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Vince Carter, 43, retires after record 22 NBA seasons
Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career has come to an end. The announcement was largely a formality because the 43-year-old Carter had said many times over the course of this season that this would be his last in the NBA. His 22
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WATCH: Stars gather for online festival to combat hunger in Amazon rainforest
More than a million Brazilians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, many of them indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest. And to help them, a group of musicians and celebrities from around the world will come together for an online music festival. SOS Rainforest Live, organized by Rainforest
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Nick Cordero, Broadway actor, dies at 41 after battle with Covid-19 - The New York Beacon
(CNN)Nick Cordero, a Broadway actor who had admirers across the world rallying for his recovery, has died after a battle with Covid-19, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. He was 41. God has another angel in heaven now, Kloots posted on her official Instagram account Sunday
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Matthew A. Cherry's Academy Award-Winning 'Hair Love' Short to Be Turned into TV Series for HBO Max
Matthew A. Cherry's viral short film Hair Love is getting plenty of love these days. The 2020 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film is being
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(BPRW) OWN HONORS AND CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY WITH DAY OF COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMMING The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday with slate of special encore airings of programming on Friday, June 19
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Jada Pinkett Smith Talks Racism and Black Men Being Demonized with Tamika Mallory and Angela Davis on ‘Red Table Talk
Jada Pinkett Smith is known to tackle some of the days most discussed topics on her Red Table Talk series and the deaths of George []
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Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Join Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference
Williams, whose transformed RB, pop, and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joins Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in a star-studded lineup of musical talent appearing at the first virtual conference in the 193-year history of the Black Press
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Steven Canals talks Pose, success and Afro-Latin identity
Steven Canals is still taking it all in. The 39-year-old Bronx native became an overnight TV sensation when Pose, the... View Article The post Steven Canals talks Pose, success and Afro-Latin identity appeared first on TheGrio.
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(BPRW) Founder of Black Online Therapy to Host a Virtual Healing The Black Woman Inside 2-Day Intensive | Press releases
(BPRW) Founder of Black Online Therapy to Host a Virtual Healing The Black Woman Inside 2-Day Intensive To register: bit.ly/healingtheblackwoman2020 (Black PR Wire) Black women are essential to our homes
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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Lands Deal with Beats By Dre Following Noose Controversy
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OWN’s Greenleaf Cast Get Candid About Final Season During Virtual Roundtable - Los Angeles Sentinel
According to the cast, the show wonderfully paints the image of men growing into themselves. The post OWN’s Greenleaf Cast Get Candid About Final Season During Virtual Roundtable appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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#AAMAM: Celebrating New Orleans Funk and Soul (LISTEN)
As Good Black News continues to celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month, today we get regional. In GBN contributor Marlon West‘s words: “This collection of New Orleans Funk features ack…
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Kanye West says hes running for president. But he hasnt actually taken any steps | The Atlanta Voice
Getting on the ballot wont be Yeezy. Kanye West said Saturday he is running for president in the 2020 US election, an apparent challenge to go head-to-head with President Donald Trump. We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future, West
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I Am Taking the Red Hat Off: Kanye West Calls Donald Trumps Presidency a Mess
Kanye West spoke to Forbes magazine, in what may seem like a rambling interview, where he spoke about his recent presidential announcement, having COVID-19 and []
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ALL OVER TOWN: ‘Black Man’ makes a statement for African American Music Month - TSDMemphis.com
Memphis singer-songwriter Brandon Lewis depicts the painful institutional mistreatment of Black men in his new single, titled “Black Man.” “Black Man. I’m still a man. It shouldn’t matter about the color skin that I’m in, I’m still a man. A Black man.” Though the single was written and recorded
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Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity - Houston Forward Times
In a recent interview with Variety, Marvel star Tessa Thompson revealed that the upcoming slate The post Tessa Thompson Says Upcoming Marvel Slate Will Embrace Diversity appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Black NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace Responds After a Noose Is Left for Him at His Race In Alabama, FBI Now Investigating
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Paris Jackson says King of Pop caught on pretty quickly to her sexuality
Paris Jackson claims the King of Pop caught on pretty quickly to her sexuality when she was a child as young as 8-years-old.  The daughter of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe is opening up her relationship with Soundflowers bandmate Gabriel Glenn for a new Facebook Watch docuseries, Extra
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On Netflix: Da 5 Bloods - Carolina Peacemaker
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Alicia Keys to host Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special
Alicia Keys is known for raising her voice and she plans to empower kids to do the same when she hosts the upcoming Nick News special. Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special will be a revival of sorts for the franchise that ran on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 2015. The hour-long special will
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Opinion: Netflix and Pills — #BlackAF and The Downside of Popping Molly on TV - Black Voice News
The Netflix series #blackAF ended its first season this spring, but its episodes live on, accessible to anyone who wants to watch them on the digital streaming service.   It stars Kenya Barris, creator of critically acclaimed Black-ish (and its spinoffs Grown-ish and Mixed-ish), as a fictionalized
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Camille Cosby Speaks Out After Pennsylvania Court Grants Appeal For Bill Cosby (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.vibe.com Mrs. Cosby slammed the Me Too movement, and defended her husband. Camille Cosby is speaking out in her first major interview in six years. The 76-year-old producer and wife of Bill Cosby talked to ABC News after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the case that led to
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Brandys alleged stalker arrested, singer gets restraining order - TheGrio
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Gilbert Arenas Apologizes to Lupita Nyongo After Insulting Her Looks and Skin Tone In 2017
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Kelly Rowland talks being ‘rich broke,’ how she turned her finances around - DefenderNetwork.com
Kelly Rowland said that her life changed once she began giving to others, and giving helped her break away from a “rich broke” lifestyle of keeping up false appearances. The Destiny’s Child singer openly shared this and more with her pastor, Erwin McManus of Mosaic church in Los Angeles in an
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Halle Berry Apologizes to Trans Community After Turning Down Opportunity to Play A Transgender Man - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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