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Lupita Nyong’o is set to become the new face of Lancôme, beginning in September, according to USA Today. Nyong’o, who this year won an Oscar for her role in 12 Years a Slave, will join the ranks of Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts as a spokeswoman for the French cosmetics line, the article says. “I…

Listen carefully and you’ll hear a tiny Southern twang way in the back of Anthony Mackie’s voice. It comes despite 11 years of classes in acting for film, TV and stage. It breaks through his molded diction training from New York’s prestigious Juilliard School. Fragmented roots of New Orleans poke through Mackie’s vocal cords, blooming…

Last week it was reported that Avery Coffey, age 17, had received offers to five ivy League schools. And just this week, 17-year-old Kwasi Enin bested that effort by getting accepted at all eight of them. These were moments of celebration for two black teens who had worked tirelessly to achieve the elusive goal of Ivy acceptance, and the…

There really is no rest for the weary. The crazy train just kept moving right along in Thursday night’s “The Fluffer.” As a matter of fact, this train stops every five blocks, and you probably should’ve taken a cab like you wanted to from the start. But it seems like no one at OPA or…

Picture this: A race of people who are cast out by the mainstream because of the way they were born or look or their culture. Those who oppose their existence wish to use them for their own selfish ends, while others simply want them all dead. Among the oppressed number, there rise several factions of…

A 24-year-old Kent State University freshman remained in custody Thursday after shooting himself in the hand during a domestic dispute and prompting a campus lockdown, university police told the Associated Press. Quavaugntay Tyler fired only once Wednesday night during some sort of dispute with two female students, campus police Chief John Peach told AP. No…

Henry Hawkins, a Maryland fifth-grader, was caught arguing with another student. He was ordered to stay for detention after school. The 11-year-old later asked his mother whether she liked to clean toilets, since that was what he was told to do for his punishment. “If you want to give them detention, that’s fine,” Neshanna Turner,…

A suburban Detroit man whose pickup hit a 10-year-old boy who stepped into the street was in critical condition with head injuries in a hospital after a mob attacked him when he stopped his vehicle to check on the child. The 54-year-old man, whose name was not released, is being treated at a Detroit hospital.…