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Dave Chappelle speaks onstage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden on January 28, 2018 in New York City.Photo: Kevin Winter for NARAS (Getty Images) In the opening of Dave Chappelle’s newest comedy special on Netflix, The Closer, he tells his Detroit audience: “Comedians have a responsibility …
Read More »Kanye Reportedly Helping Kim Kardashian For ‘SNL’ Gig
It looks like Kim Kardashian is getting the help of Kanye West as she prepares for her debut hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. According to Page Six, Kardashian will host the show this Saturday (Oct. 9). “Kim is nervous about hosting ‘SNL,’” a source shared, Page Six reports. “Kanye …
Read More »The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants
Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin Consider the dressing room. The concept began its mass-market life as an amenity in Gilded Age department stores, a commercial sanctuary of pedestals and upholstered furniture on which to swoon over the splendid future of your wardrobe. Now, unless you’re rich enough to sip gratis …
Read More »Kenya Moore Speaks Out On Porsha Williams Leaving ‘RHOA’
The Real Housewives of Atlanta has had some major shakeups recently. Model turned entrepreneur Cynthia Bailey is exiting the reality series and so is Dish Nation host Porsha Williams. Former Miss USA Kenya Moore, who holds a peach on the show and has had a rocky relationship with Williams, is …
Read More »Taraji P. Henson Pranked Gabrielle Union With Nudes
Taraji P. Henson is revealing how good she is at pranking people. The actress and friend Gabrielle Union joined James Corden for Tuesday’s (October 5) episode of The Late Late Show and detailed a raunchy prank she pulled on Union. The Empire actress says she got the idea from herself …
Read More »Kelis’ Husband Says He Has Stomach Cancer
Singer Kelis’ husband, photographer Mike Mora, has revealed that he is battling stage 4 stomach cancer. Mora revealed that he was diagnosed almost a year ago in a series of Instagram posts on Tuesday (Oct. 5). He took a moment to share the first time he believed something was wrong …
Read More »Become Your Own Apple Genius With This Tech-Repair Subscription
Apple’s continual release of products has benefitted millions in various ways. Instead of just having access to a phone, the tech behemoth also offers iPads that rival certain laptops along with music devices and an Apple TV subscription platform that negates the need for traditional cable services. While these options …
Read More »Taraji P. Henson Pranked Gabrielle Union With Nudes
Taraji P. Henson is revealing how good she is at pranking people. The actress and friend Gabrielle Union joined James Corden for Tuesday’s (October 5) episode of The Late Late Show and detailed a raunchy prank she pulled on Union. The Empire actress says she got the idea from herself …
Read More »Black Worker Claiming Discrimination Wins $100,000 Settlement With City of San Diego
Photo: Ken Levine (Getty Images) San Diego is paying a former city laborer nearly $100,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming he was discriminated against because of his race and complaints he made about unsafe working conditions. According to The Hill, Demetris Wimberley, a Black man who worked in the city’s …
Read More »Writing Should Be a Visual Art
The first books I read in my childhood contained images: five kids talking to a large policeman (Enid Blyton); a child looking in horror at a man who has escaped from prison, in the light of a fire (an abridged Charles Dickens); a tiger and a snake (Rudyard Kipling). Those …
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