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Bill Cosby Heads to Court to Stop Accusers From Testifying in Retrial as Prosecutors Seek to Call 19 Additional Women as Witnesses
Bill Cosby is scheduled to be in court Monday in a bid to stop several of his accusers from testifying in his sexual assault retrial April 2. According to NBC 5 Chicago, Cosby’s defense team is expected to argue with prosecutors over the potential witnesses at the pretrial hearing. The Associated Press reports that prosecutors…
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There Will Be No Time’s Up Dress Code at the Oscars, but #MeToo Is Still on People’s Minds
Make no mistake: Just because you don’t see a sea of diaphanous black gowns and sharp, black tuxes at the Oscars red carpet this Sunday doesn’t mean the Time’s Up movement didn’t show up. Unlike the Golden Globes, around which the Hollywood-backed initiative born out of the #MeToo movement was announced, there will be no…
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Fishbone
I’m not going to kill myself. I yelled it out early this morning when my mother woke me up. “I AM NOT GOING TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF!” is exactly how I said it when she came busting into my room demanding that I get my clothes on to go to meet Jesus. Two days ago…
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British Teens Remix Harry Potter, Other Films to Make Brilliant Point About Black Representation in Media
Originally, the posters were just a private effort among a group of teens who were tired of seeing black faces shut out of British media. But their designs—movie posters of popular films and TV shows remixed to show primarily black casts—became a major moment in London this week when their posters were displayed prominently in…
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Some Older Academy Voters Won’t Let Get Out Be Oscar-Great, Haven’t Even Watched Film
Even though the film was nominated for four major Academy Awards this year, including Best Picture and Best Director, some longtime Oscar voters still haven’t watched Get Out because they don’t deem it Oscar material. The news comes courtesy of a recent Vulture interview with new members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
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Compton, Calif., Has No Movie Theater, but That Didn’t Stop Ava DuVernay From Screening A Wrinkle in Time for Her Hometown First
Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time won’t be out for another week, but thanks to her efforts, her hometown of Compton, Calif., got first dibs on seeing the fantasy epic from the local legend. As DuVernay posted on her Twitter account, she specifically requested that the first public screening of her film be held in…
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Rick Ross on Life Support: Report
Miami rapper and Maybach Music CEO Rick Ross is reportedly on life support after being rushed to a Miami hospital early Thursday morning. TMZ first reported that Ross was taken to the hospital by ambulance after someone in his home called 911 and reported a person in distress who was “breathing heavy” and unresponsive. The…
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Jay-Z Passes Diddy on Forbes List of Wealthiest Hip-Hop Artists. Soulja Boy Snubbed Again
Boosted by his ownership stake in Roc Nation, Tidal, and Champagne and cognac that neither you nor I can afford, hip-hop artist and mogul Jay-Z has leapfrogged entrepreneur and white-suit aficionado Sean “Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Brother Love” Combs to claim the top spot on Forbes magazine’s list of the wealthiest people in…
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O.J. Simpson’s Infamous, Unseen If I Did It Interview Will Finally Air
Here’s a trip down bizarre memory lane: Remember the book O.J. Simpson wrote, If I Did It, about how he might have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman if he were the murderer, which he says he definitely wasn’t? Back in 2006, Simpson did a brief publicity tour for the book, including an…
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Black Panther’s Merchant Tribe Elder Started Acting at 88, Proving It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
If anyone ever tells you that it’s too late to pick up a new hobby or follow a passion, or change anything about your life, feel free to look them directly in the eye and call them a liar, because this Wakandan elder has proved otherwise. Many of you may not necessarily know Dorothy Steel…