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Viola Davis and Larry Wilmore Team Up for Black Don’t Crack, a New ABC Comedy
The golden era of black TV continues to shine, shine, shine. Viola Davis, the cryingest, actingest actress on the scene today, is teaming up with sublime producer Larry Wilmore on a new comedy picked up by ABC, according to reports. Black Don’t Crack, a look at three sorority sisters who lost touch after college and…
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Am I A Blerd? Are You A Blerd? What Makes One A Blerd?
Back in the days when I was young – I’m not a kid anymore – I think I lived pretty squarely in nerd territory. And because I’m Black, we’ll refer to it as blerd, though I will mostly use the term nerd. Urkel was my muse. We’re talking early 90s and well into high school.…
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Larry Wilmore Wins for Telling Milo Yiannopoulos to ‘F–k Himself’—Twice
After he called President Barack Obama “my nigga” at his very last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, we knew Larry Wilmore had less than zero fucks to give about respectability politics or not speaking his black-ass mind. And so it was when Wilmore, executive producer of Black-ish and co-creator of HBO’s Insecure, was a guest on…
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Damon Young And Panama Jackson On "The Extraordinary Negroes" Podcast
Damon and Panama were invited to appear on The Extraordinary Negroes podcast, which is produced by Jay Connor and VSB’s own Alex Hardy. Listen as they riff on pop culture icons and their food analogies, gunshots, VSB’s world-domination aspirations, self-care, Steve Harvey’s suits, cucumber casserole, writing mentorship, the VSB comments section, Larry Wilmore, and more.
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How The Reaction To Larry Wilmore's "Nigga" Drop At The WHCD Was Peak White Tears, Explained
Who is Barack Obama? From 2008 to 2015, Barack Obama was the President of the United States. Now, however, he is the Grand Supreme Wizard of Nofucksistan. He presides over a land encompassed of fields and fields and fields of no fucks as far as thine eyes can see; cities with names like “Nah” and “ILeftMyLastFuckin2014”;…
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From One Awkward Black Girl To Another, Thanks Issa Rae
When I first heard HBO ordered a pilot for Issa Rae’s hit Youtube series “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” it took several rounds of “Hallelujer” and “Yes, Lordt” before reality settled in. I wondered: Would HBO pick up the series, written and produced by Rae and “The Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore? There’s certainly a…