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Will Smith is tackling concussions in his upcoming film, Concussion, about Dr. Bennet Omalu, the famed doctor who discovered neurodegenerative disease, which many NFL players have suffered after repeated head trauma. Omalu’s research on the brains of ex-NFL players Dave Duerson and Andre Waters led him to realize that symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy are…

Rebel Wilson, aka Fat Amy from the Pitch Perfect movies, wasn’t a fan favorite during Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Wilson, who was presenting the award for Best Hip-Hop Video (which Nicki Minaj won), joked about police injustice. “I know a lot of people have problems with the police, but I really hate police strippers,”…

Nicki Minaj had a few things to get off her chest during Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards, and her attention was not only focused on grabbing her award for Best Hip-Hop Video; she also made it a point to address VMA host Miley Cyrus. Last week, during a press interview with the New York…

On Sunday night, Kanye West received the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. The award was ironically presented to him by his former archnemesis, Taylor Swift. In true West fashion, he said a lot of things, but no one really understood anything he said: Bro, bro, listen to the kids. Jeremy, I…

CNN anchor Don Lemon says he doesn’t understand why it was necessary for CNN to keep bringing up that Vester Flanagan II—the gunman who killed two Virginia TV journalists Wednesday while they were conducting a live interview—reportedly was gay. CNN reported that Flanagan had registered domain names for several gay-porn websites. Throughout the day, a…

Any and everything can trigger a memory. For R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan, being in the Pier 1 department store brings her back to sadder times. A time when she would walk up and down the aisles, crying, because she didn’t want to be home with an abusive boyfriend. Sullivan revealed all of this in an…

The breakout stars from VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta—music producer Stevie J and his ex-stripper boo Joseline Hernandez—are moving on up the reality-show ladder. According to the Alanta Journal-Constitution, the duo are getting their own spin-off show on VH1.  It might be a good thing. In one of his last scenes, Stevie J wrote…

It’s been 10 years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. It’s also been 10 years since Kanye West spoke so much truth on live television, he left the world speechless. During the broadcast of A Concert for Hurricane Relief, West and comedian Mike Myers spoke about the effects the hurricane had had on New Orleans. As…

Fifty-two years ago today, Aug. 28, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. Minutes into his speech, King stated, “One hundred years later, the Negro is still not free,” and 52 years after that speech, “free” is still something of a pipe dream. An estimated 250,000…

Some may say that Spike Lee should have received an Oscar years ago, but it looks as if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is trying to make it up to the legendary filmmaker. Honorary Oscar statuettes are given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture…