Here’s the Real Reason Some Folks are Side-Eyeing Cynthia Erivo’s Tony Awards Performance
This Move is Getting Ciara Dragged on the Internet For the First Time Ever
12 Shocking, Barely-Known Secrets and Scandals of Black Hollywood
A Look Inside David Ortiz’s Former $11.5M Miami Mega-Mansion Now Up For Grabs!
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Watch: Detroit Exposes the Terrifying Civil Unrest That Ripped the City Apart in 1967
From the Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty comes a new story that puts you smack dab in the middle of one of the most terrifying moments of civil unrest, one that rocked Detroit in the summer of 1967. Detroit brings to the big screen the horrible reality of racism,…
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Dr. Dre Donates $10,000,000 to Build Performing Arts Center for Compton, Calif., High School
Hip-hop icon Dr. Dre has shelled out a cool $10 million to help develop a performing arts center for one of the high schools in his native Compton, Calif., the Compton Unified School District announced Thursday. The center—which will be part of the new Compton High School—will include several creative resources, as well as a…
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Karrueche Tran Gets 5-Year Restraining Order Against Creepy Ex-Boyfriend Chris Brown
Let the relationship between Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran be an object lesson in what not to do when you break up with someone, because let’s be honest: Brown terrorized this girl all over social media, and it wasn’t cute or funny in the least. A judge has granted Tran a five-year restraining order against…
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Steve Harvey to Flint, Mich., Resident: ‘Enjoy Your Nice Brown Glass of Water’
The marginally talented mustache who makes millions screaming, “Survey says!” used the Flint, Mich., water crisis as a punch line for a joke on his radio show Wednesday morning. According to MLive, The Steve Harvey Morning Show took a call from a Flint resident who said of the Cavaliers’ NBA Finals loss that “Cleveland didn’t…
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Actress Elizabeth Banks Calls Out Steven Spielberg for Never Making a Movie With a Female Lead, Because I Guess The Color Purple Doesn’t Exist
While accepting an award from the nonprofit group Women in Film, actress Elizabeth Banks took some time out to talk about the issues that women face in Hollywood. Her message, however, was overridden with peak white-womanness when she took a shot at director and producer Steven Spielberg, who she claimed had never made a movie…
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Jury in Bill Cosby Trial Says It’s Deadlocked; Judge Denies Motion for Mistrial, Tells It to Keep Trying
The jury seated for Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial apparently cannot reach a unanimous decision on any of the counts that the famed comedian is accused of, and has announced that it is deadlocked. Nonetheless, Judge Steven O’Neill, who is presiding over the case, is insisting that the jurors keep trying and has denied a…
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Is Kim Kardashian Wearing Blackface?
Kanye’s baby mama is accused of darkening her skin in an ad promoting her new line of beauty products. According to The Sun (no, not that one; the one that’s a British newspaper), Kim Kardashian sent a tweet publicizing her Kim Kardashian West Beauty Kit, focused on contouring and highlighting: But as soon as people…
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A Breakdown of the Black Stars on Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Celebrities
Every year, Forbes magazine ranks the highest-paid “front of the camera” celebrities. These rankings are based on stars’ pretax income, this year from June 1, 2016, through June 1, 2017, calculated from box office earnings, music rankings, book sales, two paycheck stubs, how they ball out at the club and their mamas’ bragging at church.…
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Insecure Season 2 Teaser Trailer Is Here!
Insecure fans, rejoice! The teaser trailer for the second season of the comedy series dropped Wednesday, and you won’t have long to wait for the premiere. Insecure, which stars Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji and Jay Ellis, follows three Los Angeles natives as they navigate the insecurities and all-too-real ups and downs of their personal and professional…