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Black-ish: Pops and Ruby Are Getting Married Again! Who All Gon' Be There? Who Cookin'?
Y’all hungry? ABC is partnering with Black Restaurant Week, the “annual, multi-city culinary movement celebrating the flavors of African, African-American, and Caribbean cuisine nationwide” to promote a couple of their TV shows and…well, my stomach is growling, already. On Wednesday, the very special episode of Black-ish where Pops (Laurence Fishburne) and Ruby (Jenifer Lewis) get…
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Megan Thee Stallion Released the Tracklist for Her Debut Album Good News and Yes, Shots Are Fired
Megan Thee Stallion is reclaiming her narrative through her debut album, Good News and she is not holding back. On Tuesday, the rapper dropped a tweet with the tracklist of her upcoming album and it apparently opens with one particular track that has everyone talking. Y’all see it, right out the gate: “Shots Fired.” Though…
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School Is in Session: Keegan-Michael Key & Audible Team Up on The History of Sketch Comedy
In a new audio-series exclusively on Audible, Keegan-Michael Key will be dishing out history lessons on the evolution of sketch comedy, as told through his experience. The comedic actor will both write and perform each of the 10 episodes, along with his wife Elle Key, who also serves as co-writer and director. Per Variety, in…
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Barack Obama Wants to Take Us to the Presidential 'Promised Land' With His 2020 Playlist
While the current huffy head-of-state is constantly sitting on Twitter denying a fair election (or you know, reality), the 44th president of the United States is releasing a whole much-anticipated book! Titled A Promised Land, Barack Obama debuted on Tuesday the first volume of his presidential memoir, chronicling his journey from “a young man searching…
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It's Getting Hot in Herre and the Situation Is Serious Because Bel Biv DeVoe and Nelly are Performing at the 2020 AMAs
The American Music Awards are about to throw in a little country New Jack Swing this year! On Monday night, it was announced that Bel Biv DeVoe (BBD) and Nelly have been added to the list of performers for the world’s largest fan-voted awards show. Here’s what’s going to go down, per a press release…
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The Root's One-on-One With Barack Obama
Because he’s been pretty low-key about it, you might not be aware that a promising politician that we’ve been keeping an eye on released A Promised Land on Tuesday—a book that offers a firsthand account of Barack Obama’s journey to becoming America’s first Black president. When The Root discovered this information, we thought we’d help…
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Black Lightning Spinoff Painkiller Will Be Lighting Up Our Screens Soon, Jordan Calloway to Star
The CW has officially greenlit the development of a backdoor pilot for the much-anticipated Black Lightning spinoff, Painkiller, Per Deadline, Jordan Calloway, who appeared as the recurring eponymous character ‘Painkiller’ on Black Lightning, will be reprising his role in the pilot, which is set to appear in February 2021. The episode will also air as…
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Sure, a Cover of 'Put Your Records On' Charted, But Let the Record Show…the Song Is Corinne Bailey Rae's
A couple of days ago, I decided to mellow out during my shower to the sounds of Corinne Bailey Rae (shout-out to Bluetooth speakers!). I chose the acoustic version of her hit single, “Put Your Records On” (which I prefer to the studio version), and I couldn’t stop smiling. Rae and her soothing voice always…
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E! People’s Choice Awards 2020: Tyler Perry Is the People’s Champ
Another day, another awards show! The E! People’s Choice Awards, (or PCAs for short), aired Sunday night and it went off without a hitch. Let’s get into it! Host Demi Lovato kicked things off with a Beyoncé-esque walk to the front of the Barker Hangar stage sporting a starry, sparkly dress and some fire-ass blonde…
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'There’s Only One Chadwick': Marvel Executive Producer Denies Rumors of a Digitized T'Challa in Black Panther 2
After hearing the tragic news that Chadwick Boseman had died after a battle with colon cancer, there naturally followed questions and concerns about the sequel to Black Panther. Arguably, those discussions came too soon, with some wondering who would replace him or how the story would continue without him. Apparently, one of the rumored discussions…