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There’s nothing worse than catching a cramp while you’re in the middle of doing something, especially if that something happens to be Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Apparently the air conditioning system broke down at the AT&T Center, where Thursday night’s game between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs was being held. The…

You can now add Whoopi Goldberg to the long list of black celebrities who’ve come to Justin Bieber’s defense for using the n-word. The View co-host adamantly excused Bieber’s use of the word, only because he’s Canadian. “A video has surfaced, or resurfaced, of a 15-year-old Bieber telling a racist joke, and everybody’s up in…

TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas seem to have a problem with Rihanna’s see-through clothing after her #FreeTheNipple CFDA Awards dress. In an interview with Channel 7’s Sunrise in Australia, before their Sydney performance, T-Boz said, “Every time I see you you don’t have to be naked. It’s hard for us to say…

According to Don Lemon, black people are to blame for Justin Bieber’s early-onset racism that was brought to the public’s attention earlier this week. In two separate videos that were released, a young Biebs was seen throwing around the n-word like it was second nature. Biebs also spoke about the Ku Klux Klan and pondered…

Pharrell Williams managed to ruffle feathers this week after his cover on Elle UK was revealed. Williams, whose most recent notoriety came from his “Happy” song and Arby’s-style Vivienne Westwood hat, donned a Native American headdress. Can you say “appropriation?” Native American headdresses are a sacred part of Native culture. They’re only worn by chiefs…

Don Cheadle is asking for the public’s help to get his Miles Davis movie funded. On Wednesday Cheadle launched his Indiegogo campaign; the goal is to raise $325,000 by July 6 to go toward principal photography for Miles Ahead. In an interview with USA Today, Cheadle made sure to point out that the movie isn’t a biopic but…

Ministers nowadays are younger and more in touch with pop culture and secular music, but one pastor may have crossed the line during a recent sermon. Pastor Jamal H. Bryant, of the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, evoked not only the gospel of Jesus Christ in his sermon but also the gospel of Chris Brown. Bryant…

Columbus Short isn’t the only person in his family with legal issues nowadays. The former Scandal star’s estranged wife Tanee McCall-Short (also known as Tuere in the U.S.) now has her own legal drama to worry about and it involves Short’s friend Tilly Key, a vocalist and singing coach based out of Los Angeles. In…

Could it be that Beyoncé and Solange Knowles have a lot in common when it comes to being “ride or die?”  Apparently there’s a good reason why Jay Z and Beyoncé refer to themselves as “Bonnie and Clyde.”  At least there is according to rapper 50 Cent. During a recent interview with New York’s Power 105.1,…

Will Smith is heading back to the big screen to tackle a serious subject. In 2009, GQ ran the article “Game Brain” that followed Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who was the first person to make the discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in professional football players. According to Variety, Smith will portray Omalu in…