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Beyonce and Jay-Z Honored With the Vanguard Award at the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards
Beyoncé, the King of Music, and her husband Jay-Z blessed the rainbow coalition with their presence at Thursday night’s 30th annual GLAAD Awards. The delegation of gays that filled the room breathed the air of royalty as the two took the stage to accept their Vanguard Award. Right before their speech, Shangela, who is, in…
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Anna Deavere Smith Is Definitely Here For The People
Anna Deavere Smith is a woman of many talents. She is a playwright, an actress, and, ultimately, a storyteller. In her latest role, Smith plays the clerk of court Tina Krissman on For The People, which airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. Smith shares her thoughts on the importance of standing up for…
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What Happened to Brandon Adams?
Brandon Adams was going to be a star. Before he was recruited to play college football at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, he acted in high school plays. He was a three-sport athlete (wrestling, football, and track and field) at the famed Brentwood Academy in Brentwood, Tenn., earning a total of four state titles. While at…
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Rachel True Wants The Hollywood Reporter to Put Some Respect on Her Name
It appears that at The Hollywood Reporter there is at least one writer whose common sense is light as a feather, while their thought process is stiff as a board. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for their exclusion of actress Rachel True in their mention of the cast from the 1996…
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Oprah Came Through Apple’s Press Event and Crushed the Buildings
After running out a lineup of Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and J.J. Abrams to talk about their upcoming series for Apple, the tech juggernaut went for the Moneyball and brought out Oprah Winfrey to talk more about her relationship with Apple and how she’s going to bring more of what she does best…
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Boxer Adrien Broner Cuffed in Miami After Yelling at Cops. Maybe the Police Tried to Holla at Him
One-time boxing champion Adrien Broner, who is absolutely not gay, was handcuffed by Miami police for being Adrien Broner. That is absolutely not an indictment on police, as Adrien Broner is an asshole of epic proportions. According to TMZ Sports, Broner was walking with his entourage, which included really good boxer Gervonta Davis, when he…
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Jordan Peele, Lupita Nyong'o Co-Sign the Electrifying Us Tribute We Never Knew We Needed
While Jordan Peele spent his weekend breaking box office records with relative ease, dancer Kendra “K.O” Oyesanya spent hers breaking the internet—because why not? On Saturday, the Step Up: High Water actress sent social media into a frenzy with a mind-blowing dance routine she unleashed with the help of Antwon Keith Collier, Rhyan Hill, and…
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He Doesn’t Do Politics, He Does Fun: Shaquille O’Neal Joins With Embattled Pizza Pusher, Papa John’s, in New Deal
When we got word Papa John’s Pizza got a new (black) face, Shaquille O’Neal, the crew at The Root had a field day. “Ask Shaq about his obsession with being a cop and if he had trouble finding a cap and cane for his soft shoe routine …,” quipped one. “The same Shaq who just…
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Cam Newton Announces Sex-Free March
Cam Newton is definitely unique. Everyone’s got their quirks. Some of us ask for our eggs on a separate plate so that our syrup doesn’t touch. Some of us are mortified at the sight of a hat on the bed. šœm ØF ü$ +åLk lĮKÊ ThĪŠ. As it turns out, those of us who talk…