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Tonja Renée Stidhum

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Staff Writer, Entertainment at The Root. Sugar, spice & everything rice. Equipped with the uncanny ability to make a Disney reference and a double entendre in the same sentence.

Tonja Renée Stidhum's posts

Tonja Renée Stidhum's posts

Jay-Z Follows Rihanna's Lead, Matches Her Additional Donation of $1 Million Toward Coronavirus Relief

'Life, For Me, Ain't Been No Crystal Stair': Glynn Turman on Relating to His Character's Grief in ARRAY's Justine

TikTok Appropriation Is 'Savage,' But It's Not Happening on Our Watch—Meet Keara Wilson, the Creator of the #SavageChallenge

A 'DJ' Tried to Downplay Quincy Jones and Black Twitter Found 'One Hundred Ways' to Tell Him to Sit TF Down

Trailer Roundup: Kenya Barris Morphs From Black-ish to #BlackAF and We're Sippin' on Some Coffee & Kareem

Fine-Tune Your Own Mirror Raps With Insecure: The Come Up Game

If You Can 'Believe It,' Rihanna Has New Music—Not a Solo Project, but We'll Take What We Can Get at This Point

I'm Casually Learning Portuguese Internet Slang While Bingeing The Circle Brazil

First Look: Queer Harlem Renaissance Spotlights Claude McKay and the Unsung LGBTQ Community in Congo Caberet

Social Distancing Sandman: The Apollo Is Holding Digital Auditions for Its Legendary Amateur Night

Celebrities! They're Just Like Us, Except Not Really—Which Is Extra Apparent During a Public Health Crisis

Super Soul Social Distancing: Oprah Is Routinely Visiting Her Partner Stedman, Who Is Self-Quarantining in the Guest House

2020 American Black Film Festival Postponed Until October

Chickening & Chill: Popeyes Is Giving Out Their Netflix Password So You Don't Have to Hijack Your Cousin's

2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony Honoring Whitney Houston and Notorious B.I.G. Postponed Until November

French-Cameroonian Jazz Legend Manu Dibango Dies at 86 From COVID-19 Complications

Judge Dismisses Police Interrogation Firm Defamation Suit Against Ava DuVernay and Netflix for When They See Us

Lionel Richie Has Considered Writing a Song Similar to 'We Are the World' in the Coronavirus Era

Yes, You Can Still Troll Your Friends While Social Distancing—Ask Issa Rae and Regina Hall

Sabrina Elba Tests Positive for COVID-19, Explains Her Decision Not to Self-Isolate From Idris