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Illustration: Oscar Bustamante (The Root/G-O) My fellow Americans, I come before you today with good news. For nearly three years, we have addressed our readers’ emails, DMs, tweets, and comments in the weekly Mailbag. And in all those times, I have never shied away from an opportunity to clap back …

Showtime has given a straight-to-series order to First Ladies, a one-hour drama whose first series stars Viola Davis as former first lady Michelle Obama. According to Deadline, Davis will also serve as executive producer on the project, which was put on fast-track development at Showtime last August with a three-script …

Harley, however, hasn’t been able to embark on such a narrative journey in film. A dedicated Margot Robbie played her to scene-stealing perfection in the 2016 DC Extended Universe entry Suicide Squad, but her arc focused on her devotion to the Joker (played by Jared Leto). Indeed, the Joker looms …

Written by Samantha Hunter Jurnee Smollett-Bell and the cast of the new movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) are having a ball promoting their new film, in theaters February 7, and BET flew to London to chat with them all! RELATED: 6 Black Comic Book Characters Who …

Kodak Black has already been very vocal since being locked up in prison. He’s claimed people have tried to poison and kill him. Now, he’s saying the abuse is extending further. About two weeks ago, while filing to appeal his two-and-a-half-year prison sentence, he was reportedly transferred to a Kentucky …

Vanessa Bryant is likely still reeling over the death of her husband Kobe Bryant, and while she’s understandably been keeping her grief mostly private, every once in a while she’s been taking to Instagram to grieve with the rest of us. On Wednesday, Vanessa shared a heartwarming photo of Kobe …

Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) It’s crazy, y’all. I feel like four years ago we warned that if ol’ boy got elected it would embolden the worst of our society to do some heinous things. According to the FBI, unfortunately, we were right. FBI director, Christopher Wray, has said that …

—Christian Paz * « SNAPSHOT » (Mark Peckmezian) On the heels of his Iowa troubles, at a televised town hall last night, Biden opened up about his own struggle with stuttering—a stunning move for a politician who’s thus far had a more complicated, cagey view toward his stutter. John Hendrickson, …

Massachusetts Rep. Iyanna Pressley was one of two members of Congress who did not attend the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Feb. 4. She has since released a statement on why she stayed home. “The occupant of the White House incessantly stokes fear in people of color, women, …

The cause of death of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s former boyfriend, Nick Gordon, has been revealed. He died of a heroin overdose. A Florida medical examiner’s office officially ruled the 30-year-old’s death as heroin toxicity after conducting an autopsy. The autopsy also found several other substances in his system including …