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Nelson Mandela In Hospital With Lung Infection
Courtesy of The Associated Press Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency...
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Regina King Lands ABC ‘Divorce’ Pilot
With the fate of TNT’s Southland up in the air, actress Regina King has lined up a new gig with ABC. Deadline reports the 42-year-old star has joined the network’s multi-camera comedy pilot Divorce: A...
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Turn The Other Cheek: Malik Yoba Explains Why Celebs Lose This Battle Sometimes
Courtesy of Hello Beautiful Malik Yoba was involved in a Twitter beef earlier this month, sparked by a reporter who apparently loves to “at” celebrities and poke them until she gets a reaction. This...
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RIP Chivalry
By Tracy Clayton Recently, Essence Magazine ran a piece written by Nathan Hale Williams entitled “Girl’s Best Friend: Is Chivalry Dead?” The article speaks briefly of the author’s upbringing and his...
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From Filmmaker Byron Hurt, a Singular Courage to Tackle ‘Hazing’
Courtesy of BlackEnterprise.com Sometimes documentary filmmakers are inspired to embark on their projects. Others are compelled. But in the case of the documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt, inspiration, a...
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The Blackest White Folks We Know 2.0
Courtesy of The Root Some of these white men and women stand with us in solidarity, and the others do when it’s convenient. Either way, this list is full of black allies and black imitators, as well as...
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NY Giants Player Gets Robbed Of Nearly $500K In Jewelry By Unidentified Party...
Let this be a lesson to all: Be careful of the company you keep. New York Giants defensive tackle Shaun Rogers learned the hard way when he discovered nearly $500,000 in jewelry had been stolen from...
View ArticleFirst Look: ‘T.I. And Tiny: The Family Hustle’ Season 3 Supertrailer
The Harris clan has returned for yet another season of family fun, life lessons and…relationship troubles? For the kids– not our lovely couple. Related: Yay Or Nay? T.I. & His Family Channel The...
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NeNe Leakes, Kim Zolciak Work On friendship
Courtesy of Sister 2 Sister Though the cast members have warned fans about the drama, it seems some good may have come from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion. After very public disputes that...
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2 Men Plead Not Guilty In Death of Hadiya Pendleton
Two Chicago men have pleaded not guilty in the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton who was gunned down on the city’s South Side just one week after performing at President Obama‘s inauguration...
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AIQ…Will Smith, Beyoncé, Usher & More
No tea, no shade! All tea, all shade! This week, Will Smith speaks about passing on Django: Unchained, Beyoncé supports marriage equality, and Usher shuts the lights on late night television. Plus,...
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LOTD: Rick Ross Responds To Date Rape Lyrics + Lil Wayne Diagnosed With Epilepsy
In today’s link round-up: Forest Whitaker takes over the long-awaited Richard Pryor biopic, Barbara Walter announces her retirement and much more! BlackVoices Rick Ross ‘U.O.E.N.O.’ Date Rape Lyrics:...
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First Look: ‘Venus And Serena’ Documentary Trailer [VIDEO]
Icons. Rivals. Champions. Sisters. The feature documentary Venus and Serena, directed a produced by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major, will recount the remarkable journey of tennis sister duo Venus and...
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Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis
Courtesy of ABC News The Tulsa Health Department is warning 7,000 patients of a local dentist’s office that they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices....
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Idris Elba Says His Upcoming Mandela Biopic Is ‘Hands Down The Best’
Courtesy of The Grio While Nelson Mandela’s recent hospitalization has been garnering headlines, actor Idris Elba plans on making news of his own as he announced that he will be portraying the South...
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Kevin Hart Tells His Side Of The Story In ‘Let Me Explain’ [TRAILER]
As the follow-up to his wildly successful 2011 stand-up comedy doc Laugh at My Pain, Kevin Hart has stepped back to the mic for a new look at his thriving Hollywood career in Let Me Explain. Related:...
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Jet Covered a Lesbian Wedding in 1970?
Courtesy of The Root Buzzfeed has uncovered a piece of marriage-equality history: a same-sex wedding from 1970. Bonus: the women — Edna Knowles and Peaches Stevens — were both black, and the nuptials...
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17 Dead After 16-Story Building Collapse in Tanzania
After the collapse of a 16-story building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Friday, at least 17 people are dead and another 30 tragically trapped under debris. According to the Tanzania Red Cross Society,...
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Nelson Mandela Health Improves, “Breathing Without Difficulty”
Former South African president Nelson Mandela‘s health has improved and he is responding well to treatment for a lung infection, according to the office of the president of South Africa. Mandela was...
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India Arie Accused Of Lightening Skin, Singer Looks Very Different On ‘Cocoa...
Courtesy of Huffington Post Black Voices Is that you, India Arie? The 37-year-old star is almost unrecognizable in the cover image from her new single “Cocoa Butter,” which is causing a lot of...
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