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The second Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, the controversial takes began to flood Twitter. One in particular, from user Dr. Emily Porter, caused a stir that apparently caught the attention of a certain Grammy Award-winning musician. The medical professional has now made their account private after tweeting a hypothetical about the slap, […]
D.L. Hughley has made a career off giving his honest and raw opinions. As a result, he’s not going to hold his tongue when it comes to Kanye West‘s latest moves. During a recent interview with VladTV, Hughley touched on how detrimental West’s political comments have been. Hughley also alleged ‘Ye is using his mental illness as a […]
Among the heartbreaking pull quotes taken from Kanye West‘s campaign event in South Carolina over the weekend were his comments on Harriet Tubman, with the “Wash Us in the Blood” artist stating she “never actually freed the slaves.” As captured in widely shared video, the audience at Sunday’s event seemed to turn on West following the […]
On Sunday, Kanye West took a stage in Charleston, South Carolina to hold his first-ever campaign rally, complete with a bullet-proof vest and the year ‘2020’ cut into his hair. During that rally he made the first of (enter your best guess here) suspect comments that will generate headlines until this social experiment comes to an end. […]
Despite an overwhelmingly negative reaction online, OneUnited Bank’s controversial Harriet Tubman card is a hit with customers. TMZ reports that the card, which has been likened to Tubman doing the Black Panther “Wakanda forever” salute, garnered massive interest for the black-owned bank. The debit card has seen OneUnited receive 10 times its usual volume of account […]
Gregory Allen Howard has been trying to get Harriet made for quite a while. The screenwriter behind Remember The Titans and Ali said that “the climate in Hollywood … was very different” when he first started to pitch the movie. So different, in fact, that a studio exec thought Julia Roberts could play Harriet Tubman. […]
In an interview with Shadow and Act during the Toronto International Film Festival, Cynthia Erivo responded to the recently resurfaced tweets that have followed throughout the press run for Harriet, the biopic based on the life of Harriet Tubman starring Erivo in the titular role. “I would say it took a lot of hard work to get to this […]
The redesigned $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman will not be unveiled in 2020, as originally planned. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced the news during a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday, saying the updated $20 bill is unlikely to roll out under the Trump administration. “The primary reason we’ve looked at redesigning the currency is for counterfeiting […]
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