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Vanessa Williams Explains Why She’s Returning to the Miss America Pageant 32 Years After They Snatched Her Crown
Time usually does heal all wounds, even the ones you’ve acquired after being publicly humiliated. Actress and singer Vanessa Williams knows that all too well. Williams is returning to the Miss America Pageant this year as one of its judges. She was the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in 1983, and was…
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Hillary Clinton Learns How to Do the Nae Nae
Now may be a good time to put the Nae Nae to rest. During a taping of Thursday’s Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hillary Clinton joined the talk show host and her DJ and performed the Nae Nae to Silentó’s song “Watch Me.” Dressed in a blue pantsuit, Clinton tried her best, but poor little…
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Serena Williams Pays Homage to Venus on Instagram
Serena and Venus Williams have played against each other 27 times in their career. And they’ve never wavered against each other. On Tuesday Serena, who is trying to claim a grand slam—winning the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year—beat Venus at the U.S. Open. But Tuesday’s win, like…
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Beverly Johnson Says She Forgives Bill Cosby
Earlier this year, former model Beverly Johnson came forward and accused Bill Cosby of drugging her in the mid-’80s during an audition. In her recounting of the incident, she said that after Cosby gave her a drink, she started to feel drowsy, but did not completely pass out, as he attempted to assault her. But…
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Grace Jones Shades Today’s Pop Stars, and the World Wonders, ‘Who Is Doris?’
On Wednesday night, the dynamic Grace Jones had everyone talking after an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, was published in TimeOut. Jones doesn’t mince her words when it comes to shading some of your favorite pop stars (not mine) and how desperate some of them are in their “art.” Jones says…
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Black Twitter Responds to Shady Forbes Tweet During Venus and Serena Match
Black Twitter let out a collective “You tried it” directed at Forbes magazine Tuesday night. You would think that much of that evening’s chatter about sports would have been about Venus and Serena Williams’ tennis match that was taking place at the U.S. Open. And if a news organization was going to tweet about a…
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Our #WCW: Taraji P. Henson Cried When She Busted Through the Myth That Black Actresses Don’t Do Well Overseas
All people have their “come to Jesus” moment, when all their trials and tribulations make sense, and they realize why they were put through the storm. For Taraji P. Henson, that happened in Paris after a screening of her hit TV show, Empire. An audience of approximately 1,000 Parisians applauded her performance as Cookie Lyon, and…
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UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey Says It’s Surreal That Beyoncé Used Her Prefight Feminist Rant for Her Show
Beyoncé may be a bit of a recluse, but she keeps her ear to the streets when it comes to sound bites that inspire her as a woman. First it was Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who gained even more fame when Beyoncé used a portion of the writer’s TED speech in her song “Flawless.”…
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Donald Trump on Black Lives Matter: ‘I Think They’re Trouble’
Donald Trump and Fox News seem to have mended fences after Megyn Kelly-gate, because the comb-over king made an appearance on the network Tuesday night. Trump joined Bill O’Reilly to discuss topics including the migrant crisis in Europe, Kim Davis’ arrest and release, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Trump appeared to show a sign…
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DMX’s Son Is Selling His Father’s Platinum Records on eBay Without Permission to Fund His Own Music Career
Times must be hard for DMX’s son Xavier Simmons, because while DMX is sitting behind bars, he’s selling the famed rapper’s platinum records on eBay. According to TMZ, the records were left in the house of Xavier’s mother, which DMX lived in until 2007. Xavier, who is an aspiring singer, put the records on eBay…