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How to Be an Antiracist Author Ibram X. Kendi Teams Up With Netflix to Create Three New Projects
Historian (and 2020 The Root 100 honoree) Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will partner with Netflix for a handful of antiracist-centered projects. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix, along with Roger Ross Williams (the first Black director to win an Oscar) and the iconic Mara Brock Akil, will adapt three of Kendi’s books, Stamped from the Beginning,…
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Mic Drop: Music for Every Mood
This week, fire-ass artists were coming out of the woodwork. Some released music videos that had me scratching my head and saying, “aren’t we in a global panorama?” While others released chill EPs and albums that had me laying on my floor and staring at the ceiling for a bit, contemplating the universe and also…
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Love’s in Need of Equality: Stevie Wonder Calls on Biden-Harris to Form ‘Truth Commission’ to Address Racial Inequalities in Open Letter to MLK
On Monday, legendary artist Stevie Wonder posted a four-minute video message in an open letter to Dr. King. According to Variety, the video, which was posted to Wonder’s official Twitter account, shows the “Do I Do” singer speaking on the impact Dr. King had on his life all while airing out his grievances with the…
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Celebrate Your 3-Day Weekend With Some Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices
What it do, y’all! This Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and while I know at least one hour of your three-day weekend will be spent watching Our Friend Martin, that still leaves you with plenty of time to play video games. Now, for me, whenever I’m hit with a holiday weekend I like…
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Hi, She's Janice Johnston, and This Is the 1st Woman and 1st Black Executive Producer of 20/20
It’s a new year, and though we may not be able to make “Hi, I’m Barbara Walters…and this is 20/20” jokes anymore about the year, 2021 is kicking off with some historic news for the long-time news program. On Thursday, ABC News announced that Janice Johnston has been promoted to executive producer of 20/20. With…
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Trailer Roundup: Lupin Presents the Drip Report
How’d your week go? Did you get banned from virtually every social media platform in existence and then impeached for the second time? If you answered “no” to this question, then you deserve the delightful escape of these trailers! Well, unless you support the Coup-in-Chief…then, YOU GET NOTHING! By the way, if you need to…
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Tessa Thompson Launched Her Production Company and Already Has a First-Look Deal With HBO/HBO Max
You heard of Sylvie’s Love? Well, make way for Tessa’s Production Company! According to Deadline, the star and executive producer of the Amazon Prime Video romance film has launched her production company, Viva Maude. If that’s not already dope enough news, Thompson already landed a first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max! Under the deal,…
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Now or Never: D-Nice and Issa Rae's Raedio Collab on the Official Inauguration Playlist Featuring Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige and More
We still don’t know many details on next Wednesday’s inauguration (nor should we, given the current spate of domestic terrorism in our fair country) but we do know the soundtrack: On Thursday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) released a 46-track playlist to commemorate the upcoming inauguration of the 46th president’s upcoming…
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'This Is Not a Fight That Is Over': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Has a Word About Anti-Racism With Kenrya Rankin
Remember that time a huge swath of Americans convinced themselves the country was “post-racial” following the election of our first Black president, Barack Obama? Well, if the much-needed formation of the Black Lives Matter movement, a countless four years of Donald Trump, and 2020’s uprisings for racial justice didn’t convince them otherwise, last week’s full-scale…
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Wet Ass Production: Cardi B’s 1st Leading Role Will Be in a Heist Film
Cardi B is a self-proclaimed “certified freak; seven days a week,” but she’s also found time in her busy schedule to fit in a whole leading role! According to Variety, Cardi B has scored her first starring role in Paramount’s upcoming film, Assisted Living. More scoop on the movie, via Variety: Assisted Living is being…