May 12
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Everybody, it’s time to celebrate the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021!
May 7
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At 90 years young, Willie Mays, the oldest living Hall of Famer, has lived a life that others can only dream to have…
May 4
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On Tuesday, the Peabody Awards announced the nominees for its upcoming 81st awards ceremony.
Apr 27
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On Monday, a Los Angeles judge ruled to dismiss a 2013 lawsuit brought against two of Michael Jackson’s…
Apr 23
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One of the few major awards ceremonies that doesn’t take itself too seriously, the Film Independent Spirit Awards…
Apr 23
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To call this an emotionally draining week would be a bit of an understatement, but luckily it’s Friday, which means…
Apr 15
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The category is: Image. We hear it over and over again: “Representation matters.” But an ongoing racial reckoning…
Apr 14
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Apr 9
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My dearest and most inquisitive reader, ‘tis I, Lady Welpington of The Root, back with another roundup of Black…
Apr 9
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The 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards showed up and showed out on Thursday night. The host of the evening was none…
Apr 2
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Barry Jenkins’ newly anticipated (and deftly marketed) Amazon Prime Video limited series The Underground Railroad…
Mar 30
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If you’re a Black person entrenched in the film industry in any capacity and have been to the American Black Film…
Mar 26
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My dearest and most delightful reader, ‘tis I, Lady Welpington of The Root, back with another roundup of Black…
Mar 26
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For as far back as I can remember, I’ve always had a symbiotic relationship with sports.
Mar 25
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Craig “muMs” Grant, the beloved poet and actor known for appearing in HBO’s acclaimed series Oz, has died. His…
Mar 25
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You know how adults have taken on the phrasing “explain it to me like I’m five,” especially in situations…
Mar 24
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It seems as though authors this week are gearing us up for some sort of fight. Whether it be of the fictional kind…
Mar 24
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If there’s one person whose rise to fame I’ve loved being a witness to, it’s Issa Rae.
Mar 11
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I think we can all recall the exact moment when the coronavirus disrupted our day-to-day lives. And for many of us,…
Mar 10
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HBO, the network behind the popular Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett-Bell-led horror drama Lovecraft Country, is…