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  • Rick Fox Discusses His Transition Into Acting and New Role in Greenleaf 

    Rick Fox retired from the NBA in 2004, but he’s been keeping busy by honing his acting skills, and on Wednesday night he’s making his debut on OWN’s hit series Greenleaf. Fox, whose foray into acting was a natural progression that started during his childhood, spoke to The Root about his new role. “I did…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Greenleaf Returns, Self-Righteous but as Necessary as Ever

    Last season, OWN premiered the church-family drama Greenleaf. I caught the previews between commercials for Tyler Perry’s soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong, and made a mental note that it might be worth checking out, if only to see whether it veered left into Perry melodramatic land. Then I promptly forgot about it. Thankfully, Netflix’s…

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    Jouelzy

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  • Sorry, Oprah, You Might Be Too Late

    Last week, Oprah Winfrey seemingly contemplated a run for the White House in 2020. When asked if she’d considered entering that race, she responded that the 2016 presidential election had dismissed her previous concerns that she might not be qualified enough for the job. In other words: If Donald Trump can do it, so can…

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    Tracy L. Scott

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  • Oprah Winfrey Discusses the Art of Storytelling and Greenleaf

    On Jan. 1, 2011, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network made its debut, and over the last six years, the network has been able to debut series such as Queen Sugar and Greenleaf that uniquely capture the lives and stories that may not be told elsewhere. When you look at the series on OWN, you can tell…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Michelle Obama Talks to Oprah, Confirms She Won't Run for Office

    It seems like no matter how much we pray, beg and pray some more, Michelle Obama won’t be running for office. Any office. During what was billed as her last interview as first lady, Michelle Obama confirmed to Oprah Winfrey what her husband has already stated thousands of times: She doesn’t want a career in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • First Lady to Oprah: ‘Now We’re Feeling What Not Having Hope Feels Like’

    First lady Michelle Obama gave her final one-on-one interview to Oprah Winfrey at the White House on Wednesday. In a first look at the interview that aired on CBS This Morning on Friday, Obama reflected on her husband’s legacy of hope. Winfrey asked Obama if she thought her husband’s administration achieved his campaign promise of…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Hey Y’all, Oprah Called Me.

    How (sur) real is…this? I don’t have a bucket list. I’ve never taken the time to think of things I wanted to do before I move into that deluxe apartment in the sky. But that didn’t stop me from recently adding an item to my bucket list, then checking it off because holy shit, that…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • 10 Breakups That Would Totally Absolutely Devastate Black America More Than Brangelina's

    My cousin, the unsinkable sarah huny young, and I regularly frequent the same coffee shop. But we rarely see each other there because she’s usually there early (9am to 1:30-ishpm) and I usually don’t get there until after 2pm. Today, however, I had a meeting there at noon and was able to chop it up…

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    Damon Young

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  • Iyanla Vanzant Is Out to Destroy the Myth of the Angry Black Woman

    Iyanla: Fix My Life, the series featuring spiritual teacher and life coach Iyanla Vanzant, has been a fixture on the Oprah Winfrey Network since 2012, and the addition of scripted programming like Queen Sugar to the network has not changed that. For this season, Vanzant, known for her work with Basketball Wives’ reality star Evelyn Lozada…

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    Ronda Racha Penrice

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  • Unique Views Podcast, Episode 11: Colin Powell Is Blacker Than Lil Wayne

    Who would have thought that we would make it to 11 episodes? We sure didn’t. But nevertheless, here we are, back at it again, and this time I won’t waste your time telling you that I sing a cappella on this show. That’s right—I bring my dove tonsils out of retirement to give you guys…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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