Michelle Obama Shares Her Honest Take On Her Daughters Finding Independence
All The Shocking Testimony from Diddy’s Federal Trial That’ll Make Your Stomach Turn
Taraji P. Henson Finally Addresses Those Rumors of Drama With Oprah During ‘The Color Purple’
Spoilers! Now That Sinners is Streaming, Here’s Symbolism You Probably Missed
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Whoopi Finally Did What Needed to Be Done to Meghan McCain With Four Words—'Girl, Please Stop Talking!'
Meghan, you in danger, girl. If you were to go to a deli right now and order a sentient mayo sandwich with an annoying dollop of horseradish, you would be ordering “The Meghan McCain.” The combo meal comes with a bag of chips-on-your-shoulder, by the way. The daughter of the late U.S. Senator John McCain…
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Orlando Jones Says He Was Fired from American Gods Because Mr. Nancy Character Wasn’t Right ‘For Black America’
Is something rotten in the cotton at FremantleMedia? The European-owned television production company is embroiled in more racially-tinged drama with another African American actor they let go from a plum gig. Following Gabrielle Union’s much-publicized ouster from NBC’s America’s Got Talent, comes news that Orlando Jones was 86-ed from American Gods — the fierce Starz…
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Apparently, White People Had No Idea Who Frankie Beverly Was Until Black Twitter Taught Them
If you woke up this morning and were shocked to discover that one of Black America’s favorite musical legends had gone home to glory, calm down. You don’t have to pull out your white painter’s cap, put on “Joy & Pain” and contemplate what steps you should take before you let go. Nothing happened to…
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Beyoncé’s Lemonade Named the Best Album of the Decade
Lemonade is the sweetest of them all. The Associated Press has named their Top 15 albums of the decade and Beyoncé’s 2016 opus Lemonade is number one. According to the international news agency’s music editor Mesfin Fekadu, the international global icon was riding the wave of success for much of the earlier part of the…
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If You’re Feeling Insecure About Your Career Goals, Here’s Some Inspiration—Issa Rae Tweeted Her Future 10 Years Ago
Ten years a slave to social media one-upping, another decade is wrapping up, y’all! Like we always do at this time, many people turn to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to reflect on the past year they’ve had. Did I actually follow-through on those New Year’s resolutions? Did I read those 52 books a year? Did…
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Cam’ron Doesn’t Believe Dinosaurs Existed, Probably Because the T-Rex’s Arms Are Too Small to Rep Dipset
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, B.o.B. decided to proclaim that the earth is flat. To many scientists, that statement did not curl all the way over (but the earth does), and yet, B.o.B. stood firm. Bringing that same energy, Cam’ron is letting us know he needs more proof before he…
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Melina Matsoukas Wasn’t Surprised About the Golden Globes Snub, Says Voters Refused to Watch Queen & Slim
Every year it’s the same ol’ dance—there’s a major award ceremony nominations announcement, congratulatory messages are thrown about, quickly followed by snubbing outrage. That tradition was no different following the recent nominations announcement for the 2020 Golden Globes. According to Variety, Queen & Slim director Melina Matsoukas didn’t seem to be too surprised that her…
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Forever Fly Jock: The Iconic Tom Joyner Retires After 25 Years on the Radio
Now you know we can’t start this blog without a proper intro—hit it! Oh oh oh (oh oh oh oh) it’s the Tom Joyner Morning Showwwww! After 25 years of starting each morning with flyness, Tom Joyner signed off on his very last show Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. The perfect combination of entertainment and education,…
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Meet the Cast Who Will Be Scratchin’ and Survivin’ on Good Times: Live in Front of a Studio Audience
Ain’t we lucky—the new cast of Good Times has been announced! Until now, ABC has been pretty mum about the cast, but now we have the scoop on just who will be “hangin’ in a chow line” to portray the iconic characters on stage, live in front of a studio audience—you know, just like the…
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Still Looking for the Path to World Peace? We Found It in DaBaby’s Energy and Smile
Iylana Vanzant once told Karreuche Tran to lie her “crying head” on her bosom. Vanzant then took the young ex-girlfriend of Chris Brown and comforted her with the softness of a maternal unit cooing at her baby. There is another “baby” I would like to highlight who I also believe must be protected at all…