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2019 Primetime Emmys: When They See Us and Pose Score Major Nominations [Updated]
It’s just about that time for the Television Academy to shine again! The nominations event for what is considered to be the biggest night in television took place on Tuesday morning, with Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians, You Complete Me, Ho) and D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Barry) taking over as emcees this year. I…
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2019 Billboard Music Awards: Drake Takes Home 12 Awards, Breaks All-Time Record
The 2019 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) ceremony has come and gone. The big winner of the night? Mr. Aubrey Drake Graham. Sure everyone couldn’t stop talking about a certain bootleg Beychella performance or Cardi’s red carpet slip, but let’s roundup the actual wins! It’s why we’re here, after all. Well, maybe. Certainly why they’re (the…
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2019 Daytime Emmys: Red Table Talk Scores a Seat at the Nominations Table
The nominations for the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards are in! Presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the awards ceremony will be celebrating its 46th iteration this year. “The incredible level of talent and craft reflected in our nominees continues to show the growing impact of Daytime television and the incredible diversity…
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Free Spirits: What Stars Wore to the Other Awards Show on Oscar Weekend
Ahead of the intense glam of the Academy Awards, there’s a smaller, more spirited annual recognition of Hollywood’s shining lights, known as the Independent Spirit Awards. But this isn’t a warm-up to the big event; as the name suggests, this ceremony doesn’t celebrate the year’s biggest blockbusters. Instead, in an awards season that at times…
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What’s Better Than the Academy Awards? The After-Party!
If the Academy Awards is the big finish to awards season, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is the cherry on top. Despite claims to the contrary last week by the New York Times, the magazine’s annual fete is clearly still the hottest ticket in town; after a quick costume change, Hollywood celebrated the 2019 Oscars…
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The Best, the Blackest, and the Ball Gown: The 2019 Oscars Were Full of Stylish Surprises
It started with a ball gown. It may not have been an unusual choice for the red carpet of the Academy Awards, but its wearer wasn’t the usual starlet or ingenue. When Broadway and television star Billy Porter appeared wearing a black velvet ball gown with a traditional tux top, it was clear it would…
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The Black Cop Behind the White Hood: Ron Stallworth Talks BlacKkKlansman, Unequivocally Supports Black Lives Matter
When I first heard the synopsis for BlacKkKlansman—a black police officer infiltrates the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of a white, Jewish surrogate—I thought to myself, “Wow, you can’t make this shit up.” Turns out, they didn’t. About five years ago, The Root interviewed the real-life Ron Stallworth for the…
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On Oscars Sunday, Guess Where We’ll Be? (Hint: In Wakanda—and on Facebook)!
Remember last February, when we were basking in the billion-dollars worth of black excellence that accompanied Black Panther? This February may not currently feel as excellent, but we’re looking forward to reflecting on happier times when the Black Panther cast and crew hit the red carpet this Sunday (and hopefully, scoop us some well-deserved awards).…
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As Awards Season Wraps Up, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards Honor Our Magic
The competition may be fierce for Hollywood’s top honors on Oscars Sunday, but at the annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards luncheon on Wednesday, it was all love … with fierceness of a different sort. This year’s honorees Regina Hall, KiKi Layne, Amandla Stenberg and the “Mother of Black Hollywood” Jenifer Lewis were all…
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#TBT: So, About That Time Spike Lee and Angela Bassett Teamed Up for the Best Black History Month Tribute of 2019 …
Black History Month 2019 has been one for the garbage books, amirite? Amongst our crew here at The Root, we’ve been wondering if we should ask for an exchange or just cancel the remainder of this year’s subscription. Even the always erudite Michael Harriot, who loves spinning gold out of absolute trash asked, “Can we…