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Halloween, Celebrity Style: Beyoncé Goes Braxton, Al Roker Claps Back and More
Who doesn’t love Halloween? Okay, plenty of people—including The Root’s beloved editor-in-chief, Danielle Belton (she doesn’t like being scared). But for those of us who do (like Michael Harriot, who considers it his favorite holiday and starts planning his costume the day after Christmas), the 31st of each October (and its adjacent weekends) is the…
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Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart Play 'Black Ass Game'
Spades or dominoes? Drums or flats? Jheri curl or S-Curl? For black folks, these topics are among the debates of ages. But, how about we get some of these musings on camera—there’s a thought! So the video folks at The Root decided to turn this ‘black-off’ into a game, because we love games. And we…
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Night School Makes the Grade in Depicting Adults With Learning Disabilities
Anyone with an adult child with special needs knows how hard they can fall after they leave high school and no longer have that safety net. In school, academic and other cognitive tests are used to bring tutors, therapists and other academic supports to students who need them. After high school, all they get are…
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Night School: The Urbanworld Film Festival Launches With a Lesson in Black Creativity
The thrill is far from gone. In its 22nd year, the Urbanworld Film Festival started strong with a screening of the upcoming comedy Night School, starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and directed by Girls Trip hit-maker Malcolm D. Lee. The energy inside the AMC Empire Theatre in New York City’s Times Square was nothing…
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Kathy Griffin Calls Kevin Hart a ‘Pussy’ for Not Attacking Trump
Comedian Kathy Griffin has a bone to pick with her fellow comics who won’t publicly criticize Donald Trump. But in a recent interview with USA Today, Griffin specifically mentioned Kevin Hart. Griffin told USA Today that Hart is a “pussy” because he won’t speak about the president during his stand-up. “I do feel like this…
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Kevin Hart’s Friend Actor J.T. Jackson Arrested in Sex-Tape Extortion Attempt
It’s always your own people. Authorities say a friend of Kevin Hart’s thought he could turn an easy profit out of the comedian’s philandering ways, but he was arrested Tuesday and charged with extortion. Earlier this year, Hart was caught up in a sex-tape extortion attempt, and according to TMZ, his longtime friend Jonathan Todd…
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Meek Mill Is Free!
Meek Mill has won his battle to be freed from prison on bail. Fox 29 Philly tweeted Tuesday afternoon that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the lower court must immediately issue an order releasing the rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, on an unsecured bail with conditions for that bail being…
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Kevin Hart Lived His Best Life (i.e. Made a Damn Fool of Himself) Celebrating Eagles' Super Bowl Win
Well, nobody had to ask how Kevin Hart’s night went. The comedian apparently had the time of his life at the Super Bowl LII on Sunday, drinking and celebrating as his home team, the Philadelphia Eagles, played their way to victory in an astonishing upset against the New England Patriots. The Philly native first crashed…
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Is Good-Hearted Fun, With a Few Minor Exceptions
During the holiday season, there’s always that one movie that children drag their sulking parents to and then ask for extra butter on their popcorn while adult innuendos fly over their heads and their parents’ sulks turn into smiles. [Full disclosure: The Root attended a press junket where travel and hotel lodging was paid for…