Television
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Exclusive: The Smithsonian Channel Recruits Storytellers to Explore the Meaning of Juneteenth
The collection of original video essays is part of the network’s multi-day commemoration of Juneteenth and an exploration of the Black experience in America.
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Jada, Willow and Gammy Steamed Their Vaginas on Red Table Talk, and Now We Need a Yoni Intervention
The ‘Red Table Talk’ hosts sat on vaginal thrones, advised by Jada’s longtime healer, Queen Afua.
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Chris Harrison Makes Bachelor-Verse Exit Official After Race-Related Controversy, Exchanging the Final Rose for a Major Payday
The Bachelor franchise’s longtime host and producer reportedly negotiated ‘a mid-range eight-figure payoff.’
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Mark Your Calendars for June 6 Because The Kings Cometh
Fans of the sweet science—that’s boxing to you mere mortals—know that between 1980 and 1989, there were four fighters that ushered in a boxing renaissance that not only blessed us all with bitter rivalries, but a smorgasbord of legendary bouts. These “Four Kings”—Roberto Durán, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and Sugar Ray Leonard—were…
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Antoine Fuqua to Direct Series Highlighting Hypocrisy of Enslaved People Owner George Washington
America’s first-ever president is getting a series…helmed by a Black man. According to Deadline, Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) is set to direct and serve as executive producer for a pilot about the contradictions surrounding George Washington’s first term in office. The series, titled The President, was created by Brian Burns (Blue Bloods) and…
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Don’t Freeze! Danai Gurira’s Okoye Is Reportedly Starring In Black Panther Origin Series [Corrected]
Correction: 5/29/2021, 2:21 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this blog noted that Okoye will be getting her own original series, but upon clarification of the below blurb, it appears an Okoye-led series has not yet been confirmed. What has been confirmed via the below quoted section is Gurira’s character will be starring in the…
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Bird Box(ing): Trevante Rhodes to Star as Mike Tyson in Hulu Biopic Series
Go ahead and picture Trevante Rhodes working on Mike Tyson’s famous lisp with a dialect coach because the actor has been cast as the legendary professional boxer for a new Hulu series. According to Deadline, the co-star of The United States vs. Billie Holiday will be portraying Tyson in Iron Mike, which is “set to…









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