Sony Music Entertainment and Pharrell William’s production company OTHERTone today announced the premiere of Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History, a new podcast series from journalist, cultural critic, and the “Dean of Black Twitter,” Michael Harriot. Each week, Drapetomaniax will uncover the untold stories of Black Americans in history with an unapologetically Black perspective. The first episode of the new series is available now.
Using a recipe that includes detailed research, a little barbershop humor and a parade of celebrity guests, Drapetomaniax will spotlight key figures and moments in Black American history that were previously whitewashed from textbooks. From the story of Rosetta Tharpe, the queer Black woman who invented Rock & Roll, to Forest Joe, an escaped slave for which America’s first police squad was created, Harriot will offer a compelling, hilarious and more accurate version of Black history. The ongoing weekly series will feature guest stars such as MSNBC’s Joy Reid,...
Using a recipe that includes detailed research, a little barbershop humor and a parade of celebrity guests, Drapetomaniax will spotlight key figures and moments in Black American history that were previously whitewashed from textbooks. From the story of Rosetta Tharpe, the queer Black woman who invented Rock & Roll, to Forest Joe, an escaped slave for which America’s first police squad was created, Harriot will offer a compelling, hilarious and more accurate version of Black history. The ongoing weekly series will feature guest stars such as MSNBC’s Joy Reid,...
- 7/12/2023
- Podnews.net
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P-Valley creator Katori Hall, Ja Rule, Jemele Hill and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill are among the public figures mourning the death of Migos rapper Takeoff.
The 28-year-old rapper, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, died after a shooting early Tuesday outside of a bowling alley in Houston, a rep for Migos confirmed to the Associated Press.
The Grammy-nominated rap trio from Georgia also includes Quavo and Offset, who’s married to Cardi B. The group had a memorable first-season cameo on Atlanta, and creator Donald Glover gave the group, and their Hot 100-topping single “Bad & Boujee,” a shout-out during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank the Migos — not for being on the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee,’” Glover said.
Backstage he added of the group, “I think that they’re The Beatles of this generation...
P-Valley creator Katori Hall, Ja Rule, Jemele Hill and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill are among the public figures mourning the death of Migos rapper Takeoff.
The 28-year-old rapper, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, died after a shooting early Tuesday outside of a bowling alley in Houston, a rep for Migos confirmed to the Associated Press.
The Grammy-nominated rap trio from Georgia also includes Quavo and Offset, who’s married to Cardi B. The group had a memorable first-season cameo on Atlanta, and creator Donald Glover gave the group, and their Hot 100-topping single “Bad & Boujee,” a shout-out during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank the Migos — not for being on the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee,’” Glover said.
Backstage he added of the group, “I think that they’re The Beatles of this generation...
- 11/1/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tucker Carlson has, apparently, not known peace since the U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that the population is diversifying. He’s theorizing that Democrats are not only behind the country’s changing demographics but that non-white people are celebrating the decline of the white race.
Carlson wrestled with the new population data on a Friday night installment of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” expressing his concerns surrounding the first drop in self-identified non-Hispanic whites in history and accusing non-white people of “cheering the extinction of white people.”
Tucker Carlson says recent census data showing a decline in the self-identifying white population proves his theory that Democrats are "intentionally accelerating demographic change" to replace voters. pic.twitter.com/vYAcq2GtD2
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) August 14, 2021
The Fox News fixture said he’s “pointing out the obvious” by saying “Democrats are intentionally accelerating demographic change in this country for political advantage.”
“They said...
Carlson wrestled with the new population data on a Friday night installment of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” expressing his concerns surrounding the first drop in self-identified non-Hispanic whites in history and accusing non-white people of “cheering the extinction of white people.”
Tucker Carlson says recent census data showing a decline in the self-identifying white population proves his theory that Democrats are "intentionally accelerating demographic change" to replace voters. pic.twitter.com/vYAcq2GtD2
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) August 14, 2021
The Fox News fixture said he’s “pointing out the obvious” by saying “Democrats are intentionally accelerating demographic change in this country for political advantage.”
“They said...
- 8/14/2021
- by Alex Noble
- The Wrap
Brooklyn-based sports startup Overtime has raised $80 million in Series C funding from investors including Bezos Expeditions (the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos), Drake and more than 25 current and former NBA stars including Trae Young, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Pau Gasol.
In total, Overtime, which was founded in 2016, has now raised more than $140 million in funding.
It also has 50 million social media followers and crosses verticals from content to e-commerce, its sports app, and live events. It said the fresh funds will go in part to develop new basketball league Ote (Overtime Elite), guaranteeing salaries for athletes and hiring a staff 80 league employees to launch an inaugural season in September.
The funding round was led by return investors Sapphire Sport and Black Capital along with Micromanagement Ventures (the family of the late David Stern), Alexis Ohanian, Jeff Kearl (via Pelion Capital), Morgan Stanley Counterpoint Global and Blackstone Strategic Partners.
In total, Overtime, which was founded in 2016, has now raised more than $140 million in funding.
It also has 50 million social media followers and crosses verticals from content to e-commerce, its sports app, and live events. It said the fresh funds will go in part to develop new basketball league Ote (Overtime Elite), guaranteeing salaries for athletes and hiring a staff 80 league employees to launch an inaugural season in September.
The funding round was led by return investors Sapphire Sport and Black Capital along with Micromanagement Ventures (the family of the late David Stern), Alexis Ohanian, Jeff Kearl (via Pelion Capital), Morgan Stanley Counterpoint Global and Blackstone Strategic Partners.
- 4/22/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Bounce, the first and only broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, has announced the full roster of honorees for the 2020 Bounce Trumpet Awards which annually recognize the outstanding accomplishments of African Americans who have succeeded against great odds and inspired success in others.
This year’s 29th annual ceremony – entitled The Bounce Trumpet Awards: Stand Up – will honor individuals who have risen to fight social injustice for Black Americans and will premiere on Sunday, December 13th at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt.
This year’s honorees:
Supermodel, businesswoman and actress Naomi Campbell will be honored with the Vanguard Award which highlights individuals who creatively challenge the norm by introducing mainstream culture to avant-garde ideas and making a social impact in their respective industry. Campbell has used her voice for decades to call out racism in the modeling industry and set up various charity relief efforts for natural disasters all over the world.
This year’s 29th annual ceremony – entitled The Bounce Trumpet Awards: Stand Up – will honor individuals who have risen to fight social injustice for Black Americans and will premiere on Sunday, December 13th at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt.
This year’s honorees:
Supermodel, businesswoman and actress Naomi Campbell will be honored with the Vanguard Award which highlights individuals who creatively challenge the norm by introducing mainstream culture to avant-garde ideas and making a social impact in their respective industry. Campbell has used her voice for decades to call out racism in the modeling industry and set up various charity relief efforts for natural disasters all over the world.
- 12/10/2020
- Look to the Stars
Updated with video: President Donald Trump pretty much secured the main talking point for this week’s Real Time With Bill Maher after a Wednesday press conference in which Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November election to Joe Biden.
The topic of the concern over whether Trump would refuse to vacate the White House peacefully has been front and center for Maher for almost two years. It came up time and time again in Friday night’s show, from pressing Sen. Bernie Sanders on what a plan might look like if Trump declined to exit in January if Biden wins, to clear frustration that it’s taken “mainstream media” outlets so long to catch up to his concerns.
“It does f*ckin’ stick in my craw that nobody listened to me and that I got no help from the New York Times,...
The topic of the concern over whether Trump would refuse to vacate the White House peacefully has been front and center for Maher for almost two years. It came up time and time again in Friday night’s show, from pressing Sen. Bernie Sanders on what a plan might look like if Trump declined to exit in January if Biden wins, to clear frustration that it’s taken “mainstream media” outlets so long to catch up to his concerns.
“It does f*ckin’ stick in my craw that nobody listened to me and that I got no help from the New York Times,...
- 9/26/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Senator Kamala Harris has long been tight with Hollywood, and yesterday Tinseltown’s biggest donors handed over some very big bucks to the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee.
In a virtual fundraiser put together by Ryan Murphy, Disney TV Studios boss Dana Walden, PR ace Chrisette Hudlin and Laura Shell, California’s junior senator raked in over $8 million for her and Joe Biden’s poll leading White House bid.
Announced on August 27, the event put dough in the purse of the Biden Victory Fund, a joint committee of Joe Biden’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties. Going into the final 59 days before the election, yesterday’s fundraiser is one of the biggest hauls that Biden and his running mate Harris has raised this season. Featuring both ex-vp Biden and Sen. Harris, a Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Clooney co-hosted virtual Hollywood fundraiser on August 21 raised $7 million for the Biden Victory Fund.
In a virtual fundraiser put together by Ryan Murphy, Disney TV Studios boss Dana Walden, PR ace Chrisette Hudlin and Laura Shell, California’s junior senator raked in over $8 million for her and Joe Biden’s poll leading White House bid.
Announced on August 27, the event put dough in the purse of the Biden Victory Fund, a joint committee of Joe Biden’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties. Going into the final 59 days before the election, yesterday’s fundraiser is one of the biggest hauls that Biden and his running mate Harris has raised this season. Featuring both ex-vp Biden and Sen. Harris, a Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Clooney co-hosted virtual Hollywood fundraiser on August 21 raised $7 million for the Biden Victory Fund.
- 9/5/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When the Rev. Dr. William Barber II saw that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the first to eulogize the late John Lewis as he lay in state inside the Capitol rotunda on July 27th, the civil rights leader thought of Jesus admonishing the Pharisees. “We love the tombs of the prophets,” said Barber, paraphrasing Jesus in the New Testament. “We don’t need to be talking about how hard and how great it was that John Lewis stood so firm against injustice. What we need to be doing is repenting and saying,...
- 8/7/2020
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
YouTube has created a $100 million fund to help amplify the voices of Black creators and artists on its video streaming platform. As part of the initiative, YouTube today announced Bear Witness, Take Action, a 90-minute-plus special aimed at inspiring the platform’s global community to take action for racial justice. Hosted by Common and Keke Palmer, the special will feature YouTube creators, artists, public figures and activists. It’s set to premiere Saturday, June 13 at 6 Pm Et/3 Pm Pt.
“I support the Black Lives Matter movement and I think it’s imperative that we help amplify Black voices and continue the conversation about meaningful change and racial justice,” said Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content for YouTube. “YouTube has a unique ability to unite creators, artists and powerful voices within the Black community to encourage the world to stand up and speak out for racial justice.”
Moderators include Jemele Hill,...
“I support the Black Lives Matter movement and I think it’s imperative that we help amplify Black voices and continue the conversation about meaningful change and racial justice,” said Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content for YouTube. “YouTube has a unique ability to unite creators, artists and powerful voices within the Black community to encourage the world to stand up and speak out for racial justice.”
Moderators include Jemele Hill,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tamron Hall is set to air a special episode this week.
Hear Us Now will showcase the voices of young Americans who are marching, protesting, and demanding change in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.
Viewers will get inight into the frontlines of the protests through video diaries.
These young people are the first generation to bear witness to countless killings of unarmed black men and women that have resulted in a lack of justice time and again.
The installment is an important hour for listening, understanding, and coming together as a community, and will air on Tamron Hall Friday, June 12, 2020.
The special episode will include some of the youngest leaders of the biggest marches and protests from across the country who are taking a stand for justice.
We will hear their fears and hopes, and what they believe must happen next.
Some, who are using their voices for...
Hear Us Now will showcase the voices of young Americans who are marching, protesting, and demanding change in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder.
Viewers will get inight into the frontlines of the protests through video diaries.
These young people are the first generation to bear witness to countless killings of unarmed black men and women that have resulted in a lack of justice time and again.
The installment is an important hour for listening, understanding, and coming together as a community, and will air on Tamron Hall Friday, June 12, 2020.
The special episode will include some of the youngest leaders of the biggest marches and protests from across the country who are taking a stand for justice.
We will hear their fears and hopes, and what they believe must happen next.
Some, who are using their voices for...
- 6/8/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Both President Trump and Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg purchased valuable Super Bowl air time for their presidential campaigns, and both ads featured an African American woman speaking about each politician.
Trump’s ad capitalizes on Alice Marie Johnson’s release from prison where she had served 21 years for attempted possession of cocaine and conspiracy to possess cocaine. Despite these being non-violent offenses and Johnson’s first conviction, she was serving a life sentence until Kim Kardashian personally lobbied the president for Johnson’s release during a 2018 meeting in the Oval Office.
Trump’s ad capitalizes on Alice Marie Johnson’s release from prison where she had served 21 years for attempted possession of cocaine and conspiracy to possess cocaine. Despite these being non-violent offenses and Johnson’s first conviction, she was serving a life sentence until Kim Kardashian personally lobbied the president for Johnson’s release during a 2018 meeting in the Oval Office.
- 2/3/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Could the constitutional crisis gripping Washington represent an attack on Democracy? It certainly seemed plausible tonight watching HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, a show hosted by a human air-raid siren of the same name. Maher’s monologue went early and often to the Washington showdown over the Mueller report and the now-sprawling political subplots that lead back to it.
“I know, It’s very exciting when you have a constitutional crisis,” Maher deadpanned about the hyped-up audience. “We’re so f—-ed. I’m telling you, we’re so f—ed. Today, Venezuela put us on the travel advisory. If America were a summer blockbuster it would be Democracy: Endgame. If you missed the earlier installments of this franchise…”
Maher had his sharpest knives out for Attorney General William Barr, who the comic portrayed as a unethical stooge who is subverting the very laws he has sworn to...
“I know, It’s very exciting when you have a constitutional crisis,” Maher deadpanned about the hyped-up audience. “We’re so f—-ed. I’m telling you, we’re so f—ed. Today, Venezuela put us on the travel advisory. If America were a summer blockbuster it would be Democracy: Endgame. If you missed the earlier installments of this franchise…”
Maher had his sharpest knives out for Attorney General William Barr, who the comic portrayed as a unethical stooge who is subverting the very laws he has sworn to...
- 5/4/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-ky) may have studied robotics at MIT, but he is now responsible for one of the most asinine moments in congressional history.
At a House committee hearing Tuesday on “The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” the Kentucky Republican thought he could pwn former secretary of state John Kerry. Kerry is an expert on climate change who helped broker the Paris climate accord and recently criticized president Trump for proposing to set up a task force that seeks to counter the scientific consensus on climate change.
At a House committee hearing Tuesday on “The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” the Kentucky Republican thought he could pwn former secretary of state John Kerry. Kerry is an expert on climate change who helped broker the Paris climate accord and recently criticized president Trump for proposing to set up a task force that seeks to counter the scientific consensus on climate change.
- 4/10/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Don Lemon refused to back down from remarks earlier this week in which he accused “white men” of being the biggest terrorist threat America faces.
In a Ben Shapiro-esque monologue on his CNN program Wednesday evening, Lemon dropped what he called “the cold hard facts” and urged those upset to look at the evidence without “emotion.”
“Tonight I want to talk about some uncomfortable truth, the truth about who really carries out domestic terror attacks in this country,” said Lemon. “Let’s put emotion aside and look at the cold hard facts. The evidence is overwhelming.”
Also Read: Don Lemon Slammed After Calling Kanye West 'Minstrel Show' and Invoking Dead Mother
“A recent report from the Government Accountability Office shows that even though more people died in attacks connected to Islamic extremists, the vast majority of deadly attacks in this country from 2001 to 2016 were carried out by far-right violent extremists,...
In a Ben Shapiro-esque monologue on his CNN program Wednesday evening, Lemon dropped what he called “the cold hard facts” and urged those upset to look at the evidence without “emotion.”
“Tonight I want to talk about some uncomfortable truth, the truth about who really carries out domestic terror attacks in this country,” said Lemon. “Let’s put emotion aside and look at the cold hard facts. The evidence is overwhelming.”
Also Read: Don Lemon Slammed After Calling Kanye West 'Minstrel Show' and Invoking Dead Mother
“A recent report from the Government Accountability Office shows that even though more people died in attacks connected to Islamic extremists, the vast majority of deadly attacks in this country from 2001 to 2016 were carried out by far-right violent extremists,...
- 11/1/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
CNN anchor Don Lemon said it was important to stop demonizing individual groups over terrorism concerns, before immediately saying the real threat was from “white men.”
“We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them,” said Lemon during an appearance on “Cuomo Primetime” Tuesday evening. “There is no travel ban on them … they had the Muslim ban. There is no ‘white guy ban.’ So what do we do about that?”
“I keep trying to point out to people not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity, but we keep thinking that the biggest terror threat is something else,” he reiterated, urging people to ignore the news of the migrant caravan slowly moving through Mexico toward the United States.
Also Read: CNN Panel Mocks...
“We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them,” said Lemon during an appearance on “Cuomo Primetime” Tuesday evening. “There is no travel ban on them … they had the Muslim ban. There is no ‘white guy ban.’ So what do we do about that?”
“I keep trying to point out to people not to demonize any one group or any one ethnicity, but we keep thinking that the biggest terror threat is something else,” he reiterated, urging people to ignore the news of the migrant caravan slowly moving through Mexico toward the United States.
Also Read: CNN Panel Mocks...
- 10/31/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
CNN host Don Lemon took heat on Thursday and Friday after doubling down on his show’s criticism of rapper Kanye West. On Thursday evening, Lemon said West’s Oval Office meeting with President Trump reminded him of a “minstrel show” and brought up West’s dead mother to make his point.
“What I saw was a Minstrel show today,” Lemon said making an unusual appearance on “The Situation Room.” “This was an embarrassment, Kanye’s mother is rolling over in her grave.”
West’s mother, Donda West, died in 2007 after botched cosmetic surgery.
Also Read: CNN Panel Mocks Kanye West as Trump's 'Token Negro,' Don Lemon Laughs (Video)
“The president of the United States [is] exploiting him and I don’t mean this in a disparaging way, exploiting someone who needs help, who needs to back away from the cameras, who needs to get off stage, who needs to deal with his issues,...
“What I saw was a Minstrel show today,” Lemon said making an unusual appearance on “The Situation Room.” “This was an embarrassment, Kanye’s mother is rolling over in her grave.”
West’s mother, Donda West, died in 2007 after botched cosmetic surgery.
Also Read: CNN Panel Mocks Kanye West as Trump's 'Token Negro,' Don Lemon Laughs (Video)
“The president of the United States [is] exploiting him and I don’t mean this in a disparaging way, exploiting someone who needs help, who needs to back away from the cameras, who needs to get off stage, who needs to deal with his issues,...
- 10/12/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A CNN panel hosted by anchor Don Lemon took turns lacing into Kanye West on Tuesday evening, joking that his embrace of President Donald Trump has caused him to be tokenized. Several referred to him using the term “negro.”
“He’s an attention whore, like the president. He’s all of a sudden now the model spokesperson. He’s the token negro of the Trump administration,” said CNN contributor Tara Setmeyer.
“This is ridiculous and no one should be taking Kanye West seriously. He clearly has issues. He’s already been hospitalized,” she continued. “Not to trivialize mental health issues, [but] obviously Kanye has taken a turn in a very strange way.”
Also Read: CNN Anchor: Is It 'Time to Start Worrying About Kanye?'
Another guest, former Congressman Bakari Sellers, also hit Kanye using much of the same language.
“Kanye West is what happens when negroes don’t read,” said Sellers.
“He’s an attention whore, like the president. He’s all of a sudden now the model spokesperson. He’s the token negro of the Trump administration,” said CNN contributor Tara Setmeyer.
“This is ridiculous and no one should be taking Kanye West seriously. He clearly has issues. He’s already been hospitalized,” she continued. “Not to trivialize mental health issues, [but] obviously Kanye has taken a turn in a very strange way.”
Also Read: CNN Anchor: Is It 'Time to Start Worrying About Kanye?'
Another guest, former Congressman Bakari Sellers, also hit Kanye using much of the same language.
“Kanye West is what happens when negroes don’t read,” said Sellers.
- 10/10/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
As America gears up for the midterm elections, a new documentary revisits a midterm campaign from four years ago.
Attorney Bakari Sellers became the U.S.' youngest black elected official when he entered the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2006. Eight years later, he vacated his seat to run for lieutenant governor in the state. His campaign, although ultimately unsuccessful, is the focus of While I Breathe, I Hope, which examines the challenges facing Democrats, and particularly black politicians, in the South.
Executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God, the film follows Sellers as he attempts to become the first Democrat ...
Attorney Bakari Sellers became the U.S.' youngest black elected official when he entered the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2006. Eight years later, he vacated his seat to run for lieutenant governor in the state. His campaign, although ultimately unsuccessful, is the focus of While I Breathe, I Hope, which examines the challenges facing Democrats, and particularly black politicians, in the South.
Executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God, the film follows Sellers as he attempts to become the first Democrat ...
- 9/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
As America gears up for the midterm elections, a new documentary revisits a midterm campaign from four years ago.
Attorney Bakari Sellers became the U.S.' youngest black elected official when he entered the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2006. Eight years later, he vacated his seat to run for lieutenant governor in the state. His campaign, although ultimately unsuccessful, is the focus of While I Breathe, I Hope, which examines the challenges facing Democrats, and particularly black politicians, in the South.
Executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God, the film follows Sellers as he attempts to become the first Democrat ...
Attorney Bakari Sellers became the U.S.' youngest black elected official when he entered the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2006. Eight years later, he vacated his seat to run for lieutenant governor in the state. His campaign, although ultimately unsuccessful, is the focus of While I Breathe, I Hope, which examines the challenges facing Democrats, and particularly black politicians, in the South.
Executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God, the film follows Sellers as he attempts to become the first Democrat ...
- 9/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Melania Trump wore white, a color often honoring the women’s Suffragette movement, to her husband Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday, her first public appearance since the news of his affair with porn star Stormy Daniels.
Dressed head-to-toe in white, the first lady, 47, chose a Christian Dior pantsuit with a Dolce & Gabbana blouse and pair of Christian Louboutin heels for Trump’s joint address in Congress.
Her all-white outfit was a stark contrast to female lawmakers’ sartorial blackout to make a statement in support of the #MeToo movement and women impacted by sexual assault and harassment.
Dressed head-to-toe in white, the first lady, 47, chose a Christian Dior pantsuit with a Dolce & Gabbana blouse and pair of Christian Louboutin heels for Trump’s joint address in Congress.
Her all-white outfit was a stark contrast to female lawmakers’ sartorial blackout to make a statement in support of the #MeToo movement and women impacted by sexual assault and harassment.
- 1/31/2018
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
From the shark tank to the White House? Doesn’t really seem like too much of a leap … Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban signaled his interest in running for U.S. president in a recent interview. Speaking with “ViewPoint” podcast host and former South Carolina House of Representatives member Bakari Sellers, Cuban said he’s weighing the possibility in a run at the White House. Also Read: Mark Cuban Warns Trump of 'Blowback' for 'Condemning' a Sport (Video) “Considering, yes. Ready to commit to it, no,” Cuban told Sellers. “I’d like to think of myself as approaching it differently.
- 10/3/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Donald Trump is facing rebukes from military veterans again - this time for making a joke about how easy it is to get a Purple Heart after a veteran handed him one as a gift at a rally on Tuesday. Illinois Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who lost both of her legs when her helicopter was shot down in 2004, led the way, posting a photo of herself in a hospital bed wearing the medal on her gown. "This is how one usually looks when you are awarded a Purple Heart. Nothing easy about it," she wrote. She was...
- 8/3/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
As fallout from the meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton begins to take practical form in Lynch's promise to abide by the FBI's recommendation in the Hillary Clinton email review, more and more Democrats are questioning the political wisdom of the meeting. On CNN's New Day Friday morning, Former South Carolina State Rep. and current pro-Hillary CNN analyst Bakari Sellers probably echoed the feelings of many Clinton supporters who are wondering what the pair were thinking,...
- 7/1/2016
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
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