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Earlier this year, the movie Southside With You followed a young Barack Obama and Michelle LaVaughn Robinson’s romance and their very first date. The film was met with rave reviews and gave the world a glimpse into their courtship. And now Netflix wants to give people a glimpse into how Obama spent his early years…

When Marvel released its variant covers for the first issue of Invincible Iron Man, whose main character is 15-year-old super-genius Riri Williams, many people weren’t pleased with one cover created by J. Scott Campbell. Complaints about Campbell’s cover included the fact that Riri was over-sexualized, depicted wearing low-cut jeans and having large breasts. Apparently Marvel took…

It seems as if Russell Crowe has hip-hop artist RZA on his side when it comes to Azealia Banks’ accusations that Crowe spit on her, choked and called her a n—ger. In an interview with TMZ, RZA said that Banks was behaving erratically at Crowe’s Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel party. He stated that Banks threatened…

Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween is set for release on Friday, Oct. 21, and while his leading lady Madea is a riot, she’s also an acquired taste. Typically saturated in faith-based humor and over-the-top violent antics, Perry’s Madea movies often get dragged by critics. And these are some harsh critics. In fact, they teeter…

Common has a new album coming out Nov. 4, and it’s called Black America Again. If that doesn’t make you excited about music, I don’t know what will. So far, you may have heard his singles “Black America Again” and “Letter to the Free” (the end-title track of Ava DuVernay’s powerful new documentary, 13th). Both…

Gabrielle Union and her husband, Dwyane Wade, are raising three sons together, and although her sons may be privileged, Union says she still has the same fears that many black parents have for their children. In her cover interview with Essence, Union spoke about the approach she takes to raising three black boys and making…

In July, comic fans got excited when Marvel announced the Invincible Iron Man series, whose main character is a genius 15-year-old named Riri Williams. Many people said they felt it was an answer to the lack of diversity in comics, and paid homage to #BlackGirlMagic. But on Wednesday the variant covers drawn by artist J.…

Donald Trump’s appearance during Wednesday night’s debate gave social media a lot to tweet about. When he wasn’t sniffing, Trump had several erroneous comments and downright lies about how exactly the government works, as well as Hillary Clinton’s stance on important issues. But his comments about undocumented immigrants got a lot of people riled up. When Trump…

When someone dies, usually, when people try to remember him or her, they’ll post something nice on Facebook. You remember the good things about the person and what the person meant to you. But in Jazmine Sullivan’s world, there’s never a wrong time to remember how you curved a person when he tried to get your…