Television
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#MeToo: Michaela Coel Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted While Writing Chewing Gum
Actress Michaela Coel—known for her appearances on the sci-fi series Black Mirror as well as for her own BAFTA-winning comedy series Chewing Gum—is the latest woman to come forward and speak out about being sexually assaulted while working in the entertainment industry. Coel was delivering the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV…
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In a ’90s Kind of World, I’m Glad I Had My Girls: Living Single at 25 and Me
Growing up 55 shades of gay in the ’90s, there were not a lot of places for a young whippersnapper like me to draw inspiration from what life could be like as an adult. Friends? Too unseasoned. Seinfeld? I don’t know her. Fraiser? Cute, but for a six-year-old with a serious Princess Ariel obsession, not…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 2, 'Familiar-Like' Recap
We’re slowly rolling through season 3 of Insecure with plenty of exposé and character development. So we are keeping the debate and discussion that Insecure inspires moving right along with it as a weekly discussion between Jouelzy and Panama Jackson. Jouelzy: This season is opening with a slow roll, but I don’t know what I…
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When the Beat Drops Proves That Bucking Started With Black Women and Thrived in Atlanta's LGBT Community
Imagine it’s the early 1990s and you spot an audition in the newspaper to be a dancer in Michael Jackson’s iconic “Remember the Time” video. So, at a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed 17-years-old, you show up to the audition and nail it. You get the gig. There’s nowhere to go but up from there, right? Wrong! Well,…
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It's Not Unrealistic for Issa on Insecure to Be 30 With Multiple Jobs and Homeless Because I've Been That Too
The characters on Insecure sometimes make decisions that make me question if they were born on the same Earth that other earthlings inhabit. (For instance, Lawrence in season 2 bringing Aparna to Tiffany’s birthday dinner from hell.) Also, I agree with Vulture’s Jasmine Sanders in that the writers sometimes seem to be too influenced by…
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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 1, 'Better-Like' Recap
Has there ever been a show that ignites as many discussions on your timeline as Insecure? Thanks to Issa Rae and team, Insecure has given many the platform they’ve been looking for, where they finally have their Facebook status post lighting up with engagement. Men found hope in the #LawrenceHive, taking comfort in one of…
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Lil Rel, Sinbad and David Alan Grier Bring the Funny to Fox This Fall
David Alan Grier says the secret to longevity in the comedy and acting game is being fun to work with. I caught up with theater, comedy, and television veteran along with his longtime friend—Emmy Award nominee Martin Mull (Veep, Roseanne)—on the red carpet at the Fox Summer TCA 2018 last week. “You have to be…
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Sweet Deal: OWN Picks Up Queen Sugar for a 4th Season
The Bordelon family isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and neither is Queen Sugar. OWN announced Wednesday that it would be picking up the epic family drama for a fourth season—surprising no one, given the show’s dedicated fan base. Erik Logan, president of OWN, in a statement announcing the decision, lauded producer Ava DuVernay for the…
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A Year Later: Documenting Hate: Charlottesville Explores the Growing White Nationalist Movement in America
As the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville, Va., Unite the Right rally approaches, many still cannot wrap their minds around the hundreds if not thousands of white supremacist sympathizers who descended on a bucolic college town and wrecked violent havoc—one anti-racism protester was killed, dozens more were hospitalized—in the year of our Lord 2017. Many…
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Bye, Lawrence: Why Insecure Just Doesn't Need Him Anymore
Although Insecure was created by and stars Issa Rae, by the end of season one, it could’ve easily been named Lawrence, the show’s most talked about and meme’d about character. Here’s a recap of Lawrence’s arc through the show’s first two seasons: He gets cheated on by Issa not because he cheated on her but…