entertainment
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Cardi B Ran Up on Who and Did What? Rapper to Turn Herself in to Police After Strip Club Brawl in Queens
Police confirm Cardi B will turn herself in to authorities Monday in connection with a fight at a Queens strip club in August. According to WPIX 11 TV, the Bronx rapper—who delighted thousands in Central Park on Sunday for the annual Global Citizen Festival—will be in quite a different venue today, turning herself in to…
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Wendell Pierce Is a Black Man
Everybody knows Wendell Pierce. Even if you never saw him play the hard-drinking, cigar-smoking, laissez-faire “Bunk” Moreland on The Wire, the greatest television show that ever aired on television, you have met him before. While nothing or no one (not even Pierce himself) could ever tell me that he doesn’t really play the trombone like…
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A 246-Word-Long Review of Drake's Scorpion
You ever put a frozen waffle in the toaster but not quite long enough and you bite into it and the inside is still frozen? But you don’t want to put it back in the toaster, so you eat that sad-ass, half-froze waffle while pretending it ain’t a sad-ass, half-froze waffle? And then you go…
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GQ Asks: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Yeezy?
“I’m not wearing the sneakers, I’m not wearing the clothes, I’m not listening to the music. I’m definitely taking a step back—indefinitely,” said DJ and former Yeezy enthusiast Jerome Baker III to GQ, when asked how Kanye West’s recent antics affected his feelings about the Yeezy merchandise he owns. For months now (or years, for…
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Finally! Power Returns July 1 and Is Already Renewed for Season 6
Did you miss Ghost and Tommy and Tasha and the gang? (Not Kanan, though; no one misses Kanan.) I know I did. Well, they, and the hit Starz show Power, are all coming back on Sunday, July 1, at 9 p.m. If you’re pumped for the upcoming season 5, be prepared to be even more…
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Rooting for Everybody Black: Handicapping the Black Oscar Nominees
With the Grammys behind us, it’s time to turn our collective attention to the Academy Awards. The Oscars are Sunday night, and just like Issa Rae, we’re “rooting for everybody black.” Here’s a breakdown of the black contenders for the gold in this year’s major categories. The news of Daniel Kaluuya’s nomination for his portrayal…
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Watch SZA Bring Tears to Her Dad’s Eyes in This Video That Will Drop You Off Straight Into Your Feelings
If you’re thirsting for a sappy cry (it’s Wednesday; sometimes you have feelings), have we got a treat for you. SZA brought tears to her papa’s eyes in a recent video posted on Twitter. In the video, Daddy SZA is proudly rocking a cap from SZA’s Ctrl Tour and listening to her song “Broken Clocks.”…
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Mary J. Blige Says She Made No Money From Oscar-Nominated Performance in Mudbound
In court documents filed ahead of Mary J. Blige’s upcoming divorce trial, the singer revealed that her Oscar-nominated turn in Mudbound netted her no income. Despite being met with acclaim for both her acting in the film and her performance of the film’s theme, “Mighty River,” Blige said that her expenses outweighed what she was…
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Oprah Delivers the Most Elegant, Unbothered Clapback to Trump’s Twitter Nonsense
Leave it to Oprah Winfrey to hit snooze on the bullshit. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday, the Queen Mother of Living Your Best Life revealed how she responded to Donald Trump’s attack on her following a piece she did for 60 Minutes. The 60 Minutes segment, which aired Sunday, featured Oprah with…