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Vanessa Williams Reflects on How She Worked Through Miss America Backlash: ‘I Think Was I Really Centered in Knowing…Who I Am’
Despite the unfair treatment, the Grammy-nominated singer has continued to garner success over the years.
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When Tweets Come Home to Roost: UK Columnist Fired for Post Correlating Meghan and Harry's Baby and George Floyd
The Sunday Telegraph’s Julie Burchill tweeted the Sussexes should’ve named their daughter ‘Georgina Floydina.’
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T.I. Mocks Sexual Assault Allegations in New Song and Music Video; Announces Final Album
The nearly five-minute long video takes aim at both his accusers and the investigation.
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It's Pride Month, So Let's Celebrate With Some of the Best Comics Centered on LGBTQ Characters
They’re here, they’re queer, and they’re going to save the goddamn world.
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Chris Harrison Makes Bachelor-Verse Exit Official After Race-Related Controversy, Exchanging the Final Rose for a Major Payday
The Bachelor franchise’s longtime host and producer reportedly negotiated ‘a mid-range eight-figure payoff.’
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Ava Duvernay’s ARRAY Receives Prestigious Peabody Institutional Award
The film distribution and resource collective has been changing the cinematic landscape for the last 10 years.
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Teyana Taylor Becomes First Black Woman to Be Named Maxim’s ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’
The star is the first Black woman to garner the honor. Watch her transparent reaction below.
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Like a Boss, Tiffany Haddish Is Reportedly Fielding Multimillion-Dollar Offers for Her Next Memoir
Another bestselling memoir from The Last Black Unicorn? She ready! Better yet, she’s ready to get paid for her next tell-all; well before its completion, the follow-up to her 2017 release is reportedly already fetching offers between $2 and $3 million. That’s right, she’s nobody’s fool. From Page Six: Insiders tell us that Haddish, 41,…
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Issa Rae Will Wear the Mask in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sequel, Has Been Cast as Spider-Woman
How do you do, true believers? I’m doing pretty okay, myself. I spent the weekend catching up on Donny Cates’ run on Venom and while that shit fucks, hard, that’s not the Spidey news you’re here for, is it? Over the weekend, it was announced that Jessica Drew a.k.a Spider-Woman would not only be appearing…
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Ellie Kemper Responds to Backlash Over Debutante Past in Historically Racist Ball: 'I Unequivocally Deplore, Denounce, and Reject White Supremacy' [Updated]
The actress came under fire last week for her 1999 association with St. Louis’ controversial Veiled Prophet Ball.