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Locking Up Black People Is Big Business
Last week, I got to participate in American Injustice: A BET Town Hall. It’s a series of live conversations with leaders from Cory Booker to Kamala Harris about how we got into this crisis of mass incarceration. It’ll air this Sunday. If there’s one thing I want people to take away from it, it’s that…
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Are You Watching Boomerang on BET? Because You Should Be Watching Boomerang on BET
Admittedly, when BET dropped the news that a Boomerang reboot, of sorts, was in the works, I was absolutely against it. Why go trying to reinvent a wheel that worked just fine in the era in which it was crafted? And on BET no less. No shade, but all of the shots fired. And while…
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Following a Massive Attack from Nicki Minaj's Barbz, BET Issues Apology for Crass Tweet
I’d like to start this out by saying that never in the history of ever will you ever have to tear another woman down to build one up. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get started. On music’s biggest night, a regular, degular girl from the Bronx made history. Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, aka…
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First Look: Don Cornelius Tells Gladys Knight About His ‘Not Whitewashed, Not Toned-Down’ Vision in American Soul
Get ready for more love, peace and souuuuul in your life, because BET’s latest dramatic vehicle, American Soul, is coming. From BET’s press release: American Soul is the story about the struggle to make the dream of Soul Train come true. Set in the early 70’s, filled with music, dance, fashion and glamour, this is…
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First Look: Inside The Boomerang Writers' Room
Beloved film Boomerang is the latest modern classic to be slated for a reboot as a series. But ahead of its premiere, the overarching question in the writers’ room is: How do you tell an age-old tale of romance and dating in a fresh new-age world? From BET.com: Boomerang is a half-hour subversive, smart, serialized…
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People Magazine Previews Michelle Williams as Diana Ross, Proves Not to Know What Diana Ross Looks Like [Updated]
We’ll be honest. When we heard former Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams had been cast to play living legend Diana Ross in BET’s upcoming 1970s-era original series American Soul, we were dubious. After all, while, like Ross, Williams may have been one-third of one of the best-known girl groups in history, Ms. Ross, also known…
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The Soul Train Music Awards Will Be Hosted By Besties Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold
The 2018 Soul Train Music Awards will be a throwback to the ’90s—at least as far as its hosts are concerned. Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold—real-life best friends who also played besties on the hit comedy series Martin—will host the event BET Presents: 2018 Soul Train Awards, which will air on BET in late November.…
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What We Not Gon' Do Is Act Like Janet Jackson Wouldn't Be With Bobby Brown, Who Was the Absolute Man in the '80s
On the heels of the surprisingly successful The New Edition Story last fall, BET decided to ride the gravy train one more time with the Tuesday release of episode one of The Bobby Brown Story, to be followed by episode 2 on Wednesday night. Much like with New Edition, we followed along on social media with…
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Killer Curves: BET and La La Anthony Take an Intimate Look at an Obsession That's Killing Us
“What is beautiful? Who wrote the book on what the (bleep) beautiful is?” text They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as black women, we know all too well the dichotomy between mainstream beauty norms and the ones upheld within our culture—many of which have been appropriated and regurgitated by the…
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Dear Laura Mvula: Thank You for Being the Musical Bridge for My Daughter and Me
Since my daughter was born, I’ve had two very clear objectives: 1) Raise a good human being who goes to Spelman College, and 2) Turn my daughter (and the rest of my kids) into music heads. I want my kids to be the ones who go to school talking about that new Marvin Gaye Here,…