By Andréa Butler In 1988, there was a movie called Big, in which a little boy wished to be well, big, and woke up an adult the next day. But in the 1-9, Marsai Martin (from Black-ish) is hittin’ us with an updated twist — Little. Word about this movie, which sees a grown Black […]
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It’s R.I.P. to Shea Moisture’s mentions after controversial ads for the brand’s new #EverybodyGetsLove campaign dropped recently. In the latest commercial (see below), four young women — only one of whom is Black — discuss how they’ve experienced “hair hate.” As you can imagine, the Black woman is the only one expressing that she’s experienced […]
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The Black History Month blessings continue to come through. Today, Netflix announced the premier date — and released a trailer — for its new series, Dear White People, based on the groundbreaking 2014 movie of the same name. Staying true to its big screen inspiration, the trailer opens with college radio personality Samantha White at […]
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Following nearly a dozen covers and one original song, Josh Levi and the other members of Citizen Four just dropped some major new fire. It’s called “Testify,” and it tells the story of a guy who’s been accused of cheating trying to assure his girl that he really isn’t, that he’d never betray her trust […]
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Deuntay Diggs, a second lieutenant with the Stafford County sherrif’s department in Stafford, Virginia, knows how to get a homecoming pep rally turnt. And last Friday (Oct. 14), Diggs did just that when he surprised the students of North Stafford High School (our editor-in-chief’s alma mater!) by coming to slay. @NSHSWolverines @nshs_2017 #PepRally #SENIORS2017 pic.twitter.com/0xkFACUMOA […]
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First Lady Michelle Obama’s Carpool Karaoke episode was just the carefree Black girl magic we all needed. We already knew she could flow, so when she told host James Corden to “crank it up” because she’d only been able to “rock out” in the front passenger’s seat of a car once in the almost eight […]
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There are just 54 days left until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, and Gabby Douglas is gearing up in more ways than one. Besides perfecting her gymnastics routines in time to score big at the trials next month and be even closer to defending her 2012 title, this 20-year-old gold medalist is also helping […]
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You heard right. Justin Simien’s film, Dear White People, is being made into a 10-episode comedy series exclusively for Netflix. One of the most talked about movies of 2014, DWP started generating buzz with witty videos, images, and even branded clothing — months before the film even dropped. While the original movie focused on what […]
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IT. IS. HAPPENING. A Black woman is going to be the face on that new fetty! More specifically, the face is going to be of the baddest ride-or-die Black girl who rocks in history — Harriet Tubman. Instead of replacing the mug of Alexander Hamilton (he helped create the Treasury Department and is also the […]
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You’ve probably heard the name Nat Turner mentioned briefly in history class, but for an all-the-way-real look into this slave who was so #boss he led a rebellion at just 31 years old in hopes of freeing himself and his people, you’ll need to watch the new movie, The Birth of a Nation when it […]
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