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  • Google Doodle Celebrates the 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip-Hop

    If you’ve ever aspired to be a DJ, you may want to hop on over to Friday’s Google Doodle and get yourself a history lesson on hip-hop and a DJ tutorial. In honor of hip-hop’s 44th anniversary, Google Doodle is paying homage to DJ Kool Herc and showing you exactly how his “breaks” became famous.…

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  • Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney to Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn for Television

    If you’ve been waiting for Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi to make it to television, Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney have teamed up to bring Butler’s Dawn to television sets across the country. Dawn tells the story of a black woman working side by side with aliens to revive the human race 250 years after a…

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  • Donald Glover Says He’s Working on New Music and Season 2 of Atlanta Will Be Better Than the 1st

    Donald Glover has his hands full, and apparently he’s cooking up new music and an even better second season of Atlanta. During an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Clara Amfo show on Tuesday, Glover spoke about living in the United Kingdom for the last year and his final album as Childish Gambino. “I’ve been working on…

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  • Master of None’s Lena Waithe Shocked to Learn She Is 1st Black Woman Nominated for Comedy-Writing Emmy

    Lena Waithe didn’t even know she made history and was shocked to learn that her Emmy nomination received for comedy writing for Netflix’s Master of None marked the first time a black woman was up for the award in the category. The “Thanksgiving” episode, one of the best episodes in the series, was written by…

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  • Chris Brown Has Eyes on Rihanna’s Crop Over Costume

    Chris Brown is like a cold sore that keeps on popping up at the most inopportune times. And this time, Brown was caught creeping on Rihanna’s Instagram account giving googly eyes at her Crop Over festival costume. Of course, everyone is gawking over Rihanna’s ability to slay Crop Over, year after year. But unlike Brown,…

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  • Serena Williams on Giving Birth: ‘I Am About to Be a Real Woman Now’

    Serena Williams is gracing the cover of Stellar magazine, and the world’s greatest athlete is talking about her greatest challenge yet: motherhood. In her interview with the Ireland-based magazine, Williams spoke about becoming a mother for the first time and the childbirth process. “I don’t think watching birthing videos helps,” Williams said. “I actually think…

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  • Airbnb Deactivates Accounts of People Set to Attend White Supremacist Rally in Va.

    If a bunch of white supremacists thought they were going to use Airbnb to book lodging for their upcoming hate rally in Charlottesville, Va., they thought wrong. With its headliner billed as Richard “Punch Me in the Face Please” Spencer, attendees of the “Unite the Right,” a rally being organized by self-described “white activist” Jason…

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  • Attorney Lisa Bloom to Hold Press Conference With Usher Herpes Accuser

    R&B singer Usher Raymond has new accusers coming forward and stating that they contracted herpes from the singer. On Monday their attorney, Lisa Bloom, will address the newest lawsuits filed against the singer. Bloom is holding a live conference at 9 a.m. to discuss her clients’ lawsuits against Usher. According to Bloom, Usher allegedly had…

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  • Serena Williams Throws ’50s-Themed Baby Shower

    Serena Williams and her squad celebrated the tennis star’s upcoming childbirth by having a ’50s-themed baby shower that included poodle skirts and throwback hairstyles. Williams’ guests included Ciara, Eva Longoria, Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony and Beyoncé’s cousin and songwriter, Angie Beyince. “When you and your crew go so far back to the 50’s. Even…

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  • Rihanna Launches Bike Program for Girls in Malawi

    Rihanna is continuing her philanthropic endeavors, and this time she’s helping girls in Malawi get to school. In a partnership with bike-sharing organization Ofo, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation will fund scholarships for girls in Malawi through the foundation’s Global Scholarship Program, and donate bikes to students who need transportation to classes. “I’m so happy about…

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