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America’s Got Talent Pays Tribute to Brandon Rogers
It was an emotional night on America’s Got Talent as the show paid tribute to Dr. Brandon Rogers, a contestant who was killed in a car accident shortly after his audition. “At the request of his family we would like to honor his memory by sharing his audition with you,” producers said in a statement…
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Idris Elba Says Marriage Is Not His Life’s Calling
Idris Elba and his sexiness are on the cover of this month’s Essence magazine, and it seems that the actor has learned a lesson from his previous marriage. Basically, it’s never to get married again. In his cover interview, Elba spoke about about work, love and fatherhood and his directorial debut in his upcoming film…
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Jesse Williams Addresses Cheating Rumors in Jay-Z’s ‘Footnotes for 4:44’ Video
Jesse Williams opened up about his divorce from Aryn Drake-Lee—and addressed cheating rumors—in Jay-Z’s “Footnotes for 4:44″ video. Williams and Drake-Lee married in 2012, and he filed for divorce this past April amid rumors that he was cheating with actress Minka Kelly. “I was in a relationship 13 years, 13 real years, not five years,…
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Dr. Dre on Attacking Dee Barnes: ‘I Was Out of My … Mind’
In 1990, journalist Dee Barnes was physically assaulted by Dr. Dre after the rapper approached her about an interview she did with Ice Cube in which Dre felt he was bad-mouthed by Cube. Barnes recalled the incident in a Rolling Stone article from August of 1991, telling the reporter that “Dre picked her up” and…
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Maia Campbell Declines Help From LL Cool J
They say you can’t really help people in crisis unless they really want help. This past weekend, a video of former actress Maia Campbell made its way to social media. Campbell, who starred on LL Cool J’s show In the House, was seen disheveled at an Atlanta gas station, missing a tooth and begging for…
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Jay-Z’s 4:44 Album Hits No. 1 on iTunes in 38 Countries
Just 24 hours after being released on iTunes, Jay-Z’s 4:44 album climbed to the top of the charts in 38 countries. According to Roc Nation, the countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Finland, Poland, Malaysia, India, Panama, Sri Lanka, Anguilla, Antigua,…
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Rob Kardashian vs. Blac Chyna: Revenge Porn or Not? Calif. Attorney Says ‘Not’
You may want to think twice before you share nude photos of yourself with a man or woman you’re dating, especially if you’re in a state that, unlike California, doesn’t have a revenge-porn law. On Wednesday, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s drama unfolded via Instagram and Twitter. Although Kardashian posted nude photos allegedly of Chyna,…
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Black People and Fried Chicken: A Stereotype-Filled Love Affair in Advertising
A few weeks ago I attempted to research where the notion that black people should take over the fried-chicken-commercial world came from. By “research” I mean I searched Google, of course. Even though I couldn’t find any information, I was given alternative search ideas, such as “black people love watermelon,” “black people love popeyes” and…
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PopSugar Slammed for Whitewashing Natural Hair
Women’s lifestyle brand PopSugar has some explaining to do after recently posting an article boasting about natural hair. People on social media quickly noticed the piece didn’t feature any women of color and had only white women discussing their “natural” tresses. Now, we all know the “natural hair” movement got its footing from women of…
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Is RHOA Making Kenya Moore Choose Her Job Over Her Husband?
How many marriages have we seen destroyed after couples decided to air their dirty laundry on reality television? One too many. And Kenya Moore, who recently got married, is trying to keep her marriage off of Real Housewives of Atlanta, but the show may have given her an ultimatum. According to TMZ, sources say that…
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