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Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) Early last month, Leslie David Baker—the actor best-known for the character Stanley on the hit show The Office—announced he was launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to get an unofficial spinoff about everyone’s favorite office grump up-and-running. As previously reported by The Root, the plot …
Read More »Kim Kardashian ‘Teaming Up’ With Monica To Free C-Murder
Kim Kardashian West tweeted on Sunday (August 16) that she’s “teaming up” with Monica to help free the R&B singer’s ex-boyfriend Corey Miller (AKA C-Murder), who is incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. “Since his trial, witnesses have recanted, new evidence of his potential innocence has come to light, and …
Read More »Trailer Roundup: Zola Does Not Have Bad Hair
Zola (2020); Bad Hair (2020)Screenshot: A24/YouTube , Hulu/YouTube I know I start all of these with a reflection on 2020, but it really is jarring just how fast this year is going, yet feels like it’s going so slowly. Maybe it’s because the year has been so dense with heavy …
Read More »White Man Seen Screaming N-Word At Black Woman Arrested
Police arrested a Naples, Florida man identified as Jeffrey Rouse Saturday (August 15) on multiple criminal charges, including fleeing and eluding, assault and two counts of criminal mischief. In a Facebook post, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office also named 40-year-old Rouse as the man recorded in a racist rant at …
Read More »Sunday's Deals of the Day: $50 Switch Titles, Fitbit Ones, Touchless Soap Dispensers, and More
Graphic: Elizabeth Henges Best Deals of the DayBest Deals of the DayThe best deals from around the web, updated daily. A big inflatable pool for $91, $50 Nintendo Switch games, a day-long Kindle eBook sale on sci-fi and fantasy novels, refurbished Fitbit Ones, and more are some of Sunday’s deals …
Read More »Gayle King Was Offered To Take Over Oprah’s Talk Show
Gayle King is reflecting on turning down one of the most incredible opportunities she was ever offered. Sitting down with Drew Barrymore for the debut of her new digital series The Art of the Interview, the CBS This Morning co-host says she was offered to take over Oprah’s talk show …
Read More »OWN's Black Love Called Out for The Glaring Absence of Dark-Skinned Black Women in Promo for New Season
Screenshot: @blacklovedoc (Twitter The creators of Black Love, an OWN docuseries which says it aims to tell the stories of Black couples and increase representation, spent the weekend fielding backlash from Black Twitter after releasing a promotional trailer in which dark-skinned women were made all but invisible. Released on Friday, …
Read More »Student Jailed For Schoolwork Is Off Probation
A Michigan teenager, identified only as “Grace,” is off probation following a harrowing experience in the court system that drew national attention. Grace, a 15-year-old Black girl, was put in juvenile detention after falling behind on her coursework. Judge Mary Ellen Brennan, the same family court judge who sentenced Grace …
Read More »Some Chicago Schools Vote to Kick Cops Out, but the Schools With Mostly Black Students Will Still Keep Them
Photo: Stock (Shutterstock) The uprising against the racist police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s killing earlier this year has put policy recommendations like defunding police in closer to the realm of reality and not just in the imaginations of Black activists. But the age-old problem of addressing issues …
Read More »Black Teen May Avoid Jail For Beating White Macy’s Employee
An 18-year-old student who allegedly knocked a Michigan Macy’s store supervisor to the ground and punched him numerous times may not be facing any jail time. The incident, which happened on June 15 inside the Genesee Valley Mall in Flint Township and was caught on video, went viral with Donald …
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