Patti LuPone Apologizes After Being Canceled, But Here’s Why Black and White Folks Say it’s Too Late to Save Face
This is Why Ray J is Going Completely Off on Suge Knight… and it Involves Diddy
Jess Hilarious Responds to Backlash After Being Dragged for Transphobic Comments
Kendrick Lamar, Tupac and More Famous Black Geminis
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Grace Jones Flashed Her Breasts at Book Signing
Grace Jones flashed reporters, baring her breasts, at a book signing in New York City Thursday for her new book, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, the Daily Mail reports. Some may see it as a desperate move to sell copies. Jones’ book captured news headlines several weeks ago because in it, she chastises contemporary pop stars—Rihanna,…
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Jesse Williams Discusses Biracial Privileges and Social Justice: ‘Black Americans Are Not Angry. They Are Hurting’
It has always been a pet peeve of mine when biracial people seem to ignore their white side and act as if the world perceives them as black through and through. I always felt that in their determination to identify solely and sternly as black, they were missing out on an opportunity to share some…
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Don Henley of the Eagles Has Opinions: Kanye West Is ‘Arrogant and Insecure,’ Frank Ocean a ‘Talentless P–ck’
Don Henley still hasn’t gotten over the fact that Frank Ocean sampled his music on his 2011 Nostalgia, Ultra mixtape. Ocean sampled the Eagles’ “Hotel California” on his “American Wedding” song, and it wasn’t that bad. Forget about Ocean’s possibly exposing new listeners to Henley’s music; in a recent interview with The Guardian, Henley’s still…
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Watch: Man Breaks Down in Tears After Learning Wife Is Pregnant After Trying for 17 Years
A Dinwiddie, Ga., wife shocked her husband recently with news that literally had him in tears. Dana Griffin-Graves, who has had a hard time conceiving, recorded her husband’s reaction after letting him know she had a “bun in the oven.” The video immediately went viral. Arkell Graves, the father-to-be, was ecstatic when he heard the…
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Shonda Rhimes Shares How She Lost 117 Pounds but Hated Every Minute of It
Shonda Rhimes is probably the busiest woman in Hollywood. Between juggling her popular TV shows and being a mother, Rhimes realized that there was one thing she was neglecting, and that was her health. In a recent interview with Extra, during the ShondaLand TGIT party, she explained that she lost 117 pounds by changing her eating…
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#TBT: Nigerians on Twitter Reminisce and Celebrate Their Country’s 55 Years of Independence
Nigeria turns 55 today. Africa’s most populous nation gained its independence from the United Kingdom Oct. 1, 1960. Nigerians on Twitter commemorated their independence day with a variety of celebratory tweets and insightful comments about how far the nation has come. The country has produced some of the world’s richest oil entrepreneurs. https://twitter.com/AfricaFactsZone/status/649664918585802753 Despite its…
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Ashanti’s Stalker Represents Himself in Court Against Charges That He Violated Restraining Order
The theatrics that Devar Hurd—the man convicted of stalking Ashanti in 2009—displayed in a New York City courtroom Wednesday are one for the history books, the New York Daily News reports. Hurd served a two-year bid for stalking Ashanti, but after his release, Ashanti claims, he went back to his stalker ways. Hurd is now…
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Woman to Bear as It Attacks Kayak: ‘It’s the End of September. Why Are You Here? You’re Supposed to Be Asleep’
Black bears are interesting creatures. They enjoy the occasional romp in a pool. They destroy your trash if you leave it outside, and occasionally they’re a hiker’s worst nightmare. Just ask Mary Maley. Maley was on a hiking trip in Alaska when she came across a black bear. In the YouTube video that has since…
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How Kerry Washington Plans to Keep Beyoncé in Her Presence
If Beyoncé made a cameo appearance on Scandal, I could see her playing a sly villain—but a duplicitous one who appears sweet but who tries to fool Olivia Pope and actually gets away with her mischief. That episode of Scandal would break the Internet. If Kerry Washington has her way, that casting will happen sooner rather than later.…
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Nas, Muhammad Ali and Eric Holder Receive Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal
Every year, Harvard University honors those who have made contributions to African-American culture with the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal. On Wednesday, awarded for their contributions were rapper Nas; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; boxing great Muhammad Ali; Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund; Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments; artist Carrie Mae Weems;…