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‘Bran and Jaden Are the Same Person’— Corin Wells Invites The Root to Her Black Game of Thrones Casting Couch
A song of Black Twitter. The series finale night for HBO’s Games of Thrones (GoT) has come and gone, but the passion behind it still burns like Drogon’s hot morning breath. Which brings me to Black Twitter. Black Twitter has pretty much become its own media network of creative ideas. We don’t just tweet about…
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Lena Waithe Managed to Live 2 Dreams in 1 Night—Hosting a Late Night Talk Show and Kissing Halle Berry
Halle Berryyy … Halle Berry. She’s fine. Pretty much every warm-blooded person in the universe seems to think so, and I’m sure a sizable chunk of that universe has at least once fantasized about kissing her … among other things. I can’t tell you how many times friends have cited Halle’s emergence from the ocean…
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Lenny Kravitz Will Celebrate His 55th Birthday in 2019 and He Gifted Us With a New Picture of His Abs. So, Let's Discuss
This weekend will mark the unofficial start of summer, also known as Memorial Day weekend. But also happening this weekend is the born day of a man I’d like to deem “walking sex.” That man? Lenny-Motherfucking-Kravitz. Allow me to also take a moment and continue the hailing of living queen Lisa Bonet (also known as…
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Water Bottles Used to Extinguish Drogon's Fire Freakout Found on Set of Game of Thrones
Oh look, it’s a song of ice, fire and a lukewarm bottle of water. Writer’s Note: Series Finale Spoilers! Welp, Game of Thrones is over and done, leaving Monopoly to reign as the longest game ever. And despite the final episode being quite disappointing to many, there was one thing we could lean on: a…
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Black Twitter Earns Ph.D. With Hilarious Dissertation Thread
When it comes to ingenuity and creativity, very few things surpass the unending inventiveness of black folks. Whether it is out of necessity or unbridled imagination, not only can we make something out of nothing, but we can make it fun. Enslaved Africans took coded messages and turned them into songs. We turned scraps of…
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2019 Webby Awards: Issa Rae, Desus & Mero Celebrate Going From Online to Opulence
The 23rd Annual Webby Awards held its ceremony in New York City Monday night and black excellence logged on! “So many of tonight’s winners represent the promise of the internet: the ability to unite people all over the world in pursuit of something better,” Webby Awards Executive Director, Claire Graves said via press release. “This…
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Ava DuVernay Ain't Feelin' How Game of Thrones Treated a 'Sista'
On the night of May 5, the baddest bitch of Westeros was unfortunately beheaded. On the Game of Thrones episode entitled, “The Last of the Starks,” Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) traveled to King’s Landing to try to negotiate with Cersei and instead of compromising — because, have you met Cersei?! — she simply gave her…
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'Where Is My No-Whip Latte?!'— Daenerys Targaryen Seen Enjoying Starbucks on Game of Thrones [Updated]
At the time of this article’s posting, there are only two episodes left of what fans have deemed “the greatest show on television.” Wow. And yet, even the greatest can make mistakes. Nope, this isn’t about to be a (valid) intellectual critique of how Game of Thrones has turned into “fan fiction” in some ways;…
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Facebook Bans 'Dangerous' Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and Others for Promoting 'Hatred and Violence'
It’s not exactly a secret that Facebook has allowed conspiracy theorists, white supremacists and hate speech to run rampant on its multi-billion dollar platform. But in an effort to curtail all of the above, on Thursday, the social media juggernaut made the surprising announcement to permanently ban InfoWars host Alex Jones and right-ring media personalities…
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#Mayochella: Professional Troll Swiftly Orchestrates Band to Get Into Gentrification
Lift every voice and lip sync, ‘til you clap on the 1 and 3. On the night of May 1st, also known as May Day, a young woman by the name of Taylor Swift decided to take a break from practicing her faux- “OMG I won another mainstream award” face in the mirror to gather…