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Watch: Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s ‘All the Stars’ Black Panther Video Is Absolutely Stunning
It’s a Black Panther Tuesday around these parts. And just as the reviews are dropping for the movie, so has the first video from the movie’s soundtrack. Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” video is not only visually stunning—it includes actual black panthers! Lamar, who curated the soundtrack, is clad in everything from dandy…
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Beyoncé’s Father Claims She’s Successful Because She’s Light-Skinned
Even though I am a dark-skinned black man, I stay away from the argument about colorism in the black community. Not because it has no validity, but because it always misses a valuable point that we will get to later if my head doesn’t explode before I reach the end of this piece. Mathew Knowles,…
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#WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe Trends Across the US
T-minus 10 days until Black Panther hits movie theaters, and the buzz is still more than going strong. Presale tickets have gone through the roof, first reviews have been insane and have me giddy with anticipation, and the movie is currently certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a clean 100 percent rating from critics. Black…
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Black Panther’s Tomatometer Soars at 100 Percent
Black Panther is on its way to becoming one of the biggest blockbusters ever, and the reviews that hit the internet on Tuesday have pretty much solidified that. At 9 a.m., the Black Panther review embargo was lifted, and as of this afternoon the movie currently has a 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. But…
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Temptations Singer Dennis Edwards May Have Been Abused Before His Death: Report
Dennis Edwards, the man whose rich, raspy voice held the bottom of so many of the Temptations’ hits, including “I Can’t Get Next to You” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” was allegedly abused before his death, according to a recent report. Edwards died on Thursday, Feb. 1, from complications from meningitis. The St. Louis…
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Black Panther Delivers the Biggest, Blackest Superhero Movie Ever and It’s Just as Good as You Want It to Be
When I sat in the theater and screened Black Panther, I felt like the woman in the audience at the Five Heartbeats’ show who couldn’t stop squirming out of her seat. And then I Googled “Wakanda ticket prices,” as if the country were real. The short review is: Black Panther is a thing of cinematic…
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Actor Fired From Film About Police Brutality After Video of Him Making Racist Comments Resurfaces
Twentieth Century Fox has dropped Kian Lawley from upcoming film The Hate U Give after video surfaced of the former YouTube star making racist comments. The Hate U Give, based on Angie Thomas’ best-selling young-adult novel of the same name, centers on the life of Starr Carter, a young black teen, after she witnesses a…
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Black-Adjacent Hollywood Manager Shuts Down Agency Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
Updated, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, 5:15 p.m. EST: Hollywood talent manager Vincent Cirrincione has reportedly shuttered his company, Vincent Cirrincione Associates, after being accused of sexually harassing nine women over the span of 20 years. The former manager and business partner of A-list starlets such as Halle Berry and Taraji P. Henson, who reportedly dropped…
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Justin Timberlake’s Prince Tribute Was Not a Hologram … It Was a Perfect Allegory of America
Before not watching Sunday’s Super Bowl, I was engaged in a conversation with Kyla Jenée Lacey, a contributor to The Root, about appropriation. Specifically, we were talking about Indonesian rapper Rich Chigga’s music. I told her the story of two white women who went on a Christmas road trip and discovered the delicious tortillas served…
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Former US Attorney General Eric Holder Goes Hollywood With Main Justice
Our best and favorite president, Barack Obama, had a great attorney general in Eric Holder, who, like Obama, is living his best life since leaving the White House. A life that has apparently taken him to Hollywood. According to Deadline, Holder will be executive-producing Main Justice, a legal drama series inspired by … get this…