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Is Zoe Saldana Darkening Her Skin for ‘Nina Simone’ Biopic a Problem for Black Hollywood?

Despite the various conversations that have circulated around Hollywood on the necessity and importance of diversity for media (especially over the past few weeks while gearing up for the Oscars), it seems one thing was slightly overlooked in the conversation: Promoting diversity WITHIN various minority groups. Well, that conversation resurfaced yesterday when the new Nina Simone biopic ad came out, showing a very darkened-up Zoe Saldana  in the role. While many people (self included) were ecstatic about the theater debut of the film (set for April 22), others were d

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Kanye West & Deadmau5 come for each other on Twitter…

Kanye West and TIDAL artist DJ Deadamu5, battled each other on Twitter last night. After reading the back and forth after the cut...biko, tell us who won...lol. So here's what caused the fight. Two days ago, Kanye exposed himself on twitter by displaying web browsers showing he was using bootleg music programs and illegal file sharing sites. One of the creators of the music program, Deadmau5 called Kanye out for bootlegging his program and started a Go Fund Me Account for a 'broke' Kanye who can't afford the legal ones. Kanye came for him...and Deadmau5 clapped back. R

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Senate to pass 2016 budget on March 17th

Barring any last minute changes, the Senate will on March 17th pass the 2016 budget into law. This was announced by the Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje and his House of Representatives counterpart, Hon. Jibrin Abdulmumim at a joint press briefing yesterday March 2nd. (more…)

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Read the whatsapp chats between footballer Adam Johnson & 15yr old girl

Adam Johnson was yesterday found guilty of sexually penetrating an underage girl by putting his hand 'inside her trousers' and now faces a maximum of 10 years imprisonment after also admitting to kissing and grooming a child, as the age of consent in Great Britain is 16 years. The judge yesterday told him to say goodbye to his daughter as he will be sentenced in two weeks time and was placed on a 7pm- 7a.m curfew by the court. (more…)