Month: June 2020
Michelle Obama Presents Beyoncé With Humanitarian Award @ 2020 BET Awards
Tweet Pint it Share During her acceptance speech on Sunday, Knowles-Carter said she wanted to dedicate her award to those “inspiring, marching and fighting for change” as nationwide protests against racism and police treatment of people of color continue following the police killing of George Floyd and more African Americans. “Your voices are being heard. […]
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Lil Wayne Honors Kobe Bryant @ 2020 #BET Awards
Tweet Pint it Share lil Wayne performed a special tribute in honor of Kobe Bryant as part of the 2020 BET Awards. As video highlighted from Bryant’s career and photos of the late athlete and his daughter Gianna played in the background, the rapper sang his song “Kobe Bryant,” which was written in 2009. […]
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Jaden & Jada Pinkett Smith Slam YouTuber Shane Dawson
Tweet Pint it Share Jaden and her son Jada Pinkett Smith slammed YouTuber Shane Dawson on Saturday, saying they’re “disgusted” and “done with excuses” after an old video resurfaced showing Dawson making sexual gestures towards a poster of then-11-year-old Willow Smith. Dawson posted a 20-minute video on Friday titled “Taking Accountability,” in which he issued […]
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Justin Bieber Files $20 Million Defamation Lawsuit Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
Tweet Pint it Share Justin Bieber says he doesn’t take sexual assault lightly – especially when he’s been accused of being an offender. Over the weekend, Bieber was the trending topic o Twitter when an anonymous account published a story on the platform alleging he sexually abused her in 2014. Bieber, took no time to jump on twitter […]
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‘The Simpsons’ Will Stop Having White Actors Voice Non-White Characters
Tweet Pint it Share In a statement on Friday, “The Simpsons” creators said, “Moving forward, ‘The Simpsons’ will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.” “The Simpsons” has been on the air since 1989, and features several non-white characters voiced by white actors, including Harry Shearer, who plays Dr. Julius Hibbert, and Carlton Carlson […]
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Mike Henry Says He Wont Play Cleveland On Family Guy
Tweet Pint it Share “Family Guy” voice actor Mike Henry said Friday that he is stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown on the Fox animated series. Henry wrote on Twitter that he will stop playing the show’s main African American character because “persons of color should play characters of color.” The 54-year-old voice […]
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Paris Fashion Week Will Return In September 2020
Tweet Pint it Share According to a statement issued by Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode ,Paris Fashion Week will return in September for the women’s Spring/Summer 2021 shows, Sept. 28 – Oct. 1. No further details about the schedule or designers showing have been released at this time. Following the cancellation […]
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LeBron James Is Creating A Media Company For Black Creators & Consumers
Tweet Pint it Share LeBron James and business partner Maverick Carter have received a major investment for The SpringHill Company. SpringHill is named for the apartment complex James lived in with his mother in Akron. The company was formed in March. LeBron James is building a new media company that aims to give a voice to Black creators and […]
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Jenny Slate Will Stop Being The Voice Of Missy On Netflix’s Big Mouth
Tweet Pint it Share Jenny Slate says she will no longer voice Missy on Netflix’s Big Mouth: “Black characters on an animated show should be played by Black people” In a recent Instagram, Jenny Slate announced that she can no longer voice Missy — a character that’s been lauded as sensitive portrayal of sweet, weird, […]
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Kristen Bell Will No Longer Voice Molly On #CentralPark : A Black Actress Will Be Recast As Molly
Tweet Pint it Share This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Heres 1 of mine. Playing the Molly in Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege. Casting a mixed race character w/a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race & Black American experience. It was wrong […]
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