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‘I Have Shed Not One Tear’: Cardi B Says Cheating Wasn’t the Reason She Filed for Divorce From Offset
Cardi B has come a long way since warning a certain someone to “Be Careful” with her love. In an Instagram Live video on Friday, the Bronx-born Billboard chart-topper addressed why she and Offset decided to end their three-year marriage, thanking her fans for their messages of support but assuring them that she was okay.…
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Emmys 2020: Zendaya's Historic Lead Actress Win Is Euphoric
Another year, another TV awards season! Well actually, this isn’t just another year (*stares into camera*), but you know what I mean. Before we start with the big show, there were some Black-ass wins at the 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which spanned across five days. Here are some highlights: First off, Eddie Murphy…
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No Need to Be ‘Sorry’: Judge Stands by Nicki Minaj’s Side in Copyright Dispute With Tracy Chapman
The years-long dispute between Tracy Chapman and Nicki Minaj over the rapper’s unreleased song, “Sorry,” got its first major decision this week, with a judge handing Minaj a victory in the copyright infringement suit. As Variety reports, Judge Virginia A Phillips found the song to fall under “fair use,” a doctrine that allows artists and…
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Good-Ass Games at Good-Ass Prices
If you’re anything like me, you have an allergy towards paying full-price. Luckily, every Friday The Root will bring you a roundup of some of the best games currently on sale across the Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo platforms. So, now that the preamble is out of the way, let’s get to saving you folks some…
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The Root Jams Weekly (9/18/2020): 'Lost Ones'
Sometimes you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. Sometimes you have to remind people that if they had just zigged instead of zagging, everything would have been alright. You’ve got to live and learn as they say, I suppose. So in honor or the Los Angeles Clippers epic collapse on what should have…
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Netflix Wants the Oscars to Run Delroy Lindo a Best Actor Nomination for ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Netflix is gearing up for awards season, and it’s betting big on Delroy Lindo, the standout star of Spike Lee’s Vietnam War drama, Da 5 Bloods. As Variety reports, the streaming platform and production company confirmed that they will be campaigning the 67-year-old Lindo for an Academy Award nomination for lead actor. Lindo has certainly…
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Chris Rock Shrugs Off Jimmy Fallon Blackface Skit on SNL: 'Jimmy’s a Great Guy and He Didn’t Mean Anything'
Everybody may not hate Chris, but we certainly wouldn’t blame you for side-eyeing him. The 55-year-old comedian, who has been promoting his starring turn on the fourth season of Fargo, was recently asked by the New York Times to discuss his feelings about Jimmy Fallon impersonating Rock in blackface on an episode of SNL that…
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Sony Did What it Had to Do With the PS5 Price Reveal
It was all good just a week ago. Xbox revealed the existence of the Xbox Series S as well as how much its two new consoles would cost. The $299/$499 price points for the Series S and X respectively, turned heads, with many predicting Sony was going to make the same mistake it made with…
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8 Things I Learned From an 18-Word Tweet From Rick Fox About Kanye West
1. Rick Fox considers Kanye West to be his friend. 2. Kanye West considers Rick Fox to be his friend, so much so that Kanye asked Rick Fox to send a message TO THE WORLD for him. I’ve met Rick Fox, this makes sense. If I could have any one person send a message for…
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A Promised Land: The First of Barack Obama's Two-Volume Presidential Memoirs to Be Published in November
If you’ve never stopped longing for the simpler, kinder, more rational time and place that was Barack Obama’s presidency, you are far from alone—and can soon take a deeper dive into the beloved president’s remarkable rise from civic-minded civilian to the highest office in the land. On Thursday, Penguin Random House announced that Obama’s highly…