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Viola Davis Becomes 1st Black Woman to Win Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama
It was Viola Davis’ night, and the rest of the nominees in the Emmy category for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series were along for the ride. Davis, who was joined by Taraji P. Henson in the same category, won for her role on How to Get Away With Murder. During Davis’ emotional acceptance speech, her…
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Tyra Banks Reveals Fertility Struggles During Emotional Talk Show Segment
Tyra Banks, 41, has been in front of the camera and on magazine covers since her teen years. Since her modeling career ended, she’s been everything from a talk show host to an entrepreneur. But there’s one thing that she’s put off for a while, and now, when she finally wants it, it’s been hard…
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Terrence Howard’s Bizarre Interview With Rolling Stone Will Leave You Asking, ‘What Did I Just Read?’
I’m still trying to process it all. Terrence Howard’s recent interview with Rolling Stone is anything but uninteresting, but that’s not always a good thing. Howard’s career has had its share of highs and lows. Right now he’s riding the Lucious Lyon wave of fame that Empire has brought him. But with fame comes the…
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James Bond Author Says Idris Elba Is ‘Too Street’ to Play James Bond
At this point, Idris Elba probably doesn’t even want to play James Bond. During a year of speculation, Elba has continually denied even being in the running, but now the author of the most recent Bond book, Trigger Mortis, has really stuck his foot in his mouth. Anthony Horowitz, in an interview with the Daily…
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Because He Got High: Kanye Announces 2020 Run for President During MTV Video Music Awards in Rambling Speech
On Sunday night, Kanye West received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. The award was ironically presented to him by his former archnemesis, Taylor Swift. In true West fashion, he said a lot of things, but no one really understood anything he said: Bro, bro, listen to the kids. Jeremy, I…
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Spike Lee to Receive Honorary Oscar
Some may say that Spike Lee should have received an Oscar years ago, but it looks as if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is trying to make it up to the legendary filmmaker. Honorary Oscar statuettes are given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture…
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Donald Trump Deports Univision Reporter From Presser, Proving He Is Still the Biggest Troll in America
If you took a look at any of Donald Trump’s recent appearances and press conferences, you’d think you were standing in the middle of some bizarro alternate-reality world. At the podium is one of the world’s richest men, wearing one of the world’s worst spray tans and a comb-over that has an appearance similar to…
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Dee Barnes Responds to Dr. Dre’s Apology
Last week, journalist Dee Barnes wrote a highly critical piece concerning Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray and the fact that the movie painted N.W.A as saints and not the misogynistic group they were—especially considering that Dr. Dre brutally beat Barnes in 1991. Days after that article went viral and had everyone talking, Dr. Dre…
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Michel’le on Dr. Dre’s Apology: ‘I Don’t Really Think It’s a Sincere Apology’
On the heels of Dr. Dre’s public apology for beating up women, his ex-fiancee, R&B singer Michel’le, is having her say. The singer-turned-reality-TV personality isn’t buying his apology. In an interview with the BBC, Michel’le, who was with Dr. Dre for six years and has a son with him, said she thinks it’s a publicity…
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Nicki Minaj Issues Warning to Trolls on Social Media
Trolls have been around since AOL started sending 50 hours’ worth of free Internet access. Fast-forward years later, and trolls don’t die, they multiply. And for celebrities, it seems as though trolls go full throttle when trying to get their attention. But there’s one celebrity who’s not having it. Over the weekend, Nicki Minaj and…
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