the chatterati
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Woman Left Her Husband of 21 Years Because He Wanted to Make America Great Again
They say politics makes strange bedfellows, but in one household, politics tore apart a 21-year marriage. Gayle McCormick, 73, dumped her husband after he disclosed to her that he was going to vote for Donald Trump. “I was in shock,” she tells People magazine. “It was the breaking point. The Trump issue was the catalyst.…
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Michael Jackson’s Mother, Katherine, Claims Elder Abuse at Hands of Nephew
Katherine Jackson has been granted a restraining order against her nephew Trent Lamar Jackson after claims of elder abuse and theft. According to Katherine Jackson, Trent Jackson not only abused her, to the point of her needing to hide in closets to call her own children, but also stole money from her bank accounts and…
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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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Here’s Why Maxwell (the R&B Singer, Not the Coffee) Is Trending
Looks like someone has something against Black History Month … well, at least that’s the consensus on Twitter. I’ll never know what Maxwell is actually talking about because he blocked me on Twitter earlier this summer after I questioned his “All Lives Matter” tweet. But here’s what everyone else is saying (and he apparently called…
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Merriam-Webster Adds ‘Ghosting’ and ‘Shade’ to Dictionary
Ghosting is bad. Throwing shade is good. And Merriam-Webster just gave a nod to both words. On Tuesday, Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 words to its website. Although “shade” was already listed on its site, the dictionary added the slang definition of the word to the list, and in its explanation of the word, it…
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Omarosa Called ‘Trump’s Whore’ While Shopping for Bridesmaids Dresses at Nordstrom
Can’t a sellout shop in peace? Well, if you’re Omarosa Manigault, the incoming White House director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison, no … no, you can’t … without being called a whore. Over the weekend, Manigault was shopping for bridesmaids dresses at Nordstrom in Tysons Corner, Va., when two women had a…
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George Lopez Kicks Black Woman Out of Show Who Didn’t Laugh at Anti-Black Joke
George Lopez, a man I usually describe as the Mexican Steve Harvey, went off on a black woman during his Phoenix show Sunday night after she threw up her middle finger when he told a black joke. “There’s still two rules in the fucking Latino family,” Lopez had said. “Don’t marry somebody black, and don’t…
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Atlanta’s Lakeith Stanfield Has a Few Words for People Talking Shit About Black Women
Lakeith Stanfield isn’t going to stand around and let someone talk shit about black women to him. Over the weekend, the Atlanta actor spoke about an encounter he had with a black male driver on one of the projects he’s working on. Apparently the driver felt that he could get away with talking negatively about…
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‘Cash Me Outside’ Teen Gets Kicked Off Plane After Reportedly Punching Passenger
She went viral because of her hoodrat ways during a recent appearance on Dr. Phil, where she called the audience a bunch of hos and told them to “cash” her outside. And Monday night, 13-year-old Danielle Bregoli and her mother, Barbara Ann, got kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight after Danielle punched a fellow passenger,…
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Brandy and Jenifer Lewis Just Gave You the Anthem You Need
This song has been in my head for the last five hours. And it’s the motto I’ve lived by for quite some time: “I don’t wanna fuck nobody up, but I will if I have to!!!” as Jenifer Lewis says. You’re welcome.