Author: John Koblan
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Jay Z and Beyonce to learn their twins gender in 2 weeks!
The NY Post’s Page Six reported that Beyonce told a friend at an Oscar party that she will learn the gender of her twins in 2 weeks. Jay Z And Beyonce Learn Gender Of Twins In 2 Weeks Beyonce has been out and about recently. She gave a strong performance at the Grammy Awards where she…
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New Netflix film Burning Sands takes a hard look at Black Frats
There is a new film coming to Netflix on March 10th that is sure to stir up some buzz. The film is entitled “Burning Sands”. It stars ‘Moonlight’s’ breakthrough star Trevante Rhodes. The film tackles the subject of hazing in African American frats. The film takes a hard look at the pledging process in these…
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Chance The Rapper supports “Get Out” in a big way
Chicago native Chance the Rapper is supporting the new horror film “Get Out” in a big way. Chance the Rapper bought all the tickets to the film at a local theater, just so fans could see the movie.“I bought all the tickets to #GetOut at Chatham Theatre on 87th Just pull up with ID and…
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Is it still #OscarsSoWhite?
Oscars So White The Academy Awards are tonight February 26th. Last year was infamous for the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite after the lack of diversity in the nominations. It is worth noting that there is more diversity represented among the nominees this year. Consider, the film Loving. This is a film about a black woman who married a…
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Pioneers Issa Rae and Maxwell are in the news
Issa Rae Issa Rae is not your traditional Hollywood star from celluloid. It seems appropriate that in this age of non-traditional media and disruption that a star was born from the internet. Rae came from YouTube. She had a series on YouTube entitled “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl”. This followed J the “black and…
