Doja Cat’s Strange Interaction With Fan Leaves the Internet Divided
Judge Mathis Has Some Interesting Words About Diddy Trial
Why the Black Internet Believes Grammys Just Threw Shade at Beyoncé
The Best, Black TV Shows, Movies on Prime Video
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Diddy Showed Black Women Some Twitter Love and White Women Started Whitewomaning
Occasionally, we here at The Root take time out from debating the substantive issues of the day, like whether Power is better than Game of Thrones (which is like asking if Tyler Perry’s stage play Madea Goes to the Cookout is better than Romeo and Juliet), to post something educational. Today we present a short…
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Apparently, HBO Programming Chief Casey Bloys Is an American Hero for Making That Racist Show
I haven’t studied my black-history textbook lately, but I think the lineage of civil rights heroes goes from Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King Jr. to Malcolm X to HBO Programming President Casey Bloys. Speaking to the Television Critics Association on Wednesday, Bloys said that the criticism surrounding HBO’s upcoming show Confederate—which imagines an alternate…
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Melanin Illustrated: The Sisters of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Go Viral With Beach Photo Shoot
The sisters of the Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta found a unique way to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their joining the sorority at Florida A&M University in the spring of 2007: a beach photo shoot dubbed “Melanin Illustrated,” designed to celebrate and honor black beauty. The tight-knit group of 56 women, ranging…
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Tiffany Haddish Says She’d Like to Work With Bill Cosby
Tiffany Haddish, who stars in Girls Trip, is getting much attention after the movie’s spectacular weekend release. But her most recent interview with the Los Angeles Times has some people raising their brows. Haddish was asked which comedians she drew inspiration from, and one of them happened to be Pill Cosby—I mean, Bill Cosby. “Definitely…
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Dancing With the Stars Reportedly Courting Sean ‘Spicy’ Spicer
He won’t be dancing in the bushes anymore—or even around the truth. No, Sean “Spicy” Spicer, disgraced former press secretary for President Donald Trump, may soon be skedaddling on Dancing With the Stars, according to reports. The ABC juggernaut reportedly reached out to Spicer and “expressed interest,” according to two unnamed sources who spoke to…
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Diddy’s Ex Says He’s Not Fat, Just Eatin’ Good
Kim Porter, the mother of three of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ children, defended her ex from body-shamers who have been coming out of the woodwork since a recent shot of him on a yacht surfaced last week … with a not-so-tight body in effect. When the hounds of TMZ asked her about Diddy’s “dad bod” on…
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Rihanna Meets With French President to Discuss Education Fund
Weeks after tweeting to her millions of Twitter followers, “bonjour @EmmanuelMacron, will France commit to #FundEducation?,” Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna met Wednesday with recently elected French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris. French first lady Brigette Macron welcomed Rihanna at the palace, where the president of France resides, before she was set…
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Laverne Cox Responds to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Celebrities and trans-rights activists are not having it since y’all’s president declared that the U.S. military will not allow transgender people to serve in “any capacity”: Donald Trump’s announcement via Twitter sparked outrage, as well as a slew of responses from celebrities who sought to defend those transgender people who are already serving in the…
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Gilbert Arenas Once Again Comes for Lupita Nyong’o Over Her Dark Skin
Between battling the mother of his children and just being an all-around asshole on social media, Gilbert Arenas is the definitive example of a self-hating Negro who shouldn’t be raising little black girls. It seems as if Arenas has an issue with Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o. She posted a photo of herself vacationing in Mexico…
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#GimmeSugar: OWN Renews Queen Sugar for Season 3
Last month, Oprah Winfrey told a small group of women attending a Queen Sugar event in Los Angeles that the show isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. And of course, Winfrey kept her word: OWN has renewed the spectacular series for a third season. Queen Sugar, the series executive-produced by Ava DuVernay and based on the…