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<i>Poetic Justice</i> Is a Movie-Long Exploration of Why Janet Jackson Isn't Smiling

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Poetic Justice Is a Movie-Long Exploration of Why Janet Jackson Isn't Smiling

There are imperial phases—the period in a pop star’s career when virtually everything they touch is gold and…

Rich Juzwiak

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Two Decades After Higher Learning, the Black Experience at White Colleges Remains Fractured

Most people remember John Singleton from his 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, an unforgettably striking debut from a…

Tarisai Ngangura

1/16/20 3:30PM

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Tiffany Haddish On Experiencing Homelessness: 'I'm So Happy We Have Come This Far'

Tiffany Haddish posted a throwback picture to Instagram of herself as a young comedian who was “homeless, hungry,…

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Britney Spears Has Left the Mental Health Facility

Britney Spears has checked out of the mental health facility where she spent a month focusing on her mental health…

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Brave Director Benny Boom Will Helm Troubled Tupac Biopic

After John Singleton walked away from the Tupac Shakur biopic in June, music director Benny Boom has stepped up to…

Hillary Crosley Coker

12/01/15 11:20AM

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Tupac Biopic Pushed Back By Director John Singleton

You won't see that Tupac Shakur film from John Singleton anytime soon, the Boyz n the Hood director says it's on…

Hillary Crosley Coker

4/03/15 1:25PM

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10/1/10

Will This Really Be "The Whitest Oscars In 10 Years"?

Oscar buzz has begun — already — and so far, there don't seem to be any people of color in the race.

Dodai Stewart

10/01/10 3:13PM

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