culture
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Men Who Used Stolen Passports on Missing Malaysia Flight Were Iranian, Not Black
The two men who used stolen passports to board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight were not black, as was previously reported, but in fact asylum seekers from Iran, Fox News reports. Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble confirmed that 19-year-old Pouri Nourmohammadi and 29-year-old Delavar Seyedmohammaderza had traveled to Malaysia on Iranian passports from Tehran,…
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President Obama, Zach Galifianakis Trade Digs on Between Two Ferns
There are several mysteries in the world, and how Zach Galifianakis scored President Obama on his Funny or Die mock-talk show, Between Two Ferns, may now be the funniest, if not the biggest. Ferns features host Galifianakis and his guest sitting, in fact, between two gigantic ferns while the comedian asks extremely awkward questions. The…
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Will Smith to Produce Harlem Hellfighters
Will Smith is reportedly teaming up with Sony Pictures to produce a film version of the graphic novel Harlem Hellfighters, according to industry blog Shadow and Act. The novel, which is inspired by the true story of the all-African-American 369th Infantry Regiment, was written by Max Brooks, best known for his book World War Z:…
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Blackface Skit Brings Backlash at Church Conference
Here we go again. The National Young Fundamentalists Conference is learning that blackface is not OK, after putting on a skit in which a member of the Clay Mills Road Baptist Church in Kentucky—where the convention was being held—dressed as Mr. T, complete with blackface, Mediaite reports. The pastor’s assistant, Joseph Pickens, took a picture…
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George Zimmerman Signs Autographs at Florida Gun Show
George Zimmerman doesn’t understand why his signing autographs at a gun show in Florida might spark public outrage, so that’s how he spent his weekend, according to Mediaite. The former neighborhood watchman, who was acquitted last year in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, was at the New Orlando Gun Show signing autographs…
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26-Year-Old Running Back Retires: ‘I Feel Like I’ve Done It All’
Arizona Cardinals free agent running back Rashard Mendenhall is retiring from football, ESPN reports. Mendenhall, 26, alluded to the fact that his days of playing in the NFL might be coming to an end in a Feb. 25 column he wrote for the Huffington Post, in which he said, “As I write this, today is the…
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Parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis Protest ‘Stand Your Ground’
The Rev. Al Sharpton, the parents of Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin, as well as Tom Joyner and members of the Dream Defenders, are once again marching for change to Florida’s “Stand your ground” law, Tallahassee.com reports. Joined by hundreds of other marchers, the group—including family members of Emmett Till—traveled less than a mile from the…
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12 Years a Slave’s John Ridley Talks Beef With Director Steve McQueen
12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley is aware of the drama surrounding himself and director Steve McQueen. While promoting the U.S. premiere of the Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side at SXSW this past weekend, Ridley looked to bury the hatchet. What began over screenwriter credits and escalated to an Academy Award-speech…
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High School Wrestler Brings Crowd to Tears in Classy Move After Loss
A Minnesota high school wrestler showed the crowd the true meaning of a champion after a tough loss in the state championship match, news station KARE 11 reports. After losing the title to Mitchell McKee, Malik Stewart went over and embraced McKee’s father, Steve, who is battling terminal cancer. “I got a little teary because…
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Dick Cheney: ‘No Question’ Vladimir Putin Thinks President Obama Is Weak
Former Vice President Dick Cheney believes that President Obama shouldn’t take military options off the table in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. And the former VP also thinks that there is “no question” that President Vladimir Putin believes President Barack Obama is weak, Yahoo News reports. “I worry when we begin to address the…