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Quentin Tarantino on Black Critics: ‘When the Black Critics Came Out With Savage Think Pieces About Django, I Couldn’t Have Cared Less’
For someone who’s made a name for himself particularly when it comes to the use of the n-word in his movies, you’d think Quentin Tarantino would pay attention to the criticism he receives from black people. As Tarantino preps for his newest Christmas Day release, The Hateful Eight, starring Samuel L. Jackson, he spoke about…
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Rihanna Says She’s a Victim of Racism in Corporate America
By all accounts, Rihanna has gone from singing about her umbrella to being one of the most recognizable names in music and fashion. But despite all of this, in a recent interview with the New York Times’ T magazine, the singer still says she faces racism in the corporate world. “You know, when I started to…
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The Ellen Show Parodies Nicki Minaj’s New Sitcom and Some Thought It Wasn’t Funny at All
Nicki Minaj recently announced that she’s producing and starring in a new ABC Family sitcom about her family’s move from Trinidad to Queens, N.Y. The rapper, who recently shut down a New York Times Magazine interviewer, moved to New York City with her family when she was 5. Although the sitcom is still in the early…
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Tracy Morgan Returns to Stand-Up Comedy After 16 Months
Tracy Morgan is back in action, and by action, we mean stand-up comedy. The 46-year-old returned to his comedy roots and performed stand-up for the first time since being involved in a June 2014 limo accident that claimed the life of comedian Jimmy “Mack” McNair. Morgan tweeted Monday night that he was performing at New…
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Social Media Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day … Not That Other Holiday
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Those lyrics are sung in many classrooms, but what that song fails to admit is the travesty that came after Columbus stepped foot on the soil he claimed: murder, rape and pillaging of land. The truth is in the details omitted by history books read in…
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Raven-Symoné Clarifies Comments About ‘Ghetto’ Names: ‘I Have Never Discriminated’
Raven-Symoné, who probably has one of the blackest names ever, came under fire last week when she spoke about “ghetto” black names during a segment on The View. Not only did she state that she would never hire anyone with a ghetto-sounding name, but she also went on to make fun of the names. Raven-Symoné is…
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Watch: YouTube Star Creates the Perfect Barack Obama Spoof of Drake’s ‘Back to Back’ as a Donald Trump Diss Record
YouTube user Alphacat has made a career out of impersonating President Barack Obama ever since Obama got into office. But his latest video may end up being one of his best ones yet, as he not only takes on Drake’s “Back to Back” song but also directs his verbal assault onto Donald Trump: I learned how to…
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Rapper Scarface Arrested on Failure to Pay Child Support After Receiving Award at BET Hip Hop Awards
On Friday night, veteran rapper Scarface was on hand for the taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta to accept the I Am Hip Hop career-achievement award during the annual ceremony, which was held at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Although the night started out on a positive note, the rapper was…
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Janet Jackson Makes History With 7th No. 1 Album on Billboard
Don’t call it a comeback, but Janet Jackson’s return to music with her new album, Unbreakable, is a record-setting one. Jackson’s 11th studio album has become her seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200. So far Jackson has had a top-100 album in each of the last four decades. According to Billboard, the 200 chart ranks…
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Watch: College Student Wanted Mac and Cheese So Bad, He Got Expelled From UConn for It
OK, I get it. Macaroni and cheese is a food gift from the gods. In my own personal recipe, there are five different cheeses, and I meticulously cook it, making sure it’s perfect every time. But is mac and cheese worth getting expelled from a university over? If you let Luke Gatti, a former student…
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