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Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens has a racist troll up in arms because of the diverse cast. A twitter user, who obviously never knew Darth Vader was voiced by a black man or never paid attention to the luxurious waves in Lando Calrissian’s…

There’s about to be a lot of “Happy” people at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The man in the big brown hat, aka Pharrell Williams, has been named artist in residence for 2015. The performer, songwriter, producer, designer and entrepreneur kicks off his residency with a town hall event in midtown Manhattan…

Let’s just add this to another thing black people can’t do. Well, actually, with recent reports about black shoppers being profiled in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., we already knew that shopping while black was an issue. But who knew that big-time NBA players had to deal with it, too? The Milwaukee Bucks’ John…

A new production of Shakespeare’s Othello has two of Hollywood’s biggest heavy hitters in leading roles: David Oyelowo will play the Moor, Othello, who gets betrayed by his jealous friend, Iago, who will be played by fellow Brit Daniel Craig. The play will be an off-Broadway production put on by the New York Theater Workshop,…

Anthony Mackie may have lost a couple of fans after a recent interview with BET about his upcoming movie Our Brand Is Crisis. During the interview, Mackie was asked about the upcoming election and whether he could deal with political scrutiny the same way he deals with celebrity scrutiny.  “I don’t think I would be able to…

Oprah Winfrey paid $43.2 million to get a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers, the Associated Press reports. That comes out to 6.4 million shares of the popular weight-loss program. The purchase also secured her spot on the organization’s board of directors.  Weight Watchers now has the right to use Winfrey’s “name, image, likeness and…

WNBA star Glory Johnson revealed on Instagram that she gave birth to twin girls Oct. 12. The babies are premature but healthy. Johnson described how grateful and elated she is that they’re here.  “Babies Ava Simone & Solei Diem arrived on Monday! Born a little earlier than expected […] I have no worries because these…

It seemed as if Lamar Odom was barely hanging on to life last week after a suspected drug overdose at a Nevada brothel, but over the last couple of days, according to various reports, he’s been on the road to recovery. Everyone from Master P to Kobe Bryant has shared his opinion about those people…

On Sunday night, Eddie Murphy was honored at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Murphy was surrounded by comics who were inspired by him, including Tracy Morgan, Trevor Noah, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Arsenio Hall. During the ceremony, Morgan shared what Murphy meant…

Music with a message is definitely something that both Usher and Nas are aiming to make with the release of their new single “Chains.” The song, which highlights police brutality, premiered on Tidal and uses advanced facial-recognition technology to drive home the message. While watching the video, you’re urged not to move your eyes as…