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There Will Be No Hateration Nor Holleration in This Christmas Dancery, Thanks to Mary J. Blige & Amazon
It’s about to be a very Mary Christmas, y’all! Amazon has announced that it has teamed up with Mary J. Blige for a roundup of exclusive holiday songs in tandem with its “Delivering Smiles” campaign. The queen of hip-hop soul is the latest stellar addition to a gang of other talented artists who are dedicated…
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Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker Trailer First Look: Debbie Allen Is Still Making You Pay in Sweat!
Remember Debbie Allen’s iconic line (as Lydia Grant) in Fame? “You’ve got big dreams, you want fame? Well, fame costs, and right here is where you start paying—in sweat!” Well, 40 years after the film’s debut, Allen still has that same energy. In her upcoming documentary, Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, from Shondaland and Netflix,…
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Danai Gurira to Star as The Fighting Shirley Chisholm, Film Will Follow Trailblazer's 1972 Presidential Run
As we watch history being made with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris, we can’t help but uphold Rep. Shirley Chisholm’s name. Hell, when we talk about any woman (of any color) we have to honor Chisholm’s name. We’ve been “with her.” Chisholm not only made history as the first Black woman elected to the United States…
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'A Promised Land': Oprah and Gayle King Will Get First Dibs on Barack Obama's Presidential Tea
Former President Barack Obama will sit down with two very familiar faces as his long-awaited new memoir, A Promised Land, launches next week. Gayle King will be first on the docket to chat with Mr. 44 on Nov. 15 for CBS Sunday Morning. While the timing of the interview coincides with the release of Obama’s…
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Shemar Moore Talks Addressing Social Unrest in S.W.A.T.’s Upcoming Season
Under normal circumstances, the month of May usually holds a soft spot in my heart every year; birthdays and holidays being the primary reasons. But if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that this year is everything BUT normal. Before the month could even properly wrap up, the world was enraged and provoked to action…
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Soul Train Awards 2020: H.E.R., Chris Brown, Beyoncé and Young Thug Lead Nominations
This year has been a lot of things (stressful, frustrating, shocking, depressing, anxiety-inducing…to name a few), but 2020 will be bowing out in the last quarter with some love, peace and souuuuuul! The Soul Train Awards is back and on Wednesday, BET announced the host and nominees for the beloved Black-ass awards ceremony. Sitcom icons…
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Whoa, Whoa, Whoa…Wait a Minute! Is Your Racism So Strong, You Can't Even Bop Along to Frankie Lymon?
“Little bitty pretty one, come on and talk to me” about that one time a vintage clip of Frankie Lymon performing amid the blandness of several saltines resurfaced on social media. On Tuesday, a Twitter account by the name of @africanarchives posted a video of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers performing their hit “Little Bitty…
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Looks Like There's a New Monster Coming to Netflix; Kelvin Harrison Jr.'s Long-Awaited Indie Heads to Streaming
In news that may feel long overdue for some Sundance fans, Netflix has recently announced its decision to acquire the Kelvin Harrison Jr.-led indie, Monster, to its platform. (If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s probably because you’re still lowkey traumatized from his emotional performances in the 2019 films Waves and Luce. I know…
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Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt Are Teaming Up to Produce an Adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer
Another Ta-Nehisi Coates adaptation is on the horizon! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, Brad Pitt’s Plan B (which has also produced notable works such as Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk) and MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) are joining forces to produce an adaptation of Coates’ debut novel, The Water Dancer. In case…
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Tell Us How You Really Feel: YG and Nipsey Hussle’s Post-Election Anthem ‘FDT’ Hits No. 1 on iTunes
In today’s installment of ‘Why I Love Black Folks,’ I’m gonna take it way back. And by ‘way back’ I mean back to this past Saturday around 11:30 a.m. ET, when the news first broke that Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., was indeed our President-Elect. It was a day filled with parades, jubilant people, and dancing…