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Comedian Hasan Minhaj Tapped as Host for White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The White House Correspondents’ Association has tapped Hasan Minhaj, a Daily Show correspondent and comedian, as the entertainer for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the association’s president announced Tuesday. “I am thrilled that Hasan will serve as our featured entertainer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” WHCA president and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff…
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Watch: 50 Cent Punches Female Fan During Baltimore Concert; She Then Twerks Onstage
During a Saturday show at the Baltimore Soundstage, 50 Cent came in contact with a female fan during his performance. Based on video footage, the unidentified woman looks as though she grabbed the rapper and pulled him offstage. In retaliation, 50 Cent appears to punch the woman in the chest. But apparently the rapper felt…
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Colson Whitehead Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, author of the 2016 National Book Award-winning novel The Underground Railroad, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Monday. Whitehead’s novel has been heralded by everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama since being published in August 2016. According to Doubleday, The Underground Railroad has sold more than 825,000 copies in the U.S. The…
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Meet Tyrese: R&B Singer, Actor and Dumbass Misogynist
Years ago, before becoming famous, Tyrese was singing the praises of Coca-Cola on the back of a bus. Nowadays, he’s not only in the Fast and the Furious movies, but he also uses his platform to slut-shame women. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen mentions of Tyrese all over my social media timelines.…
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Zoe Saldana Says Sci-Fi Roles Have Made Her Colorblind
Zoe Saldana says that she’s colorblind, thanks to her starring roles in sci-fi movies. No, we’re not talking about stunts that may have affected her vision. We’re talking the “I don’t see color” type of colorblind. When asked in an interview about why she enjoys sci-fi movies, Saldana, who has starred in Avatar, Star Trek…
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Get Out Becomes Biggest Domestic Hit Ever From a Black Director
With only a $5 million budget, Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out is now the highest-grossing domestic hit ever by a black filmmaker. So far the movie has made a whopping $162.8 million in North America, beating F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton. Scott Mendelson at Forbes broke down the top-earning movies by black filmmakers;…
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Chloe x Halle Cover Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’
Singers Chloe and Halle not only have Beyoncé as their mentor but may also have garnered a few more fans after covering Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble.” The sisters and their impeccable harmony dropped the 50-second remake on Twitter Saturday night. And, of course, the sisters, known as Chloe x Halle, cleaned up some of the lyrics…
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Omarosa Ties the Knot at Trump International Hotel in DC
Omarosa Manigault hitched her wagon to another older man got hitched at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The White House adviser and Donald Trump apologist posted a lovely snap of her nuptials to Pastor John Allen Newman, 61, on Twitter that read, “Just Married! #HappilyEverNewman.” E Online reports that the former Apprentice…
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Janet Jackson Splits From Billionaire Husband After 5 Years
Janet Jackson may soon be crooning the words of Cheryl “Pepsii” Riley to Wissam Al Mana: “Thanks for my child.” The iconic pop star has reportedly split with her billionaire husband, just a few months after she gave birth to a little boy in January. The New York Post’s Page Six reports that Jackson and…