living single
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Facts of Life to Living Single: Kim Fields Celebrates 40-Year Career in New Memoir
Growing up on the television screen, notable moments of actress and director Kim Fields’ career are linked to several classic sitcoms, from Good Times to Diff’rent Strokes. Since stepping into the public eye in a 1976 Mrs. Butterworth’s commercial, and her sitcom debut on the short-lived Baby, I’m Back in 1978, Fields has built a…
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What in the Hell Was That Last Season of Living Single?
Like many Negroes with a Hulu subscription (or, if you’re a lightweight scammer, someone with the password to a paid subscriber’s account), you’ve been treating yourself to Living Single marathons. I have loved this show ever since it was a part of Fox’s old black-night trifecta alongside Martin and New York Undercover. Insert a moment…
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Popping the Question: What if I’m the One Who Got Away?
“Auntie Mai, why aren’t you married?” Ugh. My 5-year-old nephew has apparently reached the age where bald curiosity meets peak candor, because he’s taken to asking me this question every time we see each other, as we did a few days ago. My response is always the same: “Honey, why do you want me to…
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Smile! This Valentine’s Day, Yvonne Orji Is All the Single Ladies
“Hey, girl, why don’t you smile?” If you’re a woman, there’s a likelihood you’ve heard this sometime in your life—or several times already this week. But this Valentine’s Day, one of our #Faves, comedian and Insecure star Yvonne Orji, reminds us that smiling isn’t the worst thing we can do, even if we don’t think…
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From Living Single to Love Jones: How the ’90s Shaped My Style
Between Bruno Mars and our new president, Cardi B, taking us back to In Living Color with their video for “Finesse” and bingeing on Living Single after it made its way to Hulu last month, I’m in a ’90s mood. Listen, when Living Single debuted in August of ’93, I knew immediately that I wanted…
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Living Single: I May Never Get Married—and I’m Fine With That
“I may never get married,” I said. At 22, what seemed like a statement of fact to me brought a look of horror to the face of my friend’s mother. “Don’t say that!” she said. From the alarm in her voice, it was clear she felt that I’d put a curse on my soul and…
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This Is Not a Drill: Living Single Starts Streaming on Hulu Thursday, Jan. 11
Mama, we made it! Our internet-streaming-service dreams have finally come true. Living Single, the groundbreaking ’90s television show starring Queen Latifah, will begin streaming on Hulu on Thursday. Hulu made the announcement Tuesday evening from its official Twitter account, saying, “It’s a ’90s kind of world. Again. Living Single, the entire series, streams January 11,…
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Living Single Cast and Creator Reflect on Legacy 20 Years After Series Finale
Since leaving the air 20 years ago today, Jan. 1, Living Single continues to resonate in the hearts of loyal fans. Its legacy alone has dismissed critics (i.e., Newsweek’s 1993 article with its “booty-shaking sugar mamas” comment), paving the way for shows like Insecure, and still reigns as a beloved fixture of black entertainment and…
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In the Spirit of Living Single, Reboot These Black Shows, Too
During a recent appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Queen Latifah revealed that there has been discussion about a revival of Living Single. While some of us were immediately joyful about seeing the return of Khadijah James, Regine Hunter and Maxine Shaw and hearing the phrase, “Put some beans in that oven,” others were…
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Queen Latifah Wants to Revive Living Single
Long live the Queen! Long live the Queen! Queen Latifah stopped by Watch What Happens Live on Thursday and tried to make the next four years tolerable by dropping news that a Living Single redux is in the works. You know what that means? It means that God does love us. If you’re a millennial…