Scene from “And Just Like That…” (credit: Screenshot/HBO Max) Warning: This post contains spoilers, so if you have not watched the first six episodes of And Just Like That…, please go do that first and then come back. Let me start this off by saying I was a huge fan …
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Subscribe to get this newsletter delivered to your inbox. The Atlantic Omicron is everywhere, and people are tired. Nearly two years into this pandemic, the seemingly more transmissible and milder coronavirus variant is tempting some to throw in the towel on avoiding infection. Should you just accept that you’re going …
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Beyonce and Blue Ivy Carter attend The 67th NBA All-Star Game: Team LeBron Vs. Team Stephen at Staples Center on February 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) () “Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Daughter Blue Ivy Carter Is All Grown Up in New Birthday Photo” proclaimed an …
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Screenshot: YouTube/Democracy Now! FX has officially given a series order to the television adaptation of Octavia Butler’s book, Kindred. As previously reported by The Root, the series was given a pilot order last March and began production on it back in September with Zola director Janicza Bravo at the helm. …
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Cantu Beauty, an award-winning multicultural hair care brand, joins Women Empowering Nations (WEN), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide exposure, development and mentorship for girls of color in underserved communities to accelerate their path to executive leadership, in hosting a series of career-readiness workshops for minority women around the globe. WEN …
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