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Watch: An Exclusive Sneak Peek at Preachers of Detroit
This Friday the Oxygen Network will air the premiere of Preachers of Detroit. The show features Grammy Award-winning evangelist Dorinda Clark-Cole, Bishop Corletta Vaughn, Bishop Charles Ellis III, Pastor David Bullock, Bishop Clarence Langston, Pastor Don William Shelby Jr. and Pastor Tim Alden. The series will follow the cast as they deal with themes of…
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Lolo Jones on 50 Shades of Grey: ‘God Didn’t Create Sex for That Purpose’
Lolo Jones, the Olympic non-gold medalist, isn’t ashamed to discuss the fact that she’s a virgin and also has no problem dissing the high-box-office-grossing movie 50 Shades of Grey. Jones doesn’t want any part of the movie and recently expressed her views on Twitter: Funny how some people think there's nothing wrong with 50 shades…
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Oscar Voter Says Selma Snub Is Because There’s ‘No Art to It’
There’s one Oscar voter out there who had some scathing words for some of the top movies up for awards this Sunday, especially for Selma. The anonymous female member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says she found Selma to be artless and the fact that the cast wore “I Can’t Breathe”…
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SNL Alum Norm Macdonald Says Eddie Murphy Declined Playing Bill Cosby for Anniversary Special
Updated Thursday, Feb. 19, 12:05 p.m. EST: “I am very appreciative of Eddie and I applaud his actions,” Bill Cosby said through a rep. Earlier: Last Sunday, during Saturday Night Live’s 40th-anniversary special, Eddie Murphy made a brief and awkward appearance. Many people wondered if he would grace the stage again, but unfortunately he did not. Even…
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Nicki Minaj’s Tour Manager Dies in Philadelphia Stabbing
Tragedy has struck Nicki Minaj’s tour. Her tour manager, De’Von Pickett, 29, of the Bronx, N.Y., was stabbed to death outside the Che Bar & Grill in Philadelphia Wednesday morning. Two members of my team were stabbed last night in Philly. One was killed. They had only been there for two days rehearsing for the tour.…
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B. Scott and BET / Viacom Reach Settlement
Two years ago BET hired blogger and media personality B. Scott to host the red-carpet event for the BET Awards, but once the network noticed Scott’s “too feminine” attire, it requested a wardrobe change. Scott did not oblige and was removed from the red carpet. Scott filed a discrimination lawsuit against BET/Viacom on the basis…
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Dinesh D’Souza Refers to President Obama as ‘Boy,’ ‘Vulgar’ and ‘Ghetto’
Conservative commentator and author Dinesh D’Souza is at it again on social media. Just last month D’Souza had the audacity to compare himself to Martin Luther King Jr. by tweeting “AN INTERESTING PARALLEL: MLK was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover, an unsavory character; I was targeted by the equally unsavory B. Hussein Obama.” And the…
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Pharrell Inks Children’s-Book Deal
Just when you thought you had had enough of hearing Pharrell Williams’ “Happy,” your young children will now be able to read about it. The Grammy winner just inked a four-book deal with Putnam Books for Young Readers, which will launch with a picture book based on “Happy.” In a press release, Putnam announced that…
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Wiz Khalifa Says Amber Rose Is a Lazy and Bad Mother
Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose’s custody dispute is about to get ugly. On the heels of Rose’s epic war of the tweets with Kanye West’s sister-in-law, Khalifa, in an effort to gain custody of their son, Sebastian, is now claiming that Rose is an unfit mom. According to TMZ, Khalifa hasn’t yet filed any legal documents,…
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Texas Man Apologizes After Spitting on Windshield and Yelling, ‘F–k You. Black Power,’ in Road Rage Incident
A Texas man’s road rage incident has gone viral after a white woman posted footage of him scaring her and her child. Rashaad Ben was captured on camera by Julie Nowlin as he veered from lane to lane on an Austin highway; once Ben realized he was being recorded, he became irate. The video shows…
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