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Is Mo’Nique a Donkey? Was Charlamagne Wrong for Calling Her One? Spoiler Alert: The Answer Is No
I am writing a book. When finished, I hope it will be a critical examination of race and culture in the United States. It will be unapologetic and fact-based and will pull no punches discussing the uniquely American brand of racism and how it is inextricably interwoven into the fabric of U.S. politics, economics and…
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#HurtBae’s Ex-Boyfriend Is Still an Asshole
#HurtBae and her boyfriend are back with another video updating the internet on how their lives have been since going viral last February. If you recall (or maybe you don’t), Kourtney Jorge and her ex-dirt-dawg of a boyfriend, Leonard, put their private lives on the Summer Jam screen when Kourtney confronted him about his cheating…
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AMC, Color of Change to Provide Free A Wrinkle in Time Tickets to Underprivileged Kids
Color of Change, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, and AMC Theatres are working together to give underprivileged children a chance to see screenings of A Wrinkle in Time for free. According to Variety, the free tickets are being offered through the “Give a Child the Universe” initiative, which is encouraging both individuals and groups…
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Apparently There Are 3 People Who Haven’t Listened to Kendrick Lamar’s Award-Winning Damn., and They Were All on Jeopardy! Last Night
Kendrick Lamar’s Damn. was pretty much literally the best album of 2017. K-Dot’s fourth studio album was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album at this year’s Grammys. It was selected as Billboard’s Year-End No. 1 album of 2017 and received widespread acclaim from critics. Yet somehow it appears that there…
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Oprah Delivers the Most Elegant, Unbothered Clapback to Trump’s Twitter Nonsense
Leave it to Oprah Winfrey to hit snooze on the bullshit. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday, the Queen Mother of Living Your Best Life revealed how she responded to Donald Trump’s attack on her following a piece she did for 60 Minutes. The 60 Minutes segment, which aired Sunday, featured Oprah with…
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Tiffany Haddish Becomes 1st Black Woman to Host MTV Movie & TV Awards
In a sea of award shows, you may say to yourself, “I didn’t even know the MTV Movie & TV Awards were still a thing.” But with Tiffany Haddish hosting this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, it’s definitely going to be a huge “thing.” Especially with Haddish becoming the first black woman to host…
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Tisha Campbell-Martin Files for Divorce
Tisha Campbell-Martin announced in a statement through her rep Thursday that she and her husband, Duane Martin, have decided to part ways. As People magazine reports, the pair have been together nearly 30 years and married for more than 20. Campbell-Martin, best known for playing Gina on the iconic TV show Martin, also tweeted out…
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On Prince and Painting Outside of Black and White: Janelle Monáe’s Inspiring Thought Process on Dirty Computer
The first matter of business, if you haven’t already, is to treat yourself to Janelle Monáe’s latest video offerings, which the singer released today. The visuals for “Make Me Feel” and “Django Jane,” the two lead songs off Monáe’s upcoming album, Dirty Computer, are rich and stimulating—an entire 2018 mood board is captured in those…
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R. Kelly and the Black People on the Wakanda Travel-Ban List
During an emergency meeting at 7:27 p.m. Wednesday, the past, present and future residents of Wakanda went to the Black Twitter polls and voted to ban all attempts at entry by Grammy Award-winning singer and world-renowned urinator R. Kelly. It began when the crooner known for loving 11th-graders and singing the song “12 Play” posted…
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Watch: Let the Battle Begin in Netflix’s Roxanne Shanté Biopic Roxanne, Roxanne
The year is 1984, and the ends of your fat laces are freshly tucked inside your suede Pumas. You’ve just finished asking your father to buy a large piece of linoleum flooring so that you can practice your backspins in the carpeted living room when you hear the sounds of a braggadocious 14-year-old girl destroying…