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Heard It Through the Grapevine: Dr. Dre Working on Marvin Gaye Biopic
Following the blockbuster success of Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre is at the reins of another movie project, this time a much anticipated film about legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye. According to Variety (h/t Page Six), Dre has been given permission by Gaye’s family to bring the iconic musician’s life to the big screen. The…
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Parkland, Fla., School Monitor Who Didn’t Confront Shooter Was Accused of Sexually Harassing Students: Report
Andrew Medina, a security monitor at Parkland, Fla.’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, saw accused shooter Nikolas Cruz step onto campus the day of the massacre. Despite suspecting that something was wrong—Medina said he radioed another monitor and told him to “keep your eyes” open—Medina himself didn’t confront the shooter. Now a new report reveals…
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‘Is the President Aware That Taking the Knee Is About Police-Involved Shootings?’
April Ryan, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Clash Again Inquirer Rebukes Trump for Disinviting Eagles Pittsburgh Paper Spikes 6 of Staffer’s Cartoons Where Murder Is Common but Arrests Are Rare Does Video Reflect Cops’ True Character? On Puerto Rico: ‘Their Story Deserves to Be Told’ How Bobby Kennedy Got an Education on Race Earl Morgan, Jersey Journal…
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10 Euphemisms for ‘Racist’ That Won’t Hurt White People’s Feelings
Have you ever referred to someone or something as racist? I have. While many people shy away from using the word because of its incendiary nature, I use it a lot. A whole lot. My predilection for using the term is not because I think everything and everyone is racist. It’s that I want to…
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Weezy F. Baby Gets His Cash Money—the F Is for Finally
Your favorite artist is back and he’s balling! Rapper Lil Wayne (born Wayne Carter) has been in an ongoing lawsuit against Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ record label, Cash Money Records, and on Thursday he won an eight-figure settlement. According to contracts, Wayne was supposed to receive an $8 million advance for recording his album Tha Carter…
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Streetwise Video Blogger Slain in Chicago
Zachary Stoner Called Himself the ‘Hood CNN’ Chicago Tribune Finds Predators on School Staffs Craig Melvin Puts Bill Clinton on Defense 90% of Editors of Large Papers Are White, 73% Male Memphis Reporter Escapes Deportation, for Now Journalist Not Guilty After Pipeline Arrest ‘All Things Considered’ Airs From Puerto Rico Walter Stovall, Editor, Trainer of…
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New Art-School Grad Has Already Landed New Yorker Cover
Loveis Wise Is in Rare Company Seeing No Diversity, Philly Papers Drop Ad Agency Harold Jackson Leaving Philadelphia for Houston Report on Massive Puerto Rico Toll Overshadowed Outrage Builds on Separation of Families Spanish Again the Most Polarizing Language in U.S. ‘We . . . Got the George Takei Assault Wrong’ ‘Asian American’ at 50:…
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Pusha T Forced to Remove Drake Blackface Pic From Instagram
The latest in the Drake-Pusha T rap throwdown is that Push had to take down a photo of Drake in blackface after the photographer said that the GOOD Music artist had no right to use the image. Pusha’s response to Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle,” “The Story of Adidon” (itself a response to Pusha’s “Infrared”), has been…
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Fox & Friends Pans NABJ’s ‘Journalist of the Year’
Black Conservative Gets Facts Wrong on Jemele Hill A Penalty for Nondisclosure of Diversity Info? Patricia Thompson to Direct Accrediting Group Obamas to Produce Shows, Films for Netflix 9-Year St. Louis Reporter Agrees to Drug Program Ticketing Disparities Linked to Class as Well as Race Wedding Drew Big Audience, but It’s All Relative He Wisely…