Gabrielle Union
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Watch: Gabrielle Union: ‘Hollywood Is Very Segregated’
I’ll take “What We Already Know” for $1,000, Alex (as in Trebek, as in Jeopardy). It’s no secret that Hollywood carries a (tiki) torch for racism and that when movies feature a predominantly black cast, they’re considered “black movies,” and budgets and expectations are lower. Superstar actress Gabrielle Union stopped by The Root to talk…
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Watch: Gabrielle Union Gets Candid About Her Own Rape
As he raped me, I began to hover over myself. I could see the whole room. I looked at that poor crying girl as she was being raped and thought, “Things like this happen to bad people. Things like this don’t happen to people like me.” My psyche, my body, my soul, simply could not…
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Life Lessons: Eat a Booty, Save a Life
While promoting her new book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, last week, actress Gabrielle Union chatted with Sway in the Morning about sexual desire and, more specifically, sexual gratification and reciprocity. The Being Mary Jane star discussed why people are sexually repressed; she also broke down why experiencing one’s own pleasure should be a…
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Being Mary Jane Canceled by BET, Will End in 2018 With 2-Hour Series-Finale Movie
BET has decided to bring the drama series Being Mary Jane, which stars actress Gabrielle Union, to an end after four seasons. The series finale will be in the form of a two-hour movie that will air on the network in 2018. Deadline reports that while Union will return for the series finale, no other…
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Gabrielle Union Opens Up About Miscarriages to Change the Way People Talk About Fertility
In her new book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, Gabrielle Union discloses her painful experiences with infertility. In an excerpt from the book shared with People magazine, the star of BET’s Being Mary Jane says that she’s had “eight or nine miscarriages.” “For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to…
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We Need to Talk About Being Mary Jane
Mary Jane Paul has always been a mess, but her many, many faults are what made Being Mary Jane such an interesting watch. As Kelley Carter wrote in the 2015 BuzzFeed piece “BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ Has Started a TV Revolution,” the show was a “revolutionary series about a perfectly imperfect single black woman.” Those…
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WTF Was Up With Dwyane Wade’s Dewy Hair and Outfit?
Gabrielle, you gotta come and get your man. Because Dwyane Wade looked how his name is spelled during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, couched between ESPN sportscaster Stephen A. Smith and former player Shaquille O’Neal. Why you let him leave the house like that, Gabby?! With a dewy S Curl in “ginger rose”; a…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: M.J. Finally Gets What She Wants, but at What Cost?
The midseason finale is here, and Mary Jane just might finally have what she’s being working so hard for: Ronda’s anchor chair. Or at least that’s what it’s been twisted into, since Mary Jane was forced to play dirty with the woman who was once her supreme idol. Oh, but it can never be so…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: This Isn’t Going to End Well
I’ll give it to Mary Jane—Justin certainly is a lot more attractive now that he’s dropped the icebox where his heart used to be, but that still doesn’t make up for why Mary Jane and Justin are on the pathway to a hookup. With the midseason finale next week, there will soon be an end…
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Being Mary Jane Recap: The Ex Marks the Spot
When cold-as-freezer-burn Justin becomes the supporter and Lee, the suave, endearing boyfriend, becomes the overly aloof one in one breath while we are being set up for a very obvious and cliché storyline in another, this was one of the more entertaining episodes of this season. I’ll put my dismay at the prospect of Justin…