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Another Achievement For Tyler Perry: Leading The Pack For Worst Movies of 2019 With Eight Razzie Award Nods For A Madea Family Funeral

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As EGOT Status Draws Near, Double Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Commends Joaquin Phoenix For Condemning Hollywood Racism

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Viola Davis to Play Michelle Obama in 'First Ladies'

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They've Gotta Have Us and We've Gotta Have It: What's New and Black on Netflix During February, The Blackest Month?

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The Root Presents the Inaugural Blackest Awards in Honor of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., aka 'The Skippies'

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Rihanna Will Receive President’s Award During the 51st NAACP Image Awards

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'I'm Part of the Problem': Joaquin Phoenix Calls Out BAFTA's Diversity Problem—Will Hollywood Actually Take Action or Is the Joke on Us?

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An Open Letter to Daniel Kaluuya, Who Said He’s Bored With Talking About Race

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All of the Whites: Kanye West Wants This Man to Portray Him in a Biopic

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Pete Holmes Tells Heckler to 'Shut the F—k Up.' Turns Out It Was Malia Obama

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Clive Davis Plans to Undo Damage of Other Whitney Houston Documentaries With a New Film of His Own

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Sometimes Romantic Fairy Tales End Early: Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo Done After Two Months of Marriage

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Megan Thee Stallion Is Letting Y’all Know That She Is, Indeed, That ‘B.I.T.C.H.’ With a New Single

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Tyler Perry Is America’s Greatest Entertainer

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A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

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Critics Choice Awards 2020: When They See Us Named Best Limited Series, Ava DuVernay Thanks Netflix Who ‘Let a Black Woman Do Her Thing’

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Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

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The Saga Continues: Judge Orders Google to Turn Over Jussie Smollett's Data

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Hair Love Across the Nation: 3 States Passed Laws Ending Black Hair Discrimination Within a Week

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Oscars 2020: 80 Years After Hattie McDaniel Became the 1st Black Academy Award Winner, Hair Love Somehow Became The Night's Only One

Another Achievement For Tyler Perry: Leading The Pack For Worst Movies of 2019 With Eight Razzie Award Nods For A Madea Family Funeral

As EGOT Status Draws Near, Double Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Commends Joaquin Phoenix For Condemning Hollywood Racism

Viola Davis to Play Michelle Obama in 'First Ladies'

They've Gotta Have Us and We've Gotta Have It: What's New and Black on Netflix During February, The Blackest Month?

The Root Presents the Inaugural Blackest Awards in Honor of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., aka 'The Skippies'

Rihanna Will Receive President’s Award During the 51st NAACP Image Awards

'I'm Part of the Problem': Joaquin Phoenix Calls Out BAFTA's Diversity Problem—Will Hollywood Actually Take Action or Is the Joke on Us?

An Open Letter to Daniel Kaluuya, Who Said He’s Bored With Talking About Race

All of the Whites: Kanye West Wants This Man to Portray Him in a Biopic

Pete Holmes Tells Heckler to 'Shut the F—k Up.' Turns Out It Was Malia Obama

Clive Davis Plans to Undo Damage of Other Whitney Houston Documentaries With a New Film of His Own

Sometimes Romantic Fairy Tales End Early: Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo Done After Two Months of Marriage

Megan Thee Stallion Is Letting Y’all Know That She Is, Indeed, That ‘B.I.T.C.H.’ With a New Single

Tyler Perry Is America’s Greatest Entertainer

A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

Critics Choice Awards 2020: When They See Us Named Best Limited Series, Ava DuVernay Thanks Netflix Who ‘Let a Black Woman Do Her Thing’

Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

The Saga Continues: Judge Orders Google to Turn Over Jussie Smollett's Data

Awards Seasoned Continues: Lil Rel Howery to Host the 2020 AAFCA Awards

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Oscars 2020: 80 Years After Hattie McDaniel Became the 1st Black Academy Award Winner, Hair Love Somehow Became The Night's Only One

Another Achievement For Tyler Perry: Leading The Pack For Worst Movies of 2019 With Eight Razzie Award Nods For A Madea Family Funeral

As EGOT Status Draws Near, Double Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Commends Joaquin Phoenix For Condemning Hollywood Racism

Viola Davis to Play Michelle Obama in 'First Ladies'

They've Gotta Have Us and We've Gotta Have It: What's New and Black on Netflix During February, The Blackest Month?

The Root Presents the Inaugural Blackest Awards in Honor of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., aka 'The Skippies'

Rihanna Will Receive President’s Award During the 51st NAACP Image Awards

'I'm Part of the Problem': Joaquin Phoenix Calls Out BAFTA's Diversity Problem—Will Hollywood Actually Take Action or Is the Joke on Us?

An Open Letter to Daniel Kaluuya, Who Said He’s Bored With Talking About Race

All of the Whites: Kanye West Wants This Man to Portray Him in a Biopic

Pete Holmes Tells Heckler to 'Shut the F—k Up.' Turns Out It Was Malia Obama

Clive Davis Plans to Undo Damage of Other Whitney Houston Documentaries With a New Film of His Own

Sometimes Romantic Fairy Tales End Early: Lena Waithe and Alana Mayo Done After Two Months of Marriage

Megan Thee Stallion Is Letting Y’all Know That She Is, Indeed, That ‘B.I.T.C.H.’ With a New Single

Tyler Perry Is America’s Greatest Entertainer

A Boomerang of Black Erasure: Welp, Eddie Murphy’s 1988 Oscars Presentation Is Still Relevant in 2020

Critics Choice Awards 2020: When They See Us Named Best Limited Series, Ava DuVernay Thanks Netflix Who ‘Let a Black Woman Do Her Thing’

Oscars 2020: On a Scale of Taylor Swift to Gary Owen, How White Were the Nominations?

The Saga Continues: Judge Orders Google to Turn Over Jussie Smollett's Data

Awards Seasoned Continues: Lil Rel Howery to Host the 2020 AAFCA Awards