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‘Freaknik,’ ‘Shirley,’ ‘Magical Negroes,’ and More of the Most Anticipated Black Movies of 2024

We can’t wait to see Lupita Nyong’o in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One,’ Cynthia Erivo in ‘Wicked’ and the reunion of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in ‘Bad Boys 4.’

By

Stephanie Holland

Published

February 12, 2024
Entertainment

I Don’t Have Enough Ambien for This: Roseanne Claims Valerie Jarrett Tweet Was About Anti-Semitism

Roseanne, beloved, the lesson here was to delete your account. Unfortunately for us, learning lessons isn’t exactly Roseanne Barr’s forte. The washed-up comedian, who recently lost her ABC sitcom over a racist tweet about former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, hopped onto Twitter Wednesday night in an attempt to reclaim the narrative—and prove that she…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

June 14, 2018
Entertainment

Whoopi Goldberg Challenges DeRay Mckesson’s Claim That Planet of the Apes Is Racist

The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg criticized Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson for creating controversy over the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes movie. Mckesson wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted, “Given the history of black people as apes, I am offended and appalled by the lack of consciousness in…

By

Madison Sherman

Published

July 13, 2017