(Photo: Adobe Stock) Comedian Paul Mooney once joked that when Black hair is “nappy” then White folks are not happy, and a new study about natural hair seems to confirm this much is true. According to researchers from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Black women who rock natural hairstyles, …
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Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Christopher Lee / VII / Redux Jared Kushner is the second-most-powerful man in the White House. …
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Saturday Night Live star Maya Rudolph had a one of a kind response to the Tuesday (August 11) announcement that California Senator Kamala Harris would join Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate. “Oh s—, ruh-roh,” the 48-year-old, Emmy-nominated comedian told Entertainment Weekly while participating in a panel …
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Mahalia Jackson, known to many as the Queen of Gospel, is getting the big screen biopic treatment. Jill Scott will play Jackson in Mahalia!, produced by Queen Latifah and Jamie Foxx. This is the second film about Jackson that’s been announced in the past week. A television biopic about the …
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After the viral YouTube trailer Bel-Air released in 2019, it will now become a TV series as streaming platforms including HBO Max, Peacock and Netflix review the project. Will Smith has teamed up with the writer and director of the trailer Morgan Cooper to reimagine the NBC Comedy The Fresh …
Read More »Photo: MBI (UK (Shutterstock) As long as pay disparities for Black women continue, inevitably so will the respectability politics that insist that we are somehow culpable for those inequities—you know, the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality that is the hallmark of so many of America’s suppressive policies and …
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Will Smith is all about tackling his fears, which is why he decided to swim with sharks. In Will Smith: Off the Deep End, which is a special for Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, the actor is diving into the open seas to swim with sharks. In an exclusive …
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Jared Kushner, the second-most-powerful man in the White House, is quite a bit smarter than the most powerful man, his father-in-law, the president. Donald Trump possesses a genius for the jugular, but he evinces few other signs of intelligence. He certainly displays no capacity, or predisposition, to learn. His son-in-law, …
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Adding another film producer credit under her belt, Grammy award-winning recording artist Alicia Keys is set to produce an upcoming Netflix romantic comedy. RELATED: BET Awards 2020: Alicia Keys’ ‘Perfect Way To Die’ Performance Left Us In Tears Starring actress and singer Christina Milian, Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah …
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