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Kirk Franklin Has Jesus and His Heater by His Side to Deal With Trolls
Kirk Franklin had social media in an uproar Saturday after he took on Twitter trolls who took issue with his anti-Muslim-ban tweets. “I am a Christian who would rather sit at the table with a Muslim brother than ban him from a home that wasn’t originally mine,” Franklin tweeted. Of course, it didn’t take the…
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Sage Steele Had a Hard Time Rolling Luggage Because of LAX Protests
ESPN’s Sage Steele is trying really hard to become the new Stacey Dash. And this time she’s complaining about how she had to wade through protesters while dragging her luggage at Los Angeles International Airport. “So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX, but still missed our…
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Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mahershala Ali and Hidden Figures Win Big at SAG Awards
The 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards took place Sunday night, and on the heels of President HWSRN’s immigration ban specifically targeting Muslims, some award winners used the opportunity to speak out against the atrocities that unfolded over the weekend. Mahershala Ali took home the SAG Award for best supporting actor for his performance in Moonlight,…
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Ruth Negga, Janelle Monáe, Lupita Nyong’o, Aja Naomi King Stun on Vanity Fair Cover
Ruth Negga, Aja Naomi King, Janelle Monáe and Lupita Nyong’o are just some of the actresses featured on Vanity Fair’s Hollywood-issue cover. The glamour photo was shot by Annie Leibovitz, and the actresses have some heavy Hollywood statistics between them. Among the 11 women, there are 12 Oscar nominations and two wins, three of whom…
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Paris Jackson Explains Why She Identifies as a Black Woman
Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris Jackson, had a lot to say in an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone. The 18-year-old, who lost her father when she was 11, not only opened up about his death (she says he was murdered) but also revealed that she identifies as a black woman. In the interview, Paris addressed the…
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Nazis Deserve to Get Punched in the Face
By now you’ve seen neo-Nazi Richard Spencer get his block knocked off by a hoodie-wearing vigilante. It was the punch heard around the world. And it’s been remixed and remixed and remixed again. There are those who feel that violence, even against a white nationalist who believes in one “pure race” and that the other…
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Jessica Williams’ Sundance Women’s March Speech Is a Must-Read
Jessica Williams is anything but average. And her mother made her realize that a long time ago after she stopped doing homework for school and thought getting C’s on her report card was acceptable. In middle school, Williams received the talk many black kids get from their parents growing up. The same talk I received…
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Steve Harvey Haz a Sad Over Trump Backlash
Woe is Steve Harvey. Woe is he. Apparently the backlash Harvey received after meeting with Donald Trump has gotten to him. Also, he haz a sad. To say that Harvey was dragged to hell and back over his meeting with President Molded Tangerine would be an understatement. The backlash was swift and brutal. Harvey, who…
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Busboys and Poets’ Peace Ball DC Was Silver Lining to Crazies in Town for Pissauguration
Thursday night in Washington, D.C., was a clusterfuck for anyone traveling into or out of the city. As swarms of red-hat-wearing idiots embarked onto the city’s landscape to attend Friday’s Pissauguration, there was one silver lining to the dismal reality that Donald Trump is really becoming president. D.C.’s popular Busboys and Poets bookstore and restaurant…
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