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Actor Harold Perrineau Issues Statement on Daughter Aurora Perrineau’s Rape
Actor Harold Perrineau is breaking his silence about the reported rape of his daughter, actress Aurora Perrineau. The young actress has accused Girls writer and Lena Dunham’s friend Murray Miller of raping her when she was 17 years old. Perrineau took to Twitter and let the world know that Miller has “fucked with the wrong…
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Felony Charges Against DeAndre Harris Dropped in Charlottesville, Va., White Supremacist Rally
Twenty-year-old DeAndre Harris of Charlottesville, Va., has had all felony charges dropped in connection with an alleged attack during August’s white supremacist rally where he was actually beaten by poles in a parking lot. Harris was charged with unlawful wounding in connection to an incident that took place the same day. In October, when the…
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Attorneys for Girls Writer Accused of Rape Retract Claim That Accuser Demanded Money
Girls writer and Lena Dunham friend Murray Miller has been accused of raping actress Aurora Perrineau. When the news broke last month about the alleged rape, Miller’s attorneys stated that Perrineau and her family had asked for a substantial amount of money for damages. But apparently that was not the case at all, and Miller’s…
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Who Will Survive in America?
On Kanye West’s 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, there is an often overlooked track entitled “Who Will Survive America?” The song features Gil Scott-Heron taking a dystopian look at how the world is coming to the realization that America is a bastard “hosed down daily with a gagging perfume.” After the passage of last…
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Dwayne ‘the Rock’ Johnson Says He Definitely Wouldn’t Pick Kevin Hart as His 2020 Running Mate
When Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle opens Dec. 20, you’ll be able to feast your eyes on Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson’s biceps and also the beautiful landscape of Oahu, Hawaii, where the film was shot. Several lucky journalists from various media outlets were given the opportunity to travel to Oahu, courtesy of Sony Pictures, to…
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LL Cool J Becomes 1st Rapper to Receive Kennedy Center Honors Award
LL Cool J made Kennedy Center Honors history when he became the first rapper to be a Kennedy Center honoree. The annual celebration was held Sunday night in Washington, D.C. Of course, for eight years President Barack Obama attended, but this year, President Orangina did not. Along with LL, other honorees included singer-songwriter Lionel Richie,…
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NYC Subway Riders Get Their ‘Bodak Yellow’ On
It’s the song that never ends. And New York City subway riders got all the way turned up to Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” over the weekend. Twitter user @mattwhitlockPM captured the crowd dancing to Cardi’s song, and let’s just say, music is definitely universal. From the older pop-locking man to random white ladies, Cardi’s music…
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Appolition Is the App That Takes Spare Change and Turns It Into Bail Money
When it comes to incarceration, being able to be granted bail and then to come up with the bail money are two of main components that keep people locked up. According to National Bail Out, on a daily basis, 700,000 people are behind bars simply because they cannot afford bail. But social engineer Kortney Ziegler…
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Watch: An 11-Year-Old Meghan Markle Shuts Down a Sexist Dish Detergent Ad
With her curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and freckles on full display, at 11 years old, Meghan Markle knew sexism when she saw it. In 1993, Markle took on a sexist soap commercial and got a chance to appear on Nick News. The commercial opens with, “Women all over America are fighting greasy…
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Azealia Banks Recounts Abuse by Coldplay Manager Dave Holmes
Azealia Banks shared her own #MeToo story on Instagram when she recounted the abuse she says she experienced at the hands of Dave Holmes, her ex-boyfriend and Coldplay manager. Banks stated, in the third person, that when she was 18 years old and in a relationship with a 43-year-old Holmes, he brutally assaulted her. “He…
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