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Cyberpunk 2077: How to Lose Consumer Trust and Have Sony Delist Your Game in Just One Week
One would think that seven years of development time would result in one of the most polished games ever, but, uh, nah. The game is so broken on console that Sony has taken the unprecedented step of completely removing it from the PlayStation Store. According to NBC News, the move comes only a week after…
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Everyone Else Better ‘Walk On By’ Because Dionne Warwick Has Handpicked Teyana Taylor to Play Her in a Biopic
Someone get the Psychic Friends Network on the phone and ask them if they saw this coming! Specifically, asking them if they saw it going down this way! What the hell am I talking about? Y’all, I think we just watched a Hollywood deal go down on Twitter—which actually seems to be happening more often…
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Black Christmas Songs That Just Slap
Growing up, I knew the minute the Christmas tree was dragged into the house that Christmas songs would soon follow. And Christmas originals sung by Black artists are more than just fun yuletide ditties. They are immersive musical experiences that make it close to impossible to not get up and dance. These following 10 songs…
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Walter Mosley’s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey Adaptation Finds Its Leading Man in Samuel L. Jackson
Shaft and The Banker star Samuel L. Jackson is set to star in a new limited series for Apple+ TV, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. The six-episode limited series is based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Walter Mosley, with Mosley tapped to write the screen adaptation as well executive…
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ESPN’s 30 for 30 Podcasts Will Revisit the NBA Shut Down With March 11 2020
For hoop heads, March 11 is a day that will live on in infamy. On that fateful Wednesday night, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the entire league to a halt and leaving us to endure a world without NBA basketball. It took nearly five months for the NBA to…
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Let’s Make an Autobiographical Comedy: CBS Announces New Series Starring Wayne Brady
Actor and Let’s Make a Deal Host Wayne Brady is set to star in a new hybrid comedy currently in development for CBS. Per Deadline, the autobiographical series will revolve around a divorced couple who successfully co-parent in a blended multiracial family. And because the series is getting direct cues from the Brady family themselves,…
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Exclusive Excerpt: This Documentary Explores the Real-Life Blues Behind Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman (in his last role before his death), Taylour Paige, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman and more comes to Netflix on Friday, Dec. 18 and like many dramatized biopics, the much-anticipated film may incite your eagerness to learn more about the real woman behind the film. Cue…
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Public Service Announcement: Tenet Is Not Going to Make Any More Sense Upon a Second Watch
Warning: Light spoilers for Tenet will follow. Back in September, my roommate and I drove a half-hour to the closest drive-in to watch Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, Tenet. My initial feelings on the film could be boiled down to “Fuck yeah! But what, what actually happened?” Yesterday, I copped the 4K Blu-Ray, eager to experience it…
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Well, Tutti My Frutti and Call Me Super Freak: The Lives of Little Richard and Rick James Are Headed to Our Screens
It’s about to be a wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam bomb day for fans of Little Richard and Rick James! Deadline announced today that Rolling Stone and Bungalow Media have teamed up to develop a documentary on the life and times of the late trailblazing rock-n-roll icon, Little Richard. Little Richard: I am Everything, will be directed by Lisa…
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An Exclusive Interview With Tyrese's 90-Degree Thermostat—Which He Believes Prevents COVID-19
Celebrities have been flinging themselves onto the front lines of Black Twitter with their unfounded COVID-19 theories, and you’d think Tyrese would’ve used the opportunity to not be the target of the platform’s trolling for once. Tyrese could’ve thrown in the tile in this ignorant COVID-19 discourse and slid by unscathed. Nevertheless, his foolishness persisted.…