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Denzel Washington Is Ready to Take the Stage
Now that the kids have flown the nest, Denzel Washington wants to get back to his stage roots. The Associated Press notes that the Tony- and Oscar-winning actor, who is set to portray Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun, can now handle the hectic Broadway schedule. “Up until…
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Juror Says Dunn Would Have Killed a White Teen
In the first interview with a jury member since the controversial verdict was handed down in the trial of Michael Dunn, who shot and killed 17-year-old unarmed Jordan Davis, one juror spoke with Byron Pitts of ABC News. She says that the jury vote was deadlocked 9-3 to convict Dunn of first-degree murder. Pitts, who…
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Melissa Harris-Perry Welcomes a Baby Girl
On Valentine’s Day, Melissa Harris-Perry took to Twitter to tell her followers that she is a new mother. She posted pictures of her new daughter wearing a onesie that reads, “daddy and mommy’s little valentine.” On Tuesday, the MSNBC host revealed the struggles she endured and how she and her husband ultimately chose surrogacy. “Many…
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The Root’s Response to the Worst Letter We’ve Ever Gotten
On Saturday evening the Michael Dunn verdict came in, and I was thrown. Not because he wouldn’t be serving time, as the jury found him guilty for shooting at the three boys he didn’t kill, but because I, like many people around the nation, felt like another grown white man had gotten away with killing…
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Tom Ford Pays Tribute to Jay Z at London’s Fashion Week
Turns out that Tom Ford also rocks Tom Ford. The high-end fashion retailer included two sequined football-jersey-style dresses with “TOM FORD” emblazoned across the back in his runway show at London’s Fashion Week on Monday. In between his luxurious fur coats and cashmere dresses, the designer sent down two versions of the dress, which had…
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Fox News Anchor Calls Don Lemon ‘the Al Sharpton of CNN’
Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett doubled down on his attacks on CNN’s Don Lemon. On Sunday the two had a war of tweets over Lemon’s live, impassioned delivery of the news after receiving the verdict in the Michael Dunn “loud music” murder trial. Jarrett called Lemon a “pompous, pretentious jerk,” to which Lemon replied, “mind…
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George Zimmerman: Only God Can Judge Me
On Monday, George Zimmerman appeared on CNN’s New Day to say that he was the victim in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. He doesn’t watch the news anymore, he said, so he isn’t up on the Michael Dunn case, and only God can judge him. Zimmerman also told host Chris Cuomo, in one of…
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Obama: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill Is a Step Backward
On Sunday, President Barack Obama warned Uganda that plans to further criminalize homosexuality would “complicate our valued relationship,” the Associated Press reports. Obama said that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s pledge to sign an anti-gay bill marks a “step backward” for all Ugandans. Obama added that the bill also reflects poorly on the country’s commitment to…
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Prosecutors: Ex-NFL Player Darren Sharper Drugged and Raped Women
Former NFL safety pro bowler and Super Bowl champ Darren Sharper has been charged with seven felony drug and rape counts in connection with two separate incidents, the New York Daily News reports. If convicted, Sharper faces 30 years in prison. The Daily News notes that Sharper, 38, is also under investigation in at least…
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Michael Dunn: A New Breed of Thug in Florida
Michael Dunn was strapped when he pulled into the gas station that night as Lil Reese’s “Beef” blared from the speakers of the red Dodge Durango already parked there. He let his lady know he wasn’t feeling the “thug music.” She left the car to get wine, and Dunn decided he was going to do…
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