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  • Deadpool 2 Casts Atlanta Actress Zazie Beetz as Domino 

    Earlier this week, rumors surfaced that Janelle Monáe would be cast as Domino in the upcoming Deadpool sequel. But Ryan Reynolds put those rumors to rest after tweeting that Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz had captured the role. Beetz, the only female lead on Atlanta, has also appeared in Easy (which is currently streaming on Netflix), Margot…

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  • The Quad’s Writers’ Room Addresses Criticism

    When it comes to portraying the black college experience on television or on the silver screen, most people will cite School Daze and A Different World as points of reference. Both of these put a fictional spin on life at an HBCU, and were way ahead of their time when it came to touching on…

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  • Ciara and Family Pose in New Maternity Shoot

    Ciara, Russell Wilson and Toddler Future were all smiles in a family maternity photo shoot. Well, technically, we can’t really tell if Wilson is smiling—because you can’t see his head. The shoot, which was done for Harper’s Bazaar and shot by Dani Brubaker, definitely doesn’t need to be replicated by us everyday folks. But there’s…

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  • Watch: Funny or Die’s ‘Get Out (of the White House)’ Spoof

    Funny or Die’s “Get Out (of the White House)” has everything a horror movie should include: the Trumps, Kanye West and perfect editing. The spoof hilariously takes a look at the scary-ass White House and the black people who have been taken hostage (willingly, in the cases of Ben Carson and Omarosa). And then there’s…

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  • Arrest Warrant Issued for Azealia Banks After She Misses Court Date for Paris Fashion Week

    What’s more important than getting the dates correct for a Manhattan Criminal Court appearance? Paris Fashion Week, of course, if you’re Azealia Banks. Banks was scheduled for a court appearance Monday for a 2015 incident at a New York City nightclub where she was accused of attacking a female security guard and biting her breast.…

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  • Iron Fist Actor Explains Why He Deleted Twitter After Diversity Debate

    When Netflix announced its Iron Fist series, some people (not all) hoped that the series would cast an Asian actor as Danny Rand. But what they got instead included the series’ creators sticking to the comic and Finn Jones being cast as Rand, a white guy who masters martial arts and becomes better than his…

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  • Samuel L. Jackson on Ben Carson’s ‘Immigrants’: ‘MUTHAF–KA PLEASE!!!’

    Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson proved Monday that he knows absolutely nothing about slavery. Then Samuel L. Jackson proved that he has no problem calling the head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development a dickhead. Be like Samuel L. Jackson. Don’t be like Ben Carson (well, unless you learn to stick to your medical…

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  • Chance the Rapper Donates $1,000,000 to Chicago Public Schools

    Last week, Chance the Rapper met with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to discuss the Chicago Public Schools system and its current disarray. But the Grammy Award-winning rapper wasn’t pleased with the meeting and has decided to take matters into his own hands. On Monday, Chance announced that he’ll make a $1 million donation to CPS…

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  • David Letterman Shares Thoughts About Jimmy Fallon Playing in Trump’s ‘Hair’

    When Donald Trump appeared on The Tonight Show in September and Jimmy Fallon seemingly normalized his racism by joking around and playing in his “hair,” the world wondered, “What would David Letterman do?” Many people were pretty sure Letterman would have taken Trump’s ass to task not only for his policies but also for his…

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