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Hallelujah! OWN Is Developing a Greenleaf Spinoff
Somebody’s grandma has been praying every night because we have some great news! The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has confirmed that it is developing a spinoff for its beloved television show, Greenleaf! Starring Keith David, Lynn Whitfield, Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Lamman Rucker, Deborah Joy Winans and more, Greenleaf takes us into the scandalous life…
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Wendy Williams Taking Hiatus From Talk Show to Receive Treatment for Graves' Disease
Wendy Williams is following doctor’s orders and taking a hiatus from her eponymous daytime talk show. According to a post sent out from Williams’ Twitter account, she has been dealing with symptoms stemming from Graves’ disease, which has caused fatigue. “In consultation with her doctor and as a precautionary measure, she will be taking some…
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The Last Dance Docuseries Sets Highest Viewership Total for an ESPN Original
The Last Dance is a 10-part, in-depth docuseries about the life and career of NBA superstar Michael Jordan and his time with the Chicago Bulls, which aired on ESPN for the last five Sundays. According to Variety, the series was prolific for the network itself, boasting high viewership and becoming the most-watched documentary in ESPN’s…
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Bakari Sellers' Invisible Black America
I know Bakari Sellers. Before I even read his upcoming memoir, I knew his life story like the back of my hand. We’re practically cousins. We were both raised in eerily similar South Carolina towns. Sellers grew up in Denmark, S.C., where my family briefly ran a small diner where people regularly ordered “liver pudd’n”—a…
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Eryn Allen Kane's Song 'Fragile' Is One of The Most Beautifullest Things In This World
I don’t know what I was doing awake on the Saturday before Easter (April 12), at midnight, but whatever it was, I Shazam’d a song at 12:05 A.M. My best guess is that, per usual, I was watching a movie, or some television show and heard a snippet of a song that tickled my fancy.…
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Social Studies: The New Negro Spiritual
As we begin to flesh out this social studies feature, we heard through the grapevine (not The Grapevine) that many of you were wondering what the hell we were trying to do with this series. Is it just a listicle meant for clicks? Is it a list of memes? Nah, it’s black history. Throughout the…
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Da 5 Bloods Trailer: The 'Time Has Come Today' for Spike Lee's 1st New Joint Since His Oscar Win
Whenever a filmmaker wins an Academy Award, fans and industry folks alike sit at the edge of their figurative seats and await the newly decorated artist’s next work. In Spike Lee’s case, his 2019 Oscar win in the Adapted Screenplay category for BlacKkKlansman was a career history-maker, as it became his first competitive win (he…
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Nelly's Choppy Wifi Made for an Underwhelming Verzuz Battle Between Him and Ludacris
If you were one of the people who tuned into the Verzuz battle between Ludacris and Nelly on Instagram Live last night ready to shake ya tail feather to bops from the 2000s, you were likely disappointed because of Nelly’s shitty wifi. For some reason the stream from the St. Louis rapper, whose Country Grammar…
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Beyoncé, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj Made Billboard History
In the midst of all the bad news that this year insists on bringing, black women have been bringing us spots of joy by being amazing and groundbreaking as usual. Last weekend, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott reminded us the power of music and sisterhood in their Verzuz battle (which reportedly led to a tripling…
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Trailer Roundup: You're Invited to Sherman's Showcase! BYOB and the 'B' Stands for Blood & Water
Want to know how my week is going? I saw a tweet that resonated so much with the phenomenon that is self-isolation fog (a term I literally just made up as I’m typing this), I almost slid off my bed. Here is the tweet, posted this past Wednesday night: Right?! Right. Anyway, you know it’s…