All The Shocking Testimony from Diddy’s Federal Trial That’ll Make Your Stomach Turn
Taraji P. Henson Finally Addresses Those Rumors of Drama With Oprah During ‘The Color Purple’
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Marvel’s New Black Panther Is …White, Explained
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A Prayer for Post Malone, Who Says It’s a ‘Struggle Being a White Rapper’
Heavenly Savior, Today I come to you, O Lord, and humbly as I know how. In fact, I come to you so humbly that I will admit that I don’t know whether or not to pronounce the “h” in “humble.” I mean, I can see the letter right there at the beginning of the words,…
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Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige Headlining 2018 Essence Festival
Secure your wigs and get your best shout-singing voice ready because the 2018 Essence Festival is coming with a star-riddled talent lineup. Queen Janet Jackson and double Oscar nominee Mary J. Blige will be bringing it to the crowd with their headline performances, but it doesn’t stop there. There will also be a headline set…
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Black Panther Is Tracking to Open to a Cool $100 Million to $120 Million at the US Box Office, but Did You Expect Anything Else?
For the sake of journalistic integrity, I will continue to be up-front about my personal stances. I am hugely biased about Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, and there is very little that can be done to convince me that it will not be the best thing since Beyoncé secretly dropped her self-titled album with nary a…
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Is This Jesse Williams’ New Girlfriend? We Don’t Know … but We Have Questions
All eyes have been on Jesse Williams since it was announced last year that he was divorcing his wife, Aryn Drake-Lee. Since the divorce announcement, there’s been the typical “he said, she said” when it comes to accusations of infidelity and why the marriage fell apart. With celebrity divorces, drama follows, and on Wednesday, a…
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Russell Simmons ‘Treats Animals Better Than Women’: Hip-Hop Mogul Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged Rape
A documentary filmmaker has come forward alleging that Russell Simmons, after agreeing to finance and co-produce her film on women’s empowerment, raped her. Jennifer Jarosik filed a lawsuit against the hip-hop mogul Wednesday. She’s seeking $5 million in damages from Simmons—a number her lawyer estimates is about 1 percent of Simmons’ net worth, according to…
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Black-ish Star Marsai Martin Will Star in and Executive-Produce Comedy Little
Oh, Black Girl Magic, how awesome art thou? Let me count the ways. But seriously, how amazing is 13-year-old Marsai Martin? The Black-ish star, who delights the audience with her clever delivery, is now not only an actor but also a creator, an executive producer. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marsai will star in the…
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This Conversation With Erykah Badu Will Make You Wonder if She Dabbles in Hotepery
“I don’t care if the whole group says something; I’m going to be honest. I know I don’t have the most popular opinion sometimes,” Erykah Badu said during an interview with Vulture that left me wondering if years of breathing in incense fumes could cause brain damage, because these opinions of hers are problematic, to…
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‘She Ready’ for HBO: Tiffany Haddish Signs Deal With Premium Cable Outlet to Develop New Projects
HBO just gave you another reason not to let go of your ex’s HBO Go password to keep tuning in once #DemThrones goes off the air. As Variety reports, actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has penned a two-year, first-look deal with HBO, where she will develop new projects for the premium cable outlet. Haddish is…
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How Is 50 Cent the Luckiest Man Alive? Well, How Do You ‘Accidentally’ End Up Making Millions?
Some people have all the luck, and there is nothing no one can ever do to convince me that 50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson III) isn’t one of those lucky-ass people. Now, don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that Mr. 50 is not a hard worker or supremely talented. I am saying that…
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Why Oprah’s Visit to Recy Taylor’s Grave Matters
Before there was #MeToo, there was Recy Taylor, a black woman living in Alabama who was gang-raped by white supremacists in 1944—the height of the Jim Crow era. Taylor died late last year, but not before her story—and her long fight for justice—began to receive the national attention it so richly deserved. Earlier this month,…