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Replay, Revisit, Reject: the Best and Worst Music From This Past Weekend
We get it: With everything going on in the world, it can be difficult to carve out time to discover new music. Industry-pushed tunes that you may not even bang with like that could also get in the way of you finding something that tingles your consumer taste buds. While new tunes are usually released…
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Jerry Krause is the Anti-Christ, and Other Takeaways From the First Night of ESPN's Docuseries The Last Dance
If you’re black and among the living, there were two events that demanded your attention this past weekend: the much-anticipated Teddy Riley vs. Babyface battle and the network premiere of ESPN’s The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary that explores Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls. While one of these had a striking resemblance…
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Stevie Wonder Pays Tribute to Bill Withers With Performance of 'Lean on Me'
Stevie Wonder has been open about his admiration of his friend Bill Withers since the “Lovely Day’ musician’s passing in late March. During his live streamed performance for Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home event on Saturday, he made sure to pay tribute to the late great musician and also instill hope during these…
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Top 5 Anime to Watch During a Pandemic
With many Americans under some version of a stay-at-home order, you’ve probably found yourself spending an inordinate amount of time in front of your TV. If you’re like me, you may have found yourself burning through your watch list. No worries, I got you. Whether you want to lean into the post-apocalyptic vibes or are…
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The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (4/17/2020): 'A Lovely Day'
One thing we have a lot of here at The Root is music enthusiasts. We even have a Grammy-nominated artist (The Glow Up Managing Editor Maisyha Kai) amongst our ranks. The musical appreciation runs deep. Once upon a time not long ago, The Root created weekly music playlists, curated by the staff and upped onto…
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Trailer Roundup: We Go From Paris to Politics By Visiting The Eddy … And She Could Be Next to Preserve Our Democracy
I swear the only way I know the exact day of the week these days is because of these weekly trailer roundups—Happy Friday! Let’s get into some trailers of note this week: Too Hot To Handle (Netflix; Release Date: April 17, 2020) First Impressions: Netflix has been killing the game with reality show content lately…
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Rockstar Games Is Just Will's Dad From Fresh Prince
On Wednesday, GTA VI was trending on Twitter as a report from Kotaku’s Jason Schreier about the workplace culture at Rockstar revealed that the game was still in early development. Many took time to, humorously, express their dismay that the sequel to the 7-year-old Grand Theft Auto V was only just now heading into development.…
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Megan Thee Stallion Mulls Lucrative UFC Career After Delivering Another Knockout In Court Against Her Record Label
When will y’all learn that Megan Thee Stallion doesn’t take L’s? Billboard reports that after crushing the charts and breaking the Internet with her #SavageChallenge, the reigning queen of Hot Girl Summer scored another decisive victory against her record label on Monday. From Billboard: A Texas judge denied a request by 1501 Entertainment and its…
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I Told My Child That Batman and Black Panther Wouldn't Hang Out. There Were Tears
In retrospect, I realize I was being kind of petty. Not on purpose, but being a stickler for contrived rules can make you petty, it turns out. Hell, I don’t even like it when I see my kids wearing Adidas shoes with Nike sweatshirts or sweatpants. It happens, and nobody is in the wrong, but…
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World-Renowned Asshole Afraid That New Film About Him Being a World-Renowned Asshole Will Make Him Look Like a…World-Renowned Asshole
The man is a certified dick whose Top 8 on MySpace likely included The Grinch.