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White Beauty Blogger Creates ‘Chocolate Challenge’ … Because People Are Idiots
Hey, everyone, wouldn’t it be fun to paint your face brown with chocolate just to see how you’d look with a different complexion? Well, technically not everyone … just the white everyones. That’s exactly the novel concept a Portland, Ore., beauty blogger came up with, and now she probably wishes she hadn’t. The blogger, Vika…
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Beyoncé Finally Shares Photo of the Carter Twins
A month after welcoming twins into the world, Beyoncé finally shared a photo of Sir Carter and Rumi. The singer posted the photo to her Instagram similarly to how she announced that she was pregnant. Of course, after just a few seconds, the photo already had close to 80,000 likes and will likely become one…
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Madonna Called Whitney Houston Mediocre in Letter Up for Auction
First there was the Tupac Shakur letter, up for auction, in which the late rapper explained to Madonna why he broke up with her. And now there’s another letter heading to auction, said by auctioneers to have been written by Madonna, which refers to one of the greatest singers of our time as “mediocre.” In…
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Did War for the Planet of the Apes Come for DeRay Mckesson or Did Hotep Twitter Go Too Far?
The Planet of the Apes movie series has always been racially problematic. Starting with the originals in the late 1960s and ’70s and extending to the reboots starting in 2011, the films have a sort of hackneyed white-liberal-pontificates-about-race element to them that is at times compelling and other times insulting. Apes, even superintelligent apes, as…
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#EbonyOwes: Ebony Magazine Gets the Thumbs-Down From the National Association of Black Journalists
Shots fired! The National Association of Black Journalists on Thursday named Ebony magazine (along with Fox News) as its choice for its annual Thumbs Down Award, which puts on blast anyone or any organization that does something especially bad to black people or black journalists. In a release sent via email and widely shared on…
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Whoopi Goldberg Challenges DeRay Mckesson’s Claim That Planet of the Apes Is Racist
The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson for creating controversy over the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes movie. Mckesson wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted, “Given the history of black people as apes, I am offended and appalled by the lack of consciousness in…
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Here Are the Major 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations
Shemar Moore and Anna Chlumsky announced the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards Thursday morning from the Wolf Theatre in the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif., and some of our faves made the cut. From Donald Glover’s series and role on Atlanta to Viola Davis for her role on How to Get Away With…
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2 Live Crew Rapper Fresh Kid Ice Dead at 53
Fresh Kid Ice, one of the founding members of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 53. Born Christopher Wong Won in 1964 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, he co-founded 2 Live Crew with DJ Mr. Mixx and Amazing V in 1984 and eventually was joined by Luther Campbell. “My Condolence goes…
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Yes, Conor McGregor Is a Racist
My favorite boxer is Rocky Balboa. Sure, he’s a fictional character played by Sylvester Stallone, but outside of Mike Tyson appearing in those Hangover movies, Balboa’s pretty much the only thing I’ve ever liked about boxing. That is until this Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight. Here we have two outspoken fighters who are willing…
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Michelle Obama Receives Standing Ovation at the ESPYs
Michelle Obama graced the world with her presence at Wednesday night’s ESPY Awards looking absolutely flawless. The former first lady was on hand to posthumously present Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, and she received a standing ovation. “I am here tonight to honor a remarkable woman. A woman…