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Happy to Bother You: Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield Serve Up Some Summer Loving in GQ
“I was in love with Tessa for the duration of the shoot,” Lakieth Stanfield tells GQ about working with Tessa Thompson on the much-talked-about Boots Riley-directed film, Sorry to Bother You. In anticipation, the two are featured in GQ’s August issue, where they show off the chemistry that won them the roles of anti-hero Cassius…
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Lakeith Stanfield Apologizes for Homophobic ‘Freestyle’ [Updated]
Updated: Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 6:35 EDT: A very contrite and possibly quite high Lakeith Stanfield took to Instagram on Tuesday after news broke that he had taken part in a “freestyle rap” (he was reading, so … ) that included the word “fag” and other anti-gay lyrics. Stanfield began his mea culpa by saying,…
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Exactly 1 Good, Weird Thing Happened on Twitter This Week, and Lakeith Stanfield Was Involved
If you were on Twitter this week, then surely you know that it was a messy tornado hellscape of “Make America Great Again” hats and free thought and Bill Cosby apologists—all of this on top of the nonreading Ye-holes that tend to dominate the site on a daily basis. (If this doesn’t apply to you,…
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Here’s Why It’s Called Robbin’ Season: New Trailer for Season 2 of Atlanta Drops
A little more than two weeks away from Atlanta’s highly anticipated second season, a new trailer for the FX dramedy is sure to whet the appetites of fans starving for “Robbin’ Season.” The Hollywood Reporter also provided some additional context for the new season, which is named for the bump in crime that happens between…
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Watch: Atlanta’s 2nd-Season Trailer Is Finally Here
Save for Oprah’s show-stealing speech, the Golden Globes were, for the most part, awash in white people in black dresses. Which is why we’re extra grateful that, toward the end of Hollywood’s first major award show of the season, we were blessed with a teaser from season 2 of FX’s Atlanta. It’s a whole entire…
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Crown Heights Exposes a Very Common American Problem: Wrongful Conviction
The time is 1980. The place is the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn in New York City. The man is 18-year-old Colin Warner. It’s a familiar scenario. An unarmed black man is walking through his own neighborhood, minding his business, when, within the blink of an eye, his whole life changes. Police officers pull up,…
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Lakeith Stanfield Loves the Beauty, Curls and Challenges of Being Black
Black and Proud is a video series on The Root that focuses on the pride that our favorite black celebrities, tastemakers and thought leaders feel about being black. Many of them talk about our resilience and strength throughout history, and some talk about our undeniable talents, while others mention our dance skills, dopeness and more.…
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Jay-Z’s ‘Moonlight’ Video Features Young Black Hollywood Excellence for a Friends Makeover
First I saw Issa Rae’s Instagram post. She wrote, “Two things I NEVER thought I’d be able to say: 1) I’m playing Rachel in ‘Friends.’ 2) I’m in a Jay-Z video with some of the funniest/dopest black people ever.” Just look at this glorious post: Turns out, Jay-Z put out a video for his song…
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Watch: Filmmaker Shaka King Is Making Sure We Really See the Black Experience
Director and writer Shaka King is busy in the TV-and-film industry at the moment, but that wasn’t always the case. “It took a while, but once I started getting the work, it kept coming in. For a while I wasn’t getting shit, but ‘Mulignans’ really did a lot for my career,” says King, who hails…
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Lakeith Stanfield Calls Armond White a ‘Bitch’ for Ruining Get Out’s Perfect Rotten Tomato Score
If Armond White’s grandmother made a movie, he’d probably give it a negative review if everyone else liked it. It’s fine to have a different opinion about a movie, but it seems as though White has made a career out of being a contrarian. And as the young people would say, he’s the definition of…