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Broadway Star Ben Vereen Accused of Sexually Assaulting Young Actresses During Production of Hair
The fallout from the #MeToo movement has only just begun, and Broadway legend Ben Vereen is the latest to face accusations of abuse after several young actresses came forward accusing the star of sexually assaulting them during the 2015 production of Hair. According to the New York Daily News, the women, all part of the…
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Listen: The Lead Single From the Kendrick Lamar-Produced Black Panther Soundtrack Is Here
The lead single on the highly anticipated Kendrick Lamar-produced Black Panther movie soundtrack is less “DNA” or “King Kunta” and more like a poppier “Poetic Justice.” “All the Stars” gives us another collaboration between Lamar and SZA, labelmates at Top Dawg Entertainment. It’s a pretty good song—the vibe is easy and laid-back. It’s the kind…
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Watch: Tiffany Haddish Delivers Hilarious Acceptance Speech at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, which were held Wednesday night at Tao restaurant in New York City, are the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the season. Thanks to Tiffany Haddish, the show may also already be a lock as the best. Haddish, accepting an award for best supporting actress for her role…
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The Punisher Star Has No Time for White Supremacists Who Appropriate Franchise Logo
The Punisher is brutal, bloody and exceedingly violent. But that doesn’t mean that the Netflix show’s star, Jon Bernthal, is here for any of the bullshit, especially when it comes to white supremacist trolls and terrorists appropriating the franchise’s logo for their own purposes. In fact, Bernthal quite simply and succinctly told any of the…
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Hoda Kotb Will Earn a Fraction of What the Alleged Sexual Predator Who Preceded Her Made
Welcome to 2018, where bad men will no longer helm morning shows at major news networks, but where the women of color chosen to replace them will still be paid a fraction of their predecessors’ salaries. So it seems with Hoda Kotb, the effervescent and charismatic co-anchor of the show Today. Kotb, who was called…
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North Carolina Woman Who Began College at 12 Receives Doctorate at 23
Julia Nepper was just 12 years old when she began attending community college in Wilmington, N.C. The precocious and gifted young lady had been homeschooled for the previous four years because her parents realized that she was not being challenged in the traditional classroom. Nepper went on to receive her bachelor’s degree at 16 and,…
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Anita Baker Announces ‘Farewell Tour’ for 2018
When R&B songstress Anita Baker hit the scene in the mid-’80s, it was as if we didn’t know what we’d been missing. Her cool, low register gifted us hits like “Angel,” “Sweet Love” and “Rapture,” and with all our hearts we loved it, baby. And then she disappeared. Baker, who hails from Detroit, said she…
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Dave Chappelle Courts Controversy in 2 New Comedy Specials: Singles Out Louis C.K. Accuser, Doubles Down on Trans Jokes
Yup, Dave Chappelle went there. In his new Netflix comedy special, The Bird Revelation, Chappelle touches on sexual harassment in Hollywood and in comedy, mining the accusations against fellow comedian Louis C.K., who was accused of masturbating in front of female colleagues, for joke fodder. The special debuted on New Year’s Eve. As Billboard reports,…
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Erykah Badu Was Pulled Over in Dallas so Cop Could ‘Say Hi’
Erykah Badu’s new year certainly started off on an interesting note after she was pulled over by cops in Dallas for no reason other than that the officers wanted to “say hi.” The multitalented singer-songwriter posted a video to Instagram on New Year’s Eve captioned, “WTF BABYLON!! HAPPY NEW YEAREZZZZ!” In the video, Badu speaks…