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The VSB Group Chat: Insecure Season 3, Episode 7, ‘Obsessed-Like’
We are down to the wire of Insecure’s Season 3 and these 30-minute episodes are more precious then ever with the season finale upon us next week. Will Lawrence and Issa reconvene? Will Issa find out what happens with Nathan? Is Molly going to find love in a hopeless place? All these questions and more…
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It’s a Wrap! Urbanworld Closes Its 22nd Year With a Very Promising Slate of Fall Films
Collaboration, innovation and the power of women—these were recurrent themes at the 2018 Urbanworld Film Festival, which brought unseen gems, highly-anticipated box office hits, and established and up-and-coming filmmakers and talents from all over the world together for five incredible days in New York City. The week, which opened with the Tiffany Haddish and Kevin…
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Murder Burgers Go Green as White Castle and Wu-Tang Team Up
On top of making devils cower to the Caucus mountains, the mighty Wu-Tang Clan is also backing a new vegan burger … at White Castle. Hey, stranger things have happened! (remember that Martin Shrekli Wu disaster?) Actually, it makes sense that the hip-hop power team would be working with White Castle; if Jay Z is…
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An Argument for Why Donald Glover in The Martian Is the Greatest Magical Negro Ever
We’ve seen myriad depictions of the Magical Negro on screen. Some, like Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty, are omnipotent. Some, like Chris Rock in Dogma, bring comedy relief and strange hair. And then others, like Anthony Mackie in The Adjustment Bureau, are basically motion-sensor lights for white people. But none of these Magic-ass Negroes are…
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Noma Dumezweni on Being Hermione, a Mom and a Brit on Broadway
If you ask the average American if they know the name Noma Dumezweni, the truth is, they may not. But ask any follower of live theater or, better yet, any fan of the Harry Potter wizarding world, and they are quick to answer, “Of course! She’s amazing!” That is because Dumezweni is both an award-winning…
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Is Otis Williams of The Temptations the Pettiest Man Alive? An Analysis
The Temptations is one of my all-time favorite singing groups. I’m especially a fan of the “Classic Five” lineup (I like to call it their “Death Lineup”—no pun intended) of David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams. Dennis Edwards replacing David Ruffin and singing on their most iconic songs in the…
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Black Magic? Beyoncé's Former Drummer Accuses Her of 'Extreme Witchcraft'
No one woman should have all this power. Is it “Déjà Vu,” or Voodoo? The Illuminati or “Crazy in Love”? (Or “Dangerously in Love?” or “Drunk in Love?”) That’s what we’re wondering, after hearing about some truly bizarre allegations by Beyoncé’s former drummer, Kimberly Thompson. As reported by the Blast, Thompson, who claims to have…
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Suge Knight, the Red Menace, Hit With 28 Years in Prison
Murder was the case that they gave him, and days before his trial was slated to begin, the man who many (and by “many” I mean “me”) believe sucked the soul out of hip-hop, is receiving his just desserts. Marion “Suge” Knight recently entered a plea of no contest to a charge of voluntary manslaughter…
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Steve Harvey Loses One of His Fifty-’Leven Gigs to Kelly Clarkson
Whatever feelings you have about the Chicklet-toothed “relationship expert” who sold the Now & Later-colored Easter suit to your head deacon, you gotta give it to Steve Harvey—he’s a damn hard worker. And perhaps the man who thought it was comedy gold to tell a Flint, Mich., resident to enjoy his “nice glass of brown…
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Night School: The Urbanworld Film Festival Launches With a Lesson in Black Creativity
The thrill is far from gone. In its 22nd year, the Urbanworld Film Festival started strong with a screening of the upcoming comedy Night School, starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish and directed by Girls Trip hit-maker Malcolm D. Lee. The energy inside the AMC Empire Theatre in New York City’s Times Square was nothing…