Beyoncé delivered a heartwarming speech after accepting the 2019 Entertainer of the Year Award at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night. Before beginning her speech at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she told the audience she wrote her thoughts down ahead of time. The speech also served as a …
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A Maryland appeals court has reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed, the man who was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee 19 years ago in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed’s case received international attention after it was featured in the first season of the podcast Serial. The 4-3 split …
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Actor Luke Perry was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A representative for the actor said that he “is currently under observation at the hospital.” Exact details about his condition remain unknown. TMZ first reported the news, saying paramedics responded a call from Perry’s home …
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If Democrats had wanted to troll the GOP, they could hardly have cooked up a better legislator than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She, of course, is the Northeast-educated, Bernie-supporting, wall-protesting, community-organizing daughter of a working-class Puerto Rican family. Born in the Bronx, she was — until right around the time that she …
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After winning his first competitive Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay trophy for BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee shared his own story within the context of the larger African-American struggle. His speech nodded to the first slaves that arrived in Jamestown, Virginia 400 years ago. Lee then spoke about how his grandmother, the …
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About eight years ago, Peter Frampton started to notice that his ankles felt a little tight in the morning. He initially dismissed it as one of the many pains that comes with getting older, but as time passed, his legs began feeling weak as well. He tried to ignore the …
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After the New York Times published a report alleging Ryan Adams’ long history of emotional abuse, manipulation and the harassment of at least seven women — including sexually explicit communication with a minor (charges that Adams has denied) — a co-worker pointed out a lyric that Adams had changed when …
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Three world-class athletes — skateboarder Tony Hawk, snowboarder Shaun White and surfer Kelly Slater — hitch a ride together in the latest episode of Apple’s Carpool Karaoke, and in this exclusive clip from the episode, Slater and Hawk give White pointers on how to croon like Pearl Jam singer Eddie …
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Six weeks after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C. represented a culminating moment. High school students had taken the fear, grief and anger that the February 14th, 2018 shooting forced into their lives and mobilized these …
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a surprise attendee at a concert about her life Monday, marking her first public appearance since undergoing cancer surgery in December, The Washington Post reports. The 85-year-old justice attended a production of “Notorious RBG in Song,” performed by her daughter-in-law, Patrice Michaels. The …
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