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Racist Fla. Woman Charged in Viral Fight Video
Updated Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, 5:57 p.m. EDT: The woman in the “teal dress” now has a name, and according to Florida’s Local 10 News, Summer Cortts, 39, a Boca Raton, Fla., resident, has been charged with disorderly conduct and inciting an affray, a legal term that basically means “fighting.” The incident took place Tuesday…
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MAC Cosmetics Announces Aaliyah Collection
Today marks the 16th anniversary of the death of R&B singer Aaliyah. The singer died in a fatal plane crash in the Bahamas, shortly after filming the video for “Rock the Boat.” Aaliyah fans are some of the most dedicated fans out there, even 16 years after her death. Two years ago, a petition was…
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Usher Says There’s No Proof He Gave Accuser Herpes
Usher Raymond is now responding to a lawsuit from an anonymous Georgia woman suing him for $20 million, charging that he infected her with herpes, and he is bringing up her sexual habits. In July a Jane Doe filed a $10 million lawsuit against Usher, claiming that he exposed her to herpes, after it was…
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Amy Schumer Is Delusional if She Thinks She’s in the Same League as Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock
Amy Schumer has a vagina. Amy Schumer talks about her vagina a lot. Amy Schumer also talks about her vagina smelling like farm animals. Amy Schumer talks about binge drinking and passing out. These are all of the things I learned while watching Schumer’s The Leather Special on Netflix. Schumer is also a white woman…
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Firefighters Eat Piglets Saved From Farm Fire
In today’s “Out of the fire, into the frying pan” news, a group of firefighters in England are now enjoying the fruits of their labor, in the form of sausage, after rescuing piglets from a fire. In February, a fire ripped through a farm in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, but firefighters were able to rescue 18…
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Mented Cosmetics Has the Perfect Lip Gloss for Women of Color
Earlier this summer, The Root highlighted New York City-based Mented Cosmetics and its endeavors to create nude lipsticks for women of color. The black-woman-owned company now has a new lip-gloss line that’s sure to rival its lipsticks. Harvard Business School grads K.J. Miller and Amanda E. Johnson are the women behind Mented, and in a…
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Va. Issues 4 Warrants Against Christopher ‘Nazi Crybaby’ Cantwell
If he was crying last week over assuming he had warrants, neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell is definitely shedding some big racist tears this week. Cantwell, who was infamously featured in a Vice documentary and attended this month’s racist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., now has four arrest warrants issued by Albemarle County (Va.) Commonwealth’s…
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New R. Kelly Accuser Violates Nondisclosure Agreement With Underage-Sex Claims
Jerhonda Johnson says she was a starstruck 15-year-old when she first met R. Kelly. Johnson didn’t meet him at a concert, or at her high school, where Kelly was allegedly known to troll. Johnson met Kelly while on daily watch outside his child-pornography trial in 2008. In a new report for BuzzFeed News, Jim DeRogatis…
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Kevin Hart’s Current Wife and Ex-Wife Go at It Over Home-Wrecker Label
Eniko Parrish Hart and Kevin Hart have been married for a year, and when Eniko Hart posted a celebratory Instagram pic dedicated to her husband, it started a war of words between Eniko Hart and Torrei Hart, Kevin Hart’s ex-wife. See, the thing is, Eniko referenced being with Kevin for eight years. But Kevin and…
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Chance the Rapper Tweets About Attending Clark Atlanta University, and Morehouse Is Like, ‘What About Us?’
Chance the Rapper is looking for a college to further his education, and one simple tweet from the rapper Sunday night got two colleges in the Atlanta University Center Consortium vying for his application. It looks as though the person who runs Morehouse’s social media was up and had time: But then Clark Atlanta University’s…
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