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This article contains mild spoilers through the sixth episode of The Afterparty. The Afterparty begins with a cinematic death. During the bash he throws to cap off his 15-year high-school reunion, Xavier, a nerd turned Justin Bieber–esque pop star, plummets from the deck of his lavish seaside mansion to the …
Read More »Quavo And The Game First Celebrities To Be Playable Characters On NBA 2K
Rappers Quavo and the Game are ballin’ in another way. On Wednesday, both rappers released statements about their playable characters showcased on NBA 2K. In true Migos fashion, the Huncho avatar is seen hooping in his signature Cartier frames and a No. 91 Atlanta Hawks jersey. To access one-third of …
Read More »Chukwudi Iwuji Discusses His Rebellious Role in HBO Max's Peacemaker, Butterfly
Photo: HBO Max HBO Max’s Peacemaker is not the typical comic book show. It uses comedy to disarm viewers, leaving them unsuspecting of the emotional roller coaster it’s about to take them on. The breakout star of Season 1 has been Chukwudi Iwuji, who plays fan-favorite Clemson Murn. He’s introduced …
Read More »UPS Debuts First-Ever Apparel Line Supporting Black-Owned Businesses
UPS, the official logistics partner of New York Fashion Week: The Shows, which ended Wednesday, commemorated the deal by launching its first official apparel line, Be Unstoppable. With the debut limited-edition collection coming during Black History Month, UPS partnered with InTheBlk to present three emerging Black designers during one of …
Read More »Kanye Asks Judge to Halt Divorce with Kim Kardashian
Kanye West and Julia Fox – Outside arrivals at the Schiaparelli Fall-Winter 2022/2023 Menswear fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2022 in Paris, France.Photo: Sipa via AP Images (AP) After going off the rails last weekend over the breakup of his marriage and his …
Read More »Cookbooks Are About More Than Just Food Now
Home chefs, whether of Great British Bake Off caliber or not, can turn to an abundance of cookbooks to guide their kitchen projects. But the recipe manuals of today are not those of the past. In A History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page Over Seven Centuries, the historian Henry …
Read More »Indiana School Counselor Under Fire for Allowing Kids to Skip Black History Lessons
With CRT (critical race theory) becoming a major topic in politics and in schooling, one school has allowed its parts to let their children opt out of Black history lessons during Black History Month. A letter sent by an Indiana elementary school guidance counselor giving parents this option went viral …
Read More »ACLU sues Missouri School District for Permanent Removal of Eight Books
Photo: LeicherOliver (Getty Images) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Missouri School District Wentzville on behalf of two minor students over the removal of books from school libraries, reported CNN. The books, as expected, were on topics of race and sexual identity. The Wentzville school board …
Read More »The New<em> Texas Chainsaw Massacre</em> Is All Blood, No Bite
The premise of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre is, even by the short yardstick of the horror genre, quite simple. Some youths traveling through rural Texas come across a ramshackle house where a family of cannibals live. Leatherface, a brutish, childlike member of the clan wearing a mask made …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Plans to Make Death Row Records First NFT Music Label
Coming right off a widely viewed Super Bowl halftime performance this past weekend, Snoop Dogg announced he would be converting Death Row Records into the first NFT record label. According to Fortune, the “What’s My Name?” rapper announced the plan during a discussion on Clubhouse. Snoop began his music career …
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