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Matthew A. Cherry took home an Oscar last night as Hair Love won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. However, he may have been the least surprised person at the annual event over the honor. While the director looked visibly excited about the win, he had already predicted …

Holden MatthewsPhoto: St. Landry Parish Sheriff Dept. Last spring, over the course of 10 days, three black churches in Louisiana were burned down. It was a heinous act that evoked memories of a much darker time in our country’s history. NBC News reports that Holden Matthews, the man responsible, has …

The scene is one many of us have somewhere in our family history: Dozens of people celebrating Thanksgiving or some other holiday around a makeshift stretch of family tables—siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, great-aunts. The grandparents are telling the old family stories for the 37th time. “It was the most beautiful …

NeNe Leakes was noticeably missing from the most recent episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta … again. And she’s reportedly furious about it. Radar Online reports that the lone RHOA original cast member has been docked $240,000 during the show’s 12th season. “NeNe says she feels like she …

Cnythia Erivo is going for the ‘O’ in EGOT tonight, which would put her as a member of the coveted Hollywood club that includes Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners. To potentially make history, Erivo chose a structured white Versace gown with a deep leg slit through the front to …

Photo: Stephen Chernin (Getty Images) Last week, the Trump administration abruptly issued a ban on Global Entry for New York citizens as a result of recent laws in support of undocumented immigrants. According to Reuters, the city is retaliating by suing the administration. For those unaware, Global Entry programs allow …

In a vulnerable moment, Vanessa Bryant offered a glimpse of her grief as she continues to struggle with the devastating loss of her husband and young daughter. The mother in mourning shared in an Instagram post on Monday (Feb. 10) that she is experiencing the anger stage of grief …

That tension—between the Academy’s awareness of its shortcomings and its attempts to illustrate its interest in diversity—ran throughout the night. Midway into the ceremony, the Indian American actor Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect) delivered a freestyle rap about the Oscars. “I do not belong here; you don’t know me,” he said …

Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver’s critically acclaimed Hair Love just won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 92nd Oscars. The film, which depicts a Black father who attempts to style his daughter Zuri’s hair for the first time and relays the positivity of embracing …

Photo: Robyn Beck (AFP via Getty Images) Did you watch the 2020 Academy Awards? No? Was it because the #OscarsSoWhite? I mean, they were (and accordingly, we’re going to have our lightest Oscars slideshow ever today), but in a year that denied both people of color and women their nomination …