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Nick Cannon Hospitalized for Lupus
It looks as if 2016 has been the same for Nick Cannon as it has been for many of us: a series of emotional ups and downs; some real highs and lows. On the upside, the 36-year-old has mucho gigs, including executive positions at Teen Nick and Radio Shack and hosting Wild ’N Out and America’s…
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‘Chocolate Santa’ Has Been Bringing NOLA Joy for 46 Years
Long before African-American Santa appeared at the Mall of America, there was “Chocolate Santa.” And chances are if you are black and from New Orleans, you’ve trekked to the 7th Ward and taken a photo with him. Born Fred Parker, black Santa drove a school bus in New Orleans for years and was known for…
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Oprah Winfrey to Debut O Girls Doc in January
Fresh off of her widely discussed interview with first lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey is keeping her momentum going with a recently announced documentary on some of the young women from her Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. On Jan. 15, Fusion will premiere O Girls, a documentary special on five of the…
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Ebola Vaccine Is 100 Percent Effective: New Study
In some really great news to end the year, an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus has proven 100 percent effective in trials, according to a new study reported in the Lancet medical journal Thursday. Since the end of 2013, Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus, has killed more than 11,300 West Africans, including many…
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Ain’t Nobody Going to Trump’s Inauguration, Including Former US Presidents
Although we have more than a few living U.S. presidents, only one is confirmed to attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump. Jimmy Carter is, thus far, the only former POTUS who will be attending the inaugural on Jan. 20, 2016. Carter, 92, is probably the sweetest of the U.S. presidents and has been away…
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LAPD Working to Identify 35 More Possible ‘Grim Sleeper’ Victims
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying 35 women who may have been killed by “Grim Sleeper” serial killer Lonnie Franklin, who earlier this year was sentenced to death for 10 murders in the South Los Angeles area. He reportedly got his nickname because he appeared to have taken…
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Tiger Woods Tees Off With Donald Trump in Fla.
Embattled sports star Tiger Woods blessed Donald Trump with a round of golf at the president-elect’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course Friday. Woods and Trump teed off at Trump International Golf Club along with unidentified two club members, according to Golf Digest, which tweeted a photo of Woods sporting a substantial salt-and-pepper beard. ESPN…
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Safety Pin Box: White People Can Now Pay for Those 'How Not to Be Racist' Lessons
During the Election Cycle That Shall Not Be Named, white liberals experienced feelings—so many feelings. White liberal women in particular really had a rough go of it, what with Pantsuit Nation and the ghost of Susan B. Anthony failing to bring it home for Hillary Rodham Clinton. But something beautiful did emerge from the rubble…
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The Cast of Dreamgirls: Where Are They Now?
It’s been 10 years since audiences were mesmerized by Jennifer Hudson’s Academy Award-winning performance as Effie White in Dreamgirls. Based on the Broadway production of the same name, the film adaptation also featured the characters Deena Jones (Beyoncé) and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose) as the Dreams, an R&B trio out of Detroit who are managed by Curtis…
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Glendon Scott Crawford: White Supremacist Receives 30-Year Sentence for Plot Against President Obama, Muslims
Glendon Scott Crawford, 52, a Navy veteran and Ku Klux Klan member, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe in Albany, N.Y., on Monday to 30 years in prison for his plot to assassinate President Barack Obama and kill Muslim Americans, The Guardian reports. Crawford was found guilty in 2015 of conspiring with Eric Feight, 58,…
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