pop culture
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 12 Recap: Is This The End?
On this season finale – well at least before we get the shenanigans that are the reunion show – we get some stories that end up on an up-and-up note and also we get stories that involve Hazel. And to know Hazel is to know that she never wins. Ever. But, let’s talk about Ray…
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Why #ByeElizabeth Needs To Replace #ByeFelicia
I don’t know how things that become things become things. I just know that one day, something is not a thing. And then, the next day, that thing is a thing. You can argue that the surest way to make a thing a thing is for it to have a celebrity shout out. We can list…
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F*ck The St. Louis Police Officers Association And Everything They Believe In
If you watch the news, you’ve probably seen or at least heard about the pre-game display that a few of the St. Louis Rams football players put on when walking out of the tunnel on Sunday before they, the Rams of St. Louis put an otherworldly ass whippin’ on the Raiders of Oakland. Five players – Stedman…
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Rapper Drops Mixtape. Just May Pay For It With His Life
What will follow is the most ridiculous thing I think I may have read in life. I don’t even mean that in a cavalier fashion. I mean that in the most sincere way possible. Like, when I say that I don’t like J. Cole, like, at all, I say with the utmost sincerity. That’s how…
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Shonda Rhimes Tries To Make "Bitch Baby" Happen. What Is A Bitch Baby?
The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “bitch” used as an insult? Countless The number of times in my life I’ve heard the word “baby” used as an insult? Also countless. The number of times in my life I’ve heard the words “bitch” and “baby” both used in a sentence or…
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My Big K.R.I.T. Conundrum
I really want to like Big K.R.I.T. I keep trying. But it’s not working. Everybody sings his praises. He’s one of the more highly touted artists out right. His album Cadillactica is getting rave reviews. I enjoy his interviews since he seems to actually have something to say. He’s personable. I’ve even met him and…
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Beyond The Lights: Here's Why I Go To Movie Screenings
[DISCLAIMER: There are no spoilers in this. Some of you may feel like there are though. There aren’t. But we’re all allowed to have feelings. If you intend to see Beyond the Lights, just keep that in mind. Your feelings that is; not my lack of a spoiler.] It feels like nearly once a week,…
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Boycotting Bill Cosby Means A Different World Too
Earlier this year, I admitted that the moral quandary many face about recognizing R. Kelly’s misdeeds and being fans of his music has never been an issue for me. Not because I’m any more or less moral than those struggling with — or just straight not caring about — his history with young girls, but…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Ep. 10 Recap: I Do Not Like Morgan
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Ray J. In fact, the very reason I was so excited about this season of Love & Hip Hop was because it was to prominently feature Ray J Da Gawd. And where there is Ray, there are shenanigans aplenty. Except that didn’t happen. At least not the…
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17 Reasons Why The NY Times Interview With Willow And Jaden Smith WILL Actually Break The Internet
1. Because “Prana Energy” — one of the six or seven things I had to google while reading this — is in the title. 2. Because this quote… “…the new pieces are suffused with a different sort of bareness, and a self-guided education in topics such as Archimedean solids and mysticism” …is used to describe…