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Queen Latifah’s Mom, Rita Owens, Dies After a Long Battle With a Heart Condition

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3/21/18 10:10pm
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Queen Latifah’s mom, Rita Owens, died Wednesday after a 10-year battle with heart disease, the legendary rapper and actress said.

Wendy Williams Puts Talk Show on Hiatus to Deal With Graves’ Disease

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2/21/18 2:30pm
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In sickness or in health, Wendy Williams is gon’ be Wendy Williams. When the 53-year-old talk show host announced to her audience Wednesday that she has Graves’ disease and that doctors have ordered her to go on hiatus for three weeks to deal with the medical crisis, she responded in typical Williams fashion.

Dallas Mavericks Investigating Sexual-Misconduct Allegations After Bombshell Report

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2/21/18 11:39am
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The Dallas Mavericks have launched an independent investigation after a report by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday alleged that the NBA franchise maintained a “corrosive workplace culture” where women were routinely sexually harassed by male co-workers.

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Raise Your Hand if You Smoke Weed!

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12/11/17 3:10pm
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While on vacation in California recently, I smoked weed in front of my mom for the first time.

Trump Spoke at the Opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in What Was Essentially a Photo Op

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12/09/17 1:37pm
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President Donald Trump has made it pretty clear how he feels about black people. He has refused to condemn white nationalists and routinely calls out black pro football players for protesting police brutality. So why would the hater in chief accept an invitation to speak at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights…

An Incomplete List of the Names We Used Instead of ‘President Donald Trump’

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11/08/17 10:00am
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A year ago today, Nov. 8, a bloated, orange-colored meat sack topped with the world’s worst comb-over became leader of the free world, aka president of the United States. This past year has been a living nightmare as we’ve watched the Trump administration’s all-too-predictable descent into chaos and dumb-fuckery.

Snowflake Mike Pence Flees Colts-49ers Game After Players Kneel During the National Anthem

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10/08/17 2:48pm
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Updated Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, 3:11 p.m. EDT: President Asshat himself said on Twitter that he ordered Mike Pence to leave the game if players took a knee during the national anthem.

SNL’s Michael Che Calls Trump a ‘Bitch’ and a ‘Cheap Cracker’; Jay-Z Sports Kaepernick Jersey During Performance

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10/01/17 10:51am
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I’ll be the first to admit that even a Jay-Z appearance couldn’t get me to watch Saturday Night Live. I, like everyone else, wait for the video clips to drop on Sunday. But apparently, things got a little turnt during the show’s 43rd-season premiere.

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