring’
In a recent New York Times Instagram post, the media company explored a new form of dance called “figuring.” Figuring seems to involve sporadic movements and body contorting, which the Times referred to as “spooky.” Created by choreographer Moriah Evans, figuring is said to be a reaction to the current political climate. In an attempt…
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Man Attempts to Kill Spider With Fire; Spider Sets Apartment on Fire
Here’s a lesson for everyone: If you see a huge spider, maybe don’t try to set it on fire because apparently, spiders will stop, drop and roll their way into setting your apartment on fire. And that’s just what happened to a Redding, Calif., man, after he attempted to torch a venomous wolf spider in…
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Mother of H&M Model Doesn’t Seem to Care About Monkey Hoodie Controversy
Much has been said about H&M’s monkey sweatshirt and the racial image it presents when modeled on a little black child. Everyone from celebrities who’ve worked with H&M to culture critics have brought the sledgehammer down on the Sweden-based company. But there’s one person who was missing from the commentary equation: the model’s mother. With…
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