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Raven-Symoné left some heads scratching and some people side-eyeing when she sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey recently for OWN’s “Where Are They Now?” In response to a question about her sexuality, Raven-Symoné explained that she doesn’t want to be labeled “as gay,” but rather as a “human who loves humans.” She added, “I’m an American, I’m not […]

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Ten years ago, a bad relaxer led a teen girl to launch her own natural hair product company. Jasmine Lawrence appeared on “The Oprah Show” back in 2007. She told the story of how a bad hair experience encouraged her to never use harsh chemicals again and, eventually, create her own line of natural products. Recently […]

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It’s an image that captures so much black excellence, it’s sure to break the Internet. What you’re looking at is an Instagram photo of Oprah Winfrey holding a drawing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. created by the late Michael Jackson. It was shared by Diddy with the simple caption, “#lengendary.” Complex has the story: […]

Why is Vernon Charles Allen Merriweather suing talk show maven Oprah Winfrey and Starbucks for discrimination and harassment to the tune of $15 million? Well, the man claims that the tea bearing Oprah’s name and sold at the famed coffee chain was not only laced with heroin but Ambien and hallucinogens as well, according to TMZ. SEE […]

The family of Maya Angelou has arranged a private memorial service in Wake Forest University’s Wait Chapel on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Due to limited seating capacity, the family has decided to have a closed service for family and friends only but the university has decided to livestream the service for the public. Watch […]

Beloved talk show maven Oprah Winfrey (pictured) could be headed to your town this September as she prepares to embark on an eight-city “The Life You Want” tour, according to The Hollywood Reporter. SEE ALSO: Evelyn Lozada Blasts Wendy Williams For Insulting Newborn Son The weekend conferences will offer a two-day self-help experience spearheaded by the […]

Nation

Making the rounds to promote his new book, The Rejected Stone: Al Sharpton And The Path To American Leadership, MSNBC’s PoliticsNation host Rev. Al Sharpton sat down with Oprah Winfrey in a vulnerable interview that brought the controversial civil rights leaders to tears. RELATED: Rev. Al Sharpton Talks Personal Evolution in Latest Book, ‘The Rejected Stone’ Discussing […]

Oprah Winfrey, who built the famous production studio Harpo, may be getting out of the landlord business as she has reportedly enlisted the services of a real estate company to evaluate options, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. SEE ALSO: Jury Rejects Case Linking Company To Michael Jackson’s Death Eastdil Secured LLC, a 40-plus-year-old pre-eminent real estate […]

Showcasing just how racially tone deaf he is, Rush Limbaugh (pictured left) recently said that the discrimination Oprah Winfrey (pictured) faced in Europe in a handbag shop was due to her weight and not racism. RELATED:  Store Clerk Refuses To Show Oprah Handbag, Says It Was ‘Too Expensive’ Limbaugh’s most-recent diarrhea of the mouth stems from an […]

Sean Hannity’s expressed hurt feelings over comments Oprah Winfrey made about the George Zimmerman trial and Trayvon Martin. The quote that got Sean’s conservative undies in a bunch: “It’s so easy during this time… Trayvon Martin paralleled Emmett Till, let me just tell ya. In my mind. Same thing. You can get stuck in that […]

Fact: Tyler Perry’s depictions of Black women on television and in film are consistently, intensely polarizing and problematic. They are either too weak or too strong; cartoonishly naive or abrasively cynical and bitter. They have survived abuse at the hands of devastatingly handsome Black men — who are portrayed as jealous, vengeful, omnipotent, omniscient and […]

In a lawsuit filed Friday at the Los Angeles Superior Court, former OWN employee Carolyn Hommel claims she was a victim of sex and pregnancy discrimination, according to The Hollywood Reporter. SEE ALSO: Beyonce Brings ‘A Game’ To Halftime Show Hommel was reportedly hired in 2010 as senior director of scheduling and acquisitions at the […]