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President Barack Obama made his second appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, and of course, he had to do a round of “Mean Tweets.” From someone blaming Obama for his or her conditioner not working to even someone asking whether he actually lifts weights, the tweets the president read weren’t really that mean—compared with…

“Black Jeopardy” is not a new sketch on Saturday Night Live, and it is not necessarily its funniest, but it certainly was this weekend when veteran actor and guest host Tom Hanks found himself standing behind the contestant podium as a Donald Trump supporter named Doug. Normally, the white contestants on “Black Jeopardy” are the…

There’s a saying on the internet, “Never read the comment section,” and unfortunately, in the case of Simone Biles’ appearance in a music video with a white singer, that saying was definitely a harsh reminder. Biles was the love interest in Jake Miller’s newly released video, “Overnight,” and was attacked with racist remarks from trolls. The…

Over the weekend, Erykah Badu gave her fans something to talk about. While wearing nothing but a sports bra and underwear, the upcoming host of the Soul Train Awards proudly danced and celebrated her figure. Seemingly saying “goodbye” to being skinny, Badu captioned her video, in part, with, “I loooooove fluffy cuff season bye skinny bitches ……

It’s safe to say that with her release of A Seat at the Table, Solange Knowles is having one hell of a year. And it’s about to get better. On Nov. 5, Solange will make her first appearance on Saturday Night Live to perform two songs from her album. Solange’s album is her first first No.…

If you don’t like spoilers, stay off the internet, because after Sunday night’s season premiere of The Walking Dead, spoilers are everywhere. During the episode, not one, but two characters were killed off, and it left fans of the series not only emotional but angry. During last year’s season-finale cliffhanger, Rick Grimes and his crew…

Video mashups are the funniest—especially when they put together beloved but not necessarily obvious pairings. Such is the case with the Lauryn Hill-Miss Piggy mashup of “Doo Wop (That Thing),” one of numerous hits from Hill’s 1998 critically acclaimed set, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In the short, Miss Piggy is Hill, and lip-synchs old…

Visual artist Kehinde Wiley continues to share his incredibly rich and strikingly relevant art with the world. Wiley’s first solo art exhibition in France will be displayed in Le Petit Palais in Paris from Oct. 20 through Jan. 15. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154504843345535&set=a.10151251441415535.506914.540120534&type=3&theater Afropunk notes that the exhibition is a unique set of 10 monumental works, stained glass…

“The Throne” is no more. And rather than Jay Z being an inconsiderate friend, it may have more to do with business than anything else. Kanye West went on a rant against his former collaborator Jay Z during the Seattle stop on his The Life of Pablo Tour on Wednesday night. Plenty of fans uploaded…

Now, this is Star Wars news people can appreciate. Donald Glover has been cast as a young Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo standalone Star Wars movie, Starwars.com announces. Glover, who currently stars in and created Atlanta, will be the first actor since Billy Dee Williams to play Lando. Alden Ehrenreich will star in the…