the chatterati
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Black Female Pilots Stephanie Johnson, Dawn Cook Make History at Delta Air Lines
Delta pilots First Officer Dawn Cook and Capt. Stephanie Johnson ended Black History Month and brought in Women’s History Month on the right foot—or should we say the right flight—when they made history for Delta. The women became the first African-American women to make up the cockpit crew on one of Delta’s “mainline” flights. According…
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Teyana Taylor Officially Launches Online Workout Series Fade2Fit
You could be 90 days away from changing your life now that Teyana Taylor has finally officially released her online workout series Fade2Fit. If you admired Taylor’s intense snapback after having baby Junie and the fact that she gave everyone life when she appeared in Kanye West’s “Fade” video, all abs, sculpted arms and legs,…
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Rachel Dolezal Has Changed Her Name
Rachel Dolezal. Do I even need to remind you who she is? You know, the white Spokane, Wash., NAACP chapter leader who was passing as black, got outed by her lily-white parents and declared herself “transracial”; then said she’s really black, not white; and then went on to score a book deal but is now…
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President Oprah Winfrey?
It seems as though Oprah Winfrey may be having second thoughts about whether or not she could really become president. Well, you know, since you don’t need political experience anymore. In an interview with financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein, Winfrey said it now does seem like something she could do. Rubenstein mentioned the fact that…
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Just Kickin’ It: Xscape Announces Reunion
In 1992, four girls from Atlanta signed to Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def imprint. Tamika and LaTocha Scott, Kandi Burruss and Tameka “Tiny” Harris went on to become the recording group Xscape, and their debut album, Hummin’ Comin at Cha, which had hit singles such as “Just Kickin’ It” and “Understanding,” became their first of…
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Lakeith Stanfield Calls Armond White a ‘Bitch’ for Ruining Get Out’s Perfect Rotten Tomato Score
If Armond White’s grandmother made a movie, he’d probably give it a negative review if everyone else liked it. It’s fine to have a different opinion about a movie, but it seems as though White has made a career out of being a contrarian. And as the young people would say, he’s the definition of…
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Actor Anthony Anderson Offers to Marry ‘Gary From Chicago’ and His Fiancee
If there was anyone from Sunday night’s Oscars who had the time of their lives, it was Gary from Chicago and his fiancee, Vickie. The lucky couple were part of a tour-bus group that got to mix and mingle with celebrities in the midst of the award show. Gary Coe and Vickie immediately went viral…
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Viola Davis Named Harvard Artist of the Year
Viola Davis is a national treasure. And even before her Oscar win Sunday, Harvard University had named Davis its Artist of the Year. On March 4, Davis will accept the Harvard Foundation’s arts medal during the 32nd annual Cultural Rhythms Festival in Memorial Hall’s Sanders Theatre. “The students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation are…
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TLC’s Final Album Drops in June
It was almost three years ago when TLC launched a Kickstarter to fund their fifth and final album. Fans basically threw money at them, including Katy Perry, who donated $5,000 to help T-Boz and Chilli out. But those same fans began to question whether or not they had been bamboozled when, a year later, they…