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Roddy White Lashes Out at Twitter Follower
NFL star Roddy White would like you to know that working on Labor Day sucks, no matter what your occupation is. The wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons got into a bit of a tiff with a Twitter follower (with a private Twitter page) who insinuated that White had no right to complain about working…
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Viral Art Project Gets a Kickstarter Campaign
(The Root) — Street harassment is always a hot topic on Twitter, likely because it happens to so many women so often. On the way to work, out for a jog at the park, headed home from church — often, when a man decides he wants to speak to a woman, he will approach, sometimes…
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Man's Selfie Instagram Account Makes Him Famous
Selfies: You either love them or hate them. One Instagram user really loves them, though, and his affinity for selfies has made him an Internet celebrity. Benny Winfield Jr., also known to the Instagram world as @MrPimpGoodGame, is gracing sites from Gawker to E! News thanks to the 100-plus near-identical pictures of himself. He has…
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Eddie Murphy Joins Twitter and Announces New Album
First Prince, now Eddie Murphy. It seems that the greats are slowly joining the ranks of Twitter. Murphy became a member on Wednesday and with one tweet promoted his latest single with Snoop Lion. According to his Twitter bio, he also has a studio album coming out, entitled 9. It won’t be Muphy’s first foray…
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Twitter Roasts Don Lemon's New Haircut
(The Root) — We’re not quite sure what Don Lemon was expecting when he tweeted a picture of his new haircut, but it’s safe to assume that eight-plus hours of jokes wasn’t what he had in mind. Lemon tweeted the above picture of himself with the makings of a high-top fade, one of the blackest,…
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PETA Angers Black People. Again
(The Root) — PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — is known for its radical methods, including decorating donated furs with fake blood. On Tuesday reports surfaced that the group was claiming that eating chicken could cause underdeveloped genitals in baby boys. No, seriously. PETA wrote an open letter to the founder…
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NBA's Andre Drummond Woos Actress on Instagram
The Internet is a weird place. You have access to your favorite Hollywood and sports stars, and you can occasionally see them interact with each other. Right now all eyes are on Pistons center Andre Drummond and singer-actress Jennette McCurdy, former star of the Disney show iCarly. Theirs is a modern love story: Boy Instagrams…
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Twitter Fillets New York Times Writer
(The Root) — I know, I know. I’m just as tired of talking and hearing about twerking as you are, but some people out there just can’t leave it alone. The latest person to attempt to step into the unneeded scientific dissection of black folks via twerking is the New York Times’ Teddy Wayne. Wayne’s…
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Sheryl Underwood Slams Natural Hair
(The Root) — Twitter was not happy with Sheryl Underwood on Sunday. On an “encore presentation” of her CBS show The Talk that aired Aug. 30, Underwood railed against “nappy” “Afro” hair during a discussion about Heidi Klum saving her children’s hair after it had been cut. Klum’s children with ex-husband Seal have “huge Afros,”…
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Romeo Miller Instagrams Car Crash
Hearts across the Internet sank at the thought that this talented man, so full of promise and light, could have been so much as scratched. But we can relax. He’s OK. He’s OK, guys. He’s OK. Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.