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Actress Says She Didn’t Want Seal’s ‘Kiss From a Rose,’ Accuses Singer of Sexual Assault
On the heels of criticizing Oprah Winfrey’s friendship with Harvey Weinstein, “Kiss From a Rose” singer Seal is now being investigated for sexual battery. Seal’s neighbor actress Tracey Birdsall says that in 2016 he forcibly kissed and groped her. In an interview with TMZ, Birdsall said that the incident happened when she went to Seal’s…
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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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Watch: Detroit 8-Year-Old and Mom Receive New Furnishings for Home After Being Homeless
Dionna Neely and her son, Daeyr, became homeless when she lost her job. After staying in shelters for quite some time, they finally moved into a new house. But with very little items to their name, their house remained unfurnished until Detroit-based nonprofit Humble Design helped turn their empty house into a furnished home. During…
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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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Michigan Woman Who Lied, Saying 4 Black Men Kidnapped, Raped Her, Receives Prison Time After Failed Escape
You’d think that lying about being kidnapped and raped by four black men, and then only receiving a year in fake “jail” for the fabricated story, would have been more than enough reason for Leiha Ann-Sue Artman to get her life together. But apparently it wasn’t, because she’s been sentenced to an additional 13 months…
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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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Bill Cosby Says He Doesn’t Want to Be Put on #MeToo
In what looked like a publicity stunt for the cameras, Bill Cosby and several associates had a night out Wednesday in Philly’s Old City at Ristorante La Veranda. Cosby, who is facing a retrial in the sexual assault of Andrea Constand, at times seemed to need a guiding hand because of alleged blindness. During the…
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Teenager Fights Robber Trying to Steal Coat at Gunpoint
The New York City Police Department is searching for a man who attempted to rob a teenager of his coat at gunpoint but failed when the teenager fought back. According to the New York City Alerts Twitter account, the incident took place on Wednesday in the Mapleton neighborhood of the city’s Brooklyn borough and was…
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