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Sports Journalist Jemele Hill Plays That’s So Random
The former ESPN host talks about her new memoir, "Uphill," plus politics, journalism, her favorite superhero/villain match-up and more.
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Celebs We’d Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner
Guess who's coming to dinner? The Root Staff share the celebs we'd add to the guest list —and why.
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Sorry, the Bar Is Closed: CNN to Cut Back on New Year’s Eve On-Air Drinking
The holiday will never be the same without drunk Don Lemon.
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Washington Commanders Under Fire for Tone Deaf Statement Mentioning Brian Robinson Shooting [Updated]
As the Commanders threw their own player under the bus, Attorney General Karl Racine plans to go forth with an extensive lawsuit.
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Jemele Hill’s New Memoir, “Uphill”, Is Our Swag of the Week
We review Jemele Hill's very intimate memoir and hear from the sports journalist herself about why she wrote it.
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REVIEW: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG Tests the Limits of Brotherly Love
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Corey Hawkins star in Suzan Lori-Parks' Broadway revival.
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Corey Hawkins Get Truthful and Dangerous in Broadway’s Topdog/Underdog
Abdul-Mateen II and Hawkins spoke to The Root about their upcoming play, which is set to begin its Broadway run on Oct. 20.
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Madea Goes to College? Emory University Reveals New Course Inspired by Tyler Perry
The first-of-its-kind course is available to first-year students.
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Tyler Perry Responds to Spike Lee’s Years Old Critique That He Makes ‘Coonery Buffoonery’ With His Madea Movies
'For me, I love the movies that I’ve done because they are the people that I grew up with that I represent,' Perry explained.
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REVIEW: A Jazzman’s Blues Is an Enthralling Melodrama Indicative of Tyler Perry’s Potential Next Era
The new film, starring Solea Pfiefer and Joshua Boone, is available to watch now on Netflix.