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Their intergenerational exchange is smugly combative and made all the more fascinating by the obvious allusions to the real-life showrunner Mara Brock Akil, the Girlfriends and The Game creator for whom Waithe once worked. The scene is also one of the more self-aware moments on Twenties, an uneven satire that …

Ciara becomes the latest artist to postpone a scheduled concert over concerns for the coronavirus. The superstar songstress was set to perform on March 19 at the opening of the Fort Hood USO in Texas. In a statement Ciara released on Saturday, she postponed the concert to a later and …

Netflix thought it felt good to pay less. A star of the streaming giant’s biggest show says she was paid far less than kids from another series.Photo: Rick Diamond (Getty Images) As if black women didn’t have it hard enough. Imagine playing a major part in the success of a …

All told, the record supports the dry opening of the House brief: “Many momentous separation-of-powers disputes have come before this Court,” it reads. “This dispute, regarding four document subpoenas to third parties for records not covered by any privilege, is not one of them.” The only thing remarkable about the …

Angela Stanton-King, an author and former felon who President Trump pardoned last month, is running for a U.S. Congressional seat against civil rights leader and incumbent Rep. John Lewis. TMZ reports Stanton-King was at the Georgia Capitol Building on Friday morning (March 6) to register as a Republican candidate for …

Misty Copeland didn’t hesitate to address the discrimination that dancers of color face in the world of ballet during a fireside chat at the BLACK ENTERPRISE Women of Power Summit on Friday. The legendary ballerina opened up about the backlash she received late last year after she called out an …

In this file photo legendaryjazz pianist McCoy Tyner performs on the Miles Davis Hall stage during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, July 2009.Photo: Dominic Favre (Associated Press) Another one of the greatest who ever did it has gone on to glory. Legendary jazz pianist McCoy Tyner is …

Burstein laughed after sharing the anecdote. “That was across the board,” she told me, listing other Republicans, including Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham—who wrote a tribute to Clinton in Time magazine in 2006—as major names she tried hard to recruit. “They all just said no,” Burstein said. “That …

SXSW, one of the top film and music festivals in the country, announced today (March 6) that this year’s festival has been canceled due to fears over the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus. The annual gathering takes place in Austin, Texas. Organizers announced the decision in a statement posted to …

After the “Juice” powerhouse put TikTok on blast for removing her swimsuit video, the social media company restored her content.Photo: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) With her body positivity movement and unabashed performance style, Lizzo can be considered many things. But this week, the recent Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, flutist, …