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Jemele Hill on ESPN Suspension: ‘I Put ESPN in a Bad Spot’
Jemele Hill doesn’t have any hard feelings toward ESPN after the company gave her a two-week suspension for violating its social media rules. In an interview with TMZ while walking through Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday, Hill spoke candidly about the suspension over her Jerry Jones tweets. “Me and ESPN are fine. We’re in…
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RZA’s Publicist Says ‘Enough Is Enough’
Earlier this week, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA had an interesting interview with Charlamagne tha God on The Breakfast Club. In that interview, he admitted that Russell Crowe did spit on Azealia Banks at a Hollywood party last year. Charlamagne asked RZA how he could let a man spit on a woman, and RZA basically shrugged,…
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How TV Writer Angela Nissel Is Bringing Her Unique Voice to Tyler, the Creator’s The Jellies, and Why Black Female Writers in Hollywood Need to Be Heard
If you took a look at the writers’ room of some of your favorite television shows, you’d be hard-pressed to find a black person, and even harder pressed to find a black woman. But for the last decade, Angela Nissel has been leaving her mark behind the scenes on shows like Scrubs, The Boondocks and,…
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RZA Finally Admits Russell Crowe Did Spit on Azealia Banks at Party
Remember last year, when Azealia Banks said that actor Russell Crowe spit on her and called her the n-word as he kicked her out of his party? And although Banks thought Wu-Tang founding member RZA would come to her defense, he did not and said that Banks was lying? Well, guess who’s fessing up now?…
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Social Media Blasts Nivea for Skin-Lightening-Lotion Ad
Whether people want to accept it or not, some of your most trusted companies producing skin-care products in the U.S. take on different motives in other countries. Take, for example, the company behind Dove, the people who told us to “love the skin you’re in.” Unilever apparently doesn’t want people in Asian and African countries…
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Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith Talk Success of Girls Trip and Sequel Possibilities
It would be an understatement to say that Girls Trip was a blockbuster success this summer. And with an all-star lineup of black woman magic—Tiffany Haddish, Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah—the film proved that black women can bring the funny and the money. The actresses play four lifelong friends who call themselves…
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Marvel Releases New Black Panther Trailer
Feb. 16, 2018, seems like it’ll never get here, but Marvel Studios dropped a new trailer for the long-anticipated Black Panther movie, and it’s pretty much the best way to get your Monday started. Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela…
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After Getting Her Dry Wig Snatched, Sunny Anderson Backtracks on Victim-Blaming in Sexual Harassment Cases
Chef Sunny Anderson had a few polarizing opinions about the recent New York Times piece uncovering Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and rape scandals. But she wasn’t exactly showing support to the victims. Instead, Partly Cloudy Anderson used victim-blaming when telling her own story about sexual harassment. Thunderstorm Anderson tweeted that the definition of “brave” shouldn’t…
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Slavery-Simulation Game Outrages Parents in Phoenix
Want to learn about slavery? Put down the history books, forget about teachers and just step into the life of 14-year-old slave Lucy King as she tries to escape from a Kentucky plantation. Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? Well, no, it’s not. And parents in a Phoenix school district are outraged. The Phoenix…
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RZA Praises Azealia Banks for Love Beats Rhymes Film; Release Date Officially Set
Some people will call Azealia Banks problematic and even crazy, but in a recent interview with Hot 97, RZA had nothing but glowing words to say about the rapper when it comes to his upcoming movie, Love Beats Rhymes, in which she stars. The movie’s official trailer was released this week, and it officially opens…
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