black celebrities
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Sad News: Oprah's Mother, Vernita Lee, Died on Thanksgiving Day
Sad news for Oprah Winfrey and half-sister Patricia Amanda Faye Lee, as People confirms that their mother, Vernita Lee, died at her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at age 83 on Thanksgiving Day. No details on her cause of death have been given at this time. Winfrey is the eldest child of Lee, who was also…
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Country Music Recognizes Its Roots as 2 Black Artists Hit No. 1
“If someone asked me two years ago if I thought that this would be my life today—that I’d be on the red carpet at the CMAs or my song would be the No. 1 song on country radio, I would have honestly said no,” country singer Jimmie Allen said in a press release following the…
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Taraji P. Henson Puts a Welcome New Spin on an Old Plot in What Men Want
What do men want? Hell if I know (though I have my suspicions), but Taraji P. Henson’s going to help us find out in What Men Want, due for release on February 8, 2019, with a new extended trailer out Friday. A reboot of the 2000 comedy What Women Want, directed by rom-com specialist Nancy…
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In Water Is Wet News: Lauryn Hill (Still) Shows Up 2 Hours Late to Concerts
I am known for many things. My humor, great smile, stamina, the list goes on. But one thing my black ass is not known for is punctuality. Given the opportunity, I will probably roll up late to my own funeral. Everyone will be there ready to mourn/celebrate my life and I’ll be somewhere in traffic,…
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Beauty and Fashion Keep Rihanna in the Top 10 of Forbes' Highest Paid Women in Music
Never knock your side hustle. That’s the lesson to be learned from the music industry’s—and now, the fashion and beauty industry’s—favorite bad gal, who has increased her net worth through the runaway successes of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty. How else can you explain Rihanna’s maintaining the seventh place spot on Forbes’ Highest Paid…
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Love, Peace and Soul (and a Little Faith): The 2018 Soul Train Awards Was a Night of '90s Nostalgia
All eyes and (marketing strategies) may be on millennials and Gen Z, but despite artists from those generations leading the pack in nominations, by all appearances, it was “grown folks music” that dominated the 2018 Soul Train Awards. For those of us of a certain age, Saturday night’s annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas was…
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Fun Fact: Angela Bassett Narrating a Wildlife Doc Is Exactly the Freaky You Need in Your Friday
She looks incredible in a bikini at age 60, can spontaneously perform Shakespearean monologues, and has played both Tina Turner and the Queen Mother in Marvel’s first black superhero blockbuster. But Angela Bassett’s latest role may be our favorite. National Geographic Channel somehow enlisted the star to narrate its nature documentary The Flood, and, frankly,…
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Knockouts: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and More Kill It at the Creed II Premiere
Black excellence was once again on display last night in New York City. And while the cast of Creed II was conspicuously missing its prequel’s writer and director, Ryan Coogler, sequel writer (and Root 100 honoree) Cheo Hodari Coker was on hand, as was sequel director Steven Caple, Jr. Of course, star Michael “Bae” Jordan,…