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Watch Out World, He’s ‘Ye’ Now: Kanye West Legally Changes His Name, Debuts New Look to Go With It
The Donda artist recently debuted his, uhh, unique new look in an Instagram post on Monday.
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Role Call: Keke Palmer Is Hosting a Live Stream of the Met Gala So You Can Enjoy the Lewks in Real-Time
The trailer for the Janet Jackson documentary has dropped, Red Table Talk returns on Sept. 15
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Phylicia Rashad Joins Cast in Nikyatu Jusu's Supernatural Thriller Nanny
Rashad will portray Kathleen, ‘the matriarch of [Anna Diop’s character Aisha’s] family and is a spiritual conduit—an unofficial bridge to the supernatural.’
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Black Creativity Abounds in These Latest Project Announcements From Issa Rae, Kenya Barris, John Legend and Sanaa Lathan
The multi-hyphenate creatives are truly living up to the creed “Booked and Busy.”
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NBC Says HFPA's Overhaul Plan Is 'an Encouraging Step in the Right Direction'
It looks like the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) may be headed in the right direction—at least in the eyes of its affiliated network and production company. According to Deadline, the nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers behind the Golden Globes released an announcement on Monday laying out its plan to completely overhaul its 86-member…
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The Mothership: Halle Berry to Star in, Executive Produce Upcoming Sci-Fi Feature for Netflix and MRC Film
Halle Berrrrrry, Halle Berry! (For all my Hurricane Chris fans, that was for you.) Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry will be going on a sci-fi adventure in a new film for Netflix and MRC Film, The Mothership. Per Deadline, the movie will see Berry in the lead role of Sara Morse, a woman still grappling with…
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Good News for Tardy Tax Payers: The White House Will Extend Filing Deadlines an Extra Three Months
In these trying times, we could all use an extra grace period to get all of our affairs in order. Of course, there are those of us who wait until the last minute to get things done regardless of the times. In either case, there’s a bit of good news on the horizon for people…
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Trump’s Random DACA Deadline Is Here, but He’s Too Busy Tweeting About Obama to Care
Way back in September, President Donald Trump set an arbitrary deadline to get the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals bill passed. The bill would grant a means to citizenship to undocumented young people brought to the U.S. as children. The date Trump randomly gave was March 5. In January, Trump refused to sign a bipartisan…
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Black Panther Advance Ticket Sales Already Making an Impact
If you haven’t heard, there’s this little movie called Black Panther that’s being released next month. Oh, you’ve heard about it? Well, did you know that, as of this week, you could purchase advance tickets just so you won’t end up empty-handed on Feb. 16, when Black Panther opens? With the advance ticket sales in…
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Someone Please Tell Deadline.com That White Folks Gonna Be Alright
Yesterday, Deadline.com published Nellie Andreeva’s “Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings – About Time Or Too Much Of Good Thing?” — a piece with so many layers of wrong that calling it a wrong lasagna (ht to Kara Brown) doesn’t quite do it justice. It was a wrong lasagna dipped in wrong Progresso Italian bread crumbs,…