nostalgia
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Filmmaker Told to Destroy All Footage of Frank Ocean’s Less Than Impressive Coachella Set
AEG, the company that owns Coachella, gave a cease and desist to the filmmaker who made a short film of Frank Ocean’s desert show.
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Not Like This, Frank
Frank Ocean's Coachella set on Sunday night was a complete shitshow that unfortunately, I was there to witness firsthand.
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Nostalgia-palooza: Paramount+ Is Rebooting Behind the Music, Yo! MTV Raps and Unplugged
Remember when music videos used to play on television? Of course you do, because nostalgic internet users talk about it all the time, often with wistful sighs. Recently, a graphic floated around on Twitter showing the programming slate for MTV’s current television shows. Which show dominated damn near every damn broadcast time slot? Ridiculousness, a TV…
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Did Y'all Know Vanessa Williams Improvised That Iconic 'F-ck the Family' Line in Soul Food?
Thanksgiving has come and gone, but we have yet another upcoming reason to sit down and eat a smorgasbord of ‘itis-inducing food. That’s right, we have Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and more this month! In the spirit of this deliciously heavy food, we need to take a trip down memory lane to the 1997 classic, Soul…
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You May Have the Chance to Sit on Your Throne in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Mansion, Thanks to Airbnb
This year, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is celebrating its 30-year anniversary and mannnn, is it doing it big! We’re all still collecting ourselves from the hugely surprising news that Janet “Dark-Skinned Aunt Viv” Hubert will be joining the upcoming reunion special broadcast, but it looks like this show isn’t done with its over-the-top promotion!…
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Strong Black Sitcoms: Yes, You Can Watch Some of Your Fave '90s and '00s Black TV Shows on Netflix Soon
Remember when UPN was considered a Black mecca for TV shows back in the day? Well, nowadays, the ‘N’ stands for Netflix because it looks like the popular streaming platform is trying to recreate a little bit of that magic! Netflix has acquired the rights to stream Moesha, The Game (Seasons 1-3), Sister, Sister, Girlfriends,…
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Living Single's Erika Alexander Reveals She Almost Wasn't Cast in Role of 'Maxine'
“Maxine Shaw, Attorney-at-Law” is one of the beloved main characters from the hit ‘90s sitcom Living Single, as portrayed by Erika Alexander. The show would be entirely different without Max’s playful energy, and a new Facebook video interview with Alexander reveals that at one point, she wasn’t sure if the role would be hers to…
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Love & Basketball, 20 Years Later: I Still Think Quincy Was Wrong and Monica Was Right—Let's Fight
Imagine being able to reflect and reminisce about a passion project about your own life 20 years later with tens of thousands of fans. Well, that’s what writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood got to do on Tuesday night when she and BET hosted a live-tweet watch party of Love & Basketball to celebrate the beloved film’s 20th…
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2019 AMAs: Toni Braxton Said She Loved Us Again With a Nostalgic Performance of 'Un-Break My Heart'
The 2019 American Music Awards (AMAs) have come and gone, but we need to reminisce about one of the most nostalgic moments of the night. On Sunday night, Toni Braxton took the stage to perform her Hot 100 hit, “Un-Break My Heart,” and yes, every single person in the audience mouthed the words along with…