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On the Rocks Exclusive Clip: Marlon Wayans Dodges Rashida Jones' Phone Snooping…for Now [Updated]

Here at The Root, we love Black love…but we also know it ain’t perfect. Sophia Coppola’s upcoming film On the Rocks unpacks the ups and downs of marriage. We actually featured the trailer in our weekly roundup this summer. The film’s synopsis, via a press release sent to The Root: A young New York mother…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

October 8, 2020
Entertainment, Social Media

Forever FLOTUS, She's Just Like Us: Michelle Obama's Text Exchange With Her Mama is Relatable as Hell

My mama (aka Mama Cheeks, aka the Dalai Mama) and I have an exceedingly close relationship. We communicate in some form every single day. I not only love her, I like her. As a person. She’s hilarious. Ever since moving to Los Angeles from Chicago a little over three years ago (!!!), that 2,000-plus miles…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

February 13, 2019