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  • Kevin Hart Jumps the Broom

    Kevin Hart married longtime girlfriend Eniko Parrish before about 200 family and friends Saturday evening near Santa Barbara, Calif. Hart, 37, proposed to Parrish, 31, two years ago, and the two had been dating for some years before that. The bride reportedly wore a custom Vera Wang lace mermaid gown that featured hand-embroidered French Chantilly…

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  • Marion Christopher Barry, Son of Former DC Mayor, Dies at Age 36 of Drug Overdose

    Marion Christopher Barry, the son of controversial and beloved former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, died early Sunday morning of a drug overdose, reports WTOP.com. He was 36 years old. Cora Masters Barry, the former mayor’s widow, confirmed Barry’s death to NBC4’s Tom Sherwood. Marion C. Barry, who commonly went by “Christopher Barry,” faced minor drug…

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  • Nate Parker Addresses College Rape Accusations

    While so many wait with bated breath for Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation (due out in October), the actor and director has found himself addressing some rather serious allegations from his past. Variety reports that in 1999, as a student at Penn State University, Parker and his roommate Jean Celestin, who co-wrote Birth, were charged…

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  • President Obama Celebrates His 55th Birthday With Star-Studded Bash

    Our 44th president brought in his 55th birthday in straight Leo style on Friday night: with a big ole party. Famously tight-lipped about the Obamas’ personal life, the White House did concede this much: “The first lady is hosting a 55th birthday celebration for [President Barack Obama] at the White House,” a rep for the…

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  • She's Gotta Have It, 30 Years Later: Where Are They Now?

    It’s been 30 years since we were introduced to Nola Darling, a sex-positive, independent woman in Brooklyn, N.Y., who was trying to pick the right suitor in Spike Lee’s feature-film directorial debut, She’s Gotta Have It. There was polite Jamie, self-absorbed Greer and please-baby-baby-please Mars, all vying for her attention. Thirty years after Lee’s feature-film…

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  • Watch: Obama Gets Hype for Blistering DNC Speech by Listening to Eminem's 'Lose Yourself'

    If you thought President Barack Obama bodied his swan song speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, you can thank the one and only Slim Shady for getting POTUS amped up. Obama can be seen backstage with his face screwed up, bobbing his head to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” the ultimate get-amped song, with lyrics…

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  • Chicago Police Officers Allegedly Caught High-Fiving After 'Execution' of Paul O'Neal

    Chicago police officers were caught double-checking to make sure their body cameras were off and reportedly giving each other “high-fives” after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal in video released Friday by Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, reports CBS Chicago’s Charlie De Mar. As previously reported by The Root, O’Neal was shot and killed by…

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  • Beenie Man Denied Entrance to Canada After Contracting Zika Virus

    Dancehall great Beenie Man appears to be the highest-profile person to contract the mosquito-borne Zika virus, according to a recent Instagram post. Because of his illness, Beenie Man (born Anthony Moses Davis) was forced to cancel his performance at rapper Drake’s OVO Fest in Toronto tonight. In his IG post, the Jamaican artist explained that…

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  • Demarjay Smith: ‘The Young Jamaican Trainer’ Gives the Best Motivational Speech of All Time

    We’re going to let y’all finish, but Demarjay Smith, 9, known in these internet streets as “the young Jamaican trainer,” has the best motivational speech of all time. You may have seen this pint-size dynamo on the Ellen DeGeneres Show last year after his father posted a video of him that went Insta-viral and has gained…

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  • Pastor Jamal Bryant and Tweet Are Officially a Couple

    Filed under: This is weirder than Birdman and Toni Braxton. On Friday, Pastor Jamal Bryant let the world know that his “last lady” is none other than singer Charlene “Tweet” Keys. The YBF reports that the fiery Baltimore pastor, who did Freddie Gray’s eulogy and who has had some public issues with infidelity in the past (he…

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