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'I Was Just There to Fulfill a Diversity Quota': Riverdale Neglected Its Black Characters, per Co-Stars
The Hollywood reckoning is happening all over town and this time, we’re visiting Riverdale—the series airing on The CW, that is. Bernadette Beck, who portrays Peaches ‘N Cream in the third and fourth season of the popular series based on the beloved comic book series, recently spoke out about how the show further perpetuates negative…
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The Michelle Obama Podcast Has Finally Arrived and Our Forever President Is the Perfect Guest for Its Premiere
In this day and age, everybody has a podcast. But in an oversaturated market rife with hundreds of thousands of shows that either go unheralded or unheard, I think it’s safe to say that The Michelle Obama Podcast won’t have any problems whatsoever standing out. And in its premiere episode, our Forever First Lady is…
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Jagged Edge Is Releasing a New Album Soon. Here's What I Think Each Song Is About Based on Its Title
Jagged Edge, easily one of the greatest R&B groups of all time—baby, baby baby, it’s actual and it’s factual—is releasing a new album, A Jagged Love Story, soon. Each member of the group has posted both the album’s cover art and track-listing on their respective IG feeds, noting that the album has been submitted to…
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Regina King, Zendaya and Kerry Washington Are Among the 2020 Emmy Nominees
HBO’s Watchmen, which revives the story of the 1921 Tulsa race riots within its adaptation of the DC comic of the same name, was the most recognized show when nominations for the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Tuesday. The superhero drama is nominated for a staggering 26 awards, including Best Limited Series and…
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Oprah's Back in Her Talk Show Bag With New Apple TV+ Series, The Oprah Conversation
Oprah is returning to a role we are very familiar seeing her in, with a new talk show series premiering this Thursday, July 30 on Apple TV+ called The Oprah Conversation. The new show will be filmed remotely and feature Oprah leading “timely and intimate discussions with today’s foremost newsmakers, thought leaders, and masters of…
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Drake Has More Slaps Than Madonna, Holds the Record for the Most Top 10 Hits in Billboard Chart History
As of today, Drake has surpassed Madonna for the record for the most Billboard Top 10 singles in the chart’s 62-year history. This means he has just as many Billboard Top 10 singles as he has bad tattoos. Thanks to the musician’s features on DJ Khaled’s latest songs—the self-aware “Popstar” and The Weeknd-esque “Greece”—he now…
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Not So De-Generous: Ellen's Long-Running Talk Show Is Under Investigation for Workplace Toxicity and Allegations of Racism
On her Emmy-winning daytime talk show, Ellen DeGeneres often (if not always) ends an episode with the sign-off “be kind to one another.” However, it’s been a not-so-secret secret that the set of her long-running show is a toxic, unfriendly environment to work in. In an exclusive report Monday from Variety, the workplace at The…
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Am I Getting Old or Are Next-Gen Consoles Just Not Hitting?
Last week, two things happened. On Thursday, Xbox gave its full-throated pitch for the Xbox Series X. On Saturday, I turned 28. As I move ever closer towards my impending doom and recent events make me grapple with my own mortality on a daily basis, I keep coming back to this one thought: Am I…
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6 Reasons Why Ray J's Song 'One Wish'—Which Just Turned 15—Is One of the Greatest Songs of All Time of Ever
On July 25, 2005, William Ray Norwood, Jr. better known to the world as Ray J, released his classic single, “One Wish.” Whether you agree or not with this next statement doesn’t matter, for its truth is indisputable: “One Wish” is one of the greatest songs of all time of ever. Fifteen years later, “One…
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Print Edition of Oprah's O Magazine to Reinvent as Brand Pivots to Digital
After 20 years of circulation, Business of Fashion reports that Oprah Winfrey’s O, The Oprah Magazine will cease print publication after its December 2020 edition is released. The brand will shift its sole focus to digital content. A rep for O’s parent company Hearst tells The Hollywood Reporter that the pivot “is a natural next…