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Gabrielle Union Expresses Difficulties Juggling Career and Starting a Family
There are some women who want it all. A career and a family. But sometimes it proves difficult to juggle both, and when you can’t, according to Gabrielle Union, you’re branded with the scarlet letter. In a recent interview with Redbook magazine, Union laments how tough it’s been to start a family and juggle a…
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Bill Cosby’s Accusers Will Appear on A&E’s Cosby: The Women Speak
Over the last year, more than 40 women have come forward with similar stories about being sexually assaulted and drugged by Bill Cosby. The women have shared their stories with various magazines and through press conferences and interviews, but on Thursday night, A&E will air an hourlong special featuring interviews with dozens of Cosby’s accusers. Cosby:…
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Matt Damon Probably Doesn’t Have Any More Black Fans After Arguing With Black Producer About Diversity
Of course Matt Damon knows a lot about diversity in film. There were tons of black people in the Bourne series. No? Oh. Well, I’m quite sure there were plenty in True Grit? Oh. None in that one either, huh? The Adjustment Bureau? No. We Bought a Zoo? No. The Monuments Men? No. OK, Don…
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Watch: Ala. Gym Teacher Has Students Doing Whip and Nae Nae Toward Good Health
Children love to dance, but not all children love to participate in gym class. Students at Harvest Elementary School in Alabama, however, are thankful for their gym teacher, Jared Paschall, because he’s making class fun by incorporating a dance craze that they all love. The world has been inundated with videos of people dancing to…
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Terrence Howard’s Bizarre Interview With Rolling Stone Will Leave You Asking, ‘What Did I Just Read?’
I’m still trying to process it all. Terrence Howard’s recent interview with Rolling Stone is anything but uninteresting, but that’s not always a good thing. Howard’s career has had its share of highs and lows. Right now he’s riding the Lucious Lyon wave of fame that Empire has brought him. But with fame comes the…
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Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock and Arsenio Hall Will Honor Eddie Murphy at Kennedy Center
Eddie Murphy’s career has spanned decades, and this October some of the people he’s inspired will honor him as he receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center. During the ceremony, taking place Oct. 18, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah and other special guests will pay…
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Black Star Power: The Perfect Guy Tops Weekend Box Office
If you haven’t noticed, the top weekend-box-office numbers for the last several weeks show that black star power reigns. Straight Outta Compton and The War Room have been blockbusters, and this weekend, a new movie took the No. 1 spot. The Perfect Guy, starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut, secured the No. 1…
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Danny Glover and Nigerian Actress Bimbo Akintola to Star in Movie About Nigeria’s Ebola Efforts
Actor Danny Glover’s latest project will tackle the subject of Ebola in Nigeria and also shed light on Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, who diagnosed the first case of the disease in the country. During a recent press conference in Nigeria, Glover and fellow actors Tim Reid and Bimbo Akintola discussed the importance of the movie 93…
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Miss America CEO Apologizes to Vanessa Williams During Pageant Broadcast
It only took three decades, but I guess it’s better late than never? On Sunday night, Vanessa Williams returned as a judge for the Miss America pageant, just 32 years after becoming the first black woman to win the event, and then subsequently resigning 10 months later after nude photos of her were released. It’s…
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Hillary Clinton Learns How to Do the Nae Nae
Now may be a good time to put the Nae Nae to rest. During a taping of Thursday’s Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hillary Clinton joined the talk show host and her DJ and performed the Nae Nae to Silentó’s song “Watch Me.” Dressed in a blue pantsuit, Clinton tried her best, but poor little…
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