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2 Dope Queens Coming to HBO
No, this is not about Cersei Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen. It’s about Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson. You’ve probably heard of the hit podcast 2 Dope Queens, where the two comedians rehash their lives, current events and pop culture. HBO announced Thursday that the duo has partnered with the network for four hourlong specials. “2…
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10 Possible Reasons Rihanna Photoshopped That Pic
Everybody on the internet is flipping out over a recent Instagram photo posted by superstar Rihanna that appears to be photoshopped (and by “everybody on the internet,” I mean Black Twitter because—aside from the Beyhive and The Root—the internet is basically composed of my mama’s Facebook page, porn and pasty white dudes on Reddit arguing…
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LeVar Burton Is Being Sued by a Public Broadcasting Station Over Reading Rainbow
In today’s episode of Black People Can’t Have a Damn Thing, Not Even if We Played a Major Role in Building It From the Ground Up, actor LeVar Burton is being personally sued by a Buffalo, N.Y., public broadcasting station that wants to stop him from using a Reading Rainbow catchphrase on his new podcast.…
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Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney to Adapt Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn for Television
If you’ve been waiting for Octavia E. Butler’s sci-fi to make it to television, Ava DuVernay and Victoria Mahoney have teamed up to bring Butler’s Dawn to television sets across the country. Dawn tells the story of a black woman working side by side with aliens to revive the human race 250 years after a…
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Donald Glover Says He’s Working on New Music and Season 2 of Atlanta Will Be Better Than the 1st
Donald Glover has his hands full, and apparently he’s cooking up new music and an even better second season of Atlanta. During an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Clara Amfo show on Tuesday, Glover spoke about living in the United Kingdom for the last year and his final album as Childish Gambino. “I’ve been working on…
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Master of None’s Lena Waithe Shocked to Learn She Is 1st Black Woman Nominated for Comedy-Writing Emmy
Lena Waithe didn’t even know she made history and was shocked to learn that her Emmy nomination received for comedy writing for Netflix’s Master of None marked the first time a black woman was up for the award in the category. The “Thanksgiving” episode, one of the best episodes in the series, was written by…
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HBO Renews Insecure for Season 3
And the world went crazy: Congrats to everyone on the show and to those who love the show. May you always have Tasha and Lawrence to argue about every Sunday night and Monday morning.
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You May Not Want to See Detroit, but the Roots and Bilal Have a Hot-Ass Song on the Soundtrack
I have no plans to see Detroit. Technically, I didn’t plan on listening to the soundtrack, either, but with that free-free six-month Tidal membership, I stumbled across the soundtrack two weeks ago. I gave it a listen. It’s filled with some oldies but goodies. But then I heard voices that weren’t so old. But oh…
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Chris Brown Has Eyes on Rihanna’s Crop Over Costume
Chris Brown is like a cold sore that keeps on popping up at the most inopportune times. And this time, Brown was caught creeping on Rihanna’s Instagram account giving googly eyes at her Crop Over festival costume. Of course, everyone is gawking over Rihanna’s ability to slay Crop Over, year after year. But unlike Brown,…
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This Is Probably the Dumbest Tweet Ever Tweeted by a Father (Besides a Trump Tweet)
Eric Weinstein’s Twitter bio says he’s the managing director for Thiel Capital. Weinstein’s tweet says that he’s a father to a daughter, and he apparently has issues with women in the workplace complaining about discrimination. Apparently, Weinstein has no issue with women sitting idly by and suffering at work while being harassed, and doesn’t care…