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Some of Black Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Play ‘Black Ass Game’
It’s been said time and time again that the black experience is not monolithic. That fact becomes especially apparent when some of the most controversial topics that separate the black community come up in conversation. Or at least during a round of “Black Ass Game.” In the latest segment, many of the biggest and blackest…
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Building His Own: Tyler Perry Is Partnering With BET to Launch Streaming Service This Fall
Tyler Perry is building his empire and his next venture is coming with a little help from his friends at BET. During his Ultimate Icon Award acceptance speech at the 2019 BET Awards on Sunday, Perry acknowledged the #OscarsSoWhite fight but pointed out how he chose to focus on self-sufficiency instead. In fact, the mention…
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The Root Is at the 2019 BET Awards and You’re Getting This Liveblog — It’s Like You’re There, Too!
The day has come, y’all! Time to bust out your hypothetical red carpet looks for the 19th Annual BET Awards (and yes, you can find anything from ballgown to B.A.P.S. on this carpet, that’s part of the fun!) and sit next to me, The Root’s Staff Entertainment Writer (Tonja Renée Stidhum, if you’re nasty), so…
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Top 8 Iconic BET Awards Moments
We’ve been blessed to see another June and with this month comes the blackest night in television. Yup, that’s right, it’s time we gather around as a family and tune into the BET Awards! Since 2001 (yes it has been 18 whole entire years), BET has been celebrating the best in our industry, because we…
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2019 BET Awards: And the Ceremony Host Is…Regina Hall!
BET has some news, and it ain’t Little—the 2019 awards ceremony has a host, and it’s none other than Regina Hall! Per BET’s press release: Regina Hall is one of entertainment’s top leading actresses and a renowned comedian. She is best known for her leading roles in Girls Trip and the internationally recognized Scary Movie…
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Salt-N-Pepa Are Still in Effect and Playing ‘Black Ass Game’
Salt-N-Pepa is the stuff of legend: They’ve got hits. They’ve won a Grammy award. Heck, even the Queen, Beyoncé, paid homage to them for Halloween. But, is their game dominoes or Spades? After 30-plus years in the music industry, trailblazing artists Salt-N-Pepa still have plenty of opinions. Ahead of the premiere of Ladies’ Night on…
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With Games People Play, BET Intends to Deliver What Black Millennials Have Been Waiting For
Born from the minds of Angela Burt-Murray and Tracey Edmonds, BET’s new series Games People Play explores the tumultuous lives of three ambitious women navigating the highly competitive world of professional sports. High school sweethearts Vanessa and Marques King, played by a pair of familiar faces in Lauren London and Insecure alumnus Sarunas J. Jackson,…
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November
I love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had to sift though a deluge of nebulous coverage…
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Lena Waithe's Passion Project Twenties Scores a Series Order at BET
No matter how many successful projects you’re juggling, it’s a special feeling when your passion project — your baby — scores a win. Lena Waithe now knows how that feels. It was not too long ago that I mentioned Twenties, Waithe’s passion project, which initially had a pilot order at TBS. Now, Waithe is extending…
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Los Angeles Mourns Its Native Son Nipsey Hussle Today. Here's How to Watch
In Los Angeles today, all eyes will be on Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service. The funeral is expected to draw several thousands of mourners on the streets of L.A., where the funeral procession will do a 20- to 25-mile “Victory Lap” through the communities Nipsey advocated so fiercely for. The 21,000-seat Staples Center, where the rapper’s…