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Google Doodle Celebrates the Life of Author Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is considered one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Achebe’s first book, Things Fall Apart, was released in 1958 and is considered to be one of Africa’s finest pieces of literature. And on Thursday, what would have been his 87th birthday, Google Doodle honored him. “One man took it upon himself to…
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Drake Threatens Concert Attendee After He Catches Him Groping Women
Drake isn’t going to stand around and watch women get groped during his concerts. At Tuesday night’s concert in Australia, the rapper threatened to fuck someone up after he apparently caught that someone groping a woman. “If you don’t stop touching girls, I’m gonna come out there and fuck you up,” he said after interrupting…
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Here Are a Bunch of Men Sexier Than Blake Shelton
People magazine really outdid itself this year when it named Blake Shelton as its “sexiest” man of the year. By “outdid itself,” I mean—this is Trump’s America—People didn’t even try. Shelton is the primary reason I refuse to watch NBC’s The Voice, and that’s a lot, considering that Miley Cyrus is on the show. Shelton…
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Terry Crews Talks Hollywood Sexual Assault on Good Morning America: ‘I Will Not Be Shamed’
Terry Crews spoke in detail about the sexual assault he says he endured at the hands of Hollywood agent Adam Venit in an interview with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan on Wednesday. Crews said that Venit, who is currently on leave as head of the motion picture department at William Morris Endeavor, grabbed his “junk”…
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Fla. Man Is Fighting Condo Association to Keep His ‘Emotional Support’ Squirrel
A Clearwater Beach, Fla., condo association has given a resident with an unusual emotional-support pet an ultimatum: Get rid of the squirrel or get the boot. Ryan Boylan rescued his rodent squirrel, Brutis, during Hurricane Matthew, and like Celie and Nettie from The Color Purple, they cannot be apart. But Brutis isn’t welcome at the…
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Sammy Sosa’s Brown Skin No Longer Exists
On Nov. 12, Sammy Sosa will celebrate his 49th birthday. The Dominican-and-Haitian baseball legend is one of the greatest to ever play the sport, but even with all of the accolades he’s received over his career, it seems as though Sosa has issues when it comes to his skin color. Sosa, who made his mark…
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A Crime by Any Other Name Is Probably Not Mental Illness
Stop me if you have heard this before: A person with a gun walks into a church and shoots as many people as he can before being killed. What is to blame for this? Regarding the recent Texas church massacre, President Donald Trump stated that this was caused by a “mental health problem.” In other…
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Here’s a $1,000 Tin Can From Tiffany’s
What do you get the person who has everything this holiday season? How about a tin can that costs a mere $1,000 from Tiffany & Co.? Yes, the can, which looks like a shined-up version of a Chef Boyardee can, is part of the company’s “Everyday Objects” collection. The site describes the can as: Sterling…
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SheaMoisture Is Out Here Setting Up Beard Thirst Traps, but Don’t Get Beard-Fished
Beards, glorious beards. It’s that time of year when men participate in #NoShaveNovember and attempt to grow out their beards for a month. And in honor of the month, SheaMoisture released a hell of a thirst trap when it comes to marketing its beard products. There are thick beards, barely there beards (what exactly is…
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Wendy Williams Faints on Live TV
As many tuned in to today’s live episode of The Wendy Williams Show, they received a shock when she passed out before announcing the show’s Halloween costume contestants. Williams, who was dressed as the Statue of Liberty, began to stumble over her words, grabbed her crown and then fell to the floor: Once the show…
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