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In Her Ongoing Fight for Equal Pay, Octavia Spencer's Latest Advocate Was LeBron James
Octavia Spencer has been increasingly vocal about the pay disparities in Hollywood for women—and for women of color in particular. On a “Women Breaking Barriers” panel at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, she revealed how Jessica Chastain stood with her to demand equal pay on an upcoming joint project, giving a master class in how…
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A 'Triggering' Conversation With Rapper Killer Mike
Rapper Killer Mike stopped by The Root to chat about his new Netflix series, Trigger Warning, and be warned, some of his viewpoints may trigger you. I know some of them triggered me. We sat down with him to chat about Big Boi performing at the Super Bowl, gun control, cancel culture and more. Judge…
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The Double Dose of Fyre Festival Fail Docs Led to a Blessing as Caribbean Caterer Raises Over $160K
The Fyre Festival documentaries have arrived—Fyre Fraud and Fyre from Hulu and Netflix, respectively. Each documentary is a wild ride into the fail known as Fyre Festival, co-founded by Billy McFarland and Ja Rule. There are a lot of aspects from the festival that’ll make anyone’s blood boil, but the most egregious was how negatively…
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Netflix and Bill: Streaming Service Raising Its Prices—Again
Did you know that Netflix is paying $80 million to keep Friends on its streaming service through 2019? It doesn’t really matter whether you did or not. In an effort to offset the $13 billion Netflix is spending to keep you entertained, the streaming giant is raising its prices in the U.S. by 13 percent…
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Kuumba & Chill: Netflix’s Doyenne Jasmyn Lawson Is Out Here Doing It for the Culture
As we continue on our Kwanzaa trek this year, today we celebrate Kuumba, or creativity, a place where—let’s be frank—black folks excel. From Black Twitter to music of practically every genre; from comedy to cooking; from politics to fashion, we are nothing if not creative. Kuumba is defined as: “To do always as much as…
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Bandersnatch Stole 3 Hours of My Life Last Night, and Will Get Even More of My Time Over the Weekend
Let me tell you how I am operating on about four hours of sleep right now. My night started out with an Erykah Badu concert at the Novo in Los Angeles, but that is a story for another time. My only point in mentioning it is that I got home rather late—at 1 a.m. to…
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Netflix's Bird Box Is Really About How White People Don't Want to See Racism
Spoiler alert: Some major plot points will be revealed in this article. And by “some,” I mean “all of them.” If you haven’t seen or read the viral social media discussions of the Netflix thriller Bird Box, you’re missing one of the greatest race allegory movies that has ever been released in the last part…
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Strong Black Executive: Channing Dungey Secured a New Role at Netflix as VP, Original Content
It looks like Netflix is snatching up all of the black ABC alums out here. First, it was Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris. Next up? Channing Dungey. According to Deadline, the former ABC Entertainment president has now been named Vice President, Original Content and will work with current VP of Content Acquisition, Cindy Holland. Dungey…
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Strong Black Binge: Netflix Names Their Most Watched Shows and Films of 2018
“Netflix and chill” analytics have arrived. Whether you’re actually watching the content or have it chilling in the background (“Are you still watching?”) whilst taking part in foreplay, Netflix—and Big Brother—are watching you. According to Deadline, the popular streaming platform has announced its most-binged television shows and most-watched original films. It also decided to boast…
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A Fyre Fest Documentary Is Coming To Netflix and We'll Finally See What Ja Rule Thinks About This
Remember that Fyre Festival clusterfuck? I know, I know, how could you forget? You can still smell the odor of stale Kraft singles sandwiches. If you need a refresher, I’m here for you, Boo. It was spring 2017, and a gaggle of opulent mayo marauders decided to shell out as much as $12,000 apiece for…