Entertainment

Viola talks about her latest outing as Aibileen in The Help, a compelling tale of survival, set in Mississippi during the waning days of Jim Crow segregation, which explores the unspoken tensions simmering just below the surface between well-to-do white women and their African-American maids.

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After a summer full of reservations from TV critics over its misogynistic vibe, from parents groups over the sexual content implied by its title, from an NBC affiliate in Utah who refuses to even air the program, and from women’s rights icon Gloria Steinem who called for a boycott of the show…

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Here, Sanaa talks about her new film, “Contagion,” an apocalyptic thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh and featuring an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Elliott Gould.

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Asked about racism in light of the fact that she’s one of the few blacks ever crowned Miss Universe, Lopes said that “any racist needs to seek help.” “It’s not normal in the 21st century to think in that way.”

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The artist who once flaunted an indescribable symbol to signal an unpronounceable first name—Prince–may soon have to cough up $4 million from his indefatigable throat. That’s because a special court referee in Manhattan last week ordered Prince to pay nearly $4 million in damages…

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Beginning Sunday, Sept. 18 at 8 PM ET, TV One will premiere the all-new series Will To Live, which presents the incredible, odds-defying real stories of those who have faced life-threatening and life-changing ordeals as told by the people who survived them.

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During the Black Power Movement back in the Sixties and Seventies, most folks only got to know its leaders mostly by way of sound bites disseminated by the mass media. Whether it was Stokely Carmichael’s demand “We want black power!” or H. Rap Brown’s appeal for riots via “Burn baby burn!” or…

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Moved by the state of race relations in America since President Barack Obama’s election, playwright Dr. Robert Miller will showcase his latest theatrical production, “Hello America, My Name is Jimmy Baldwin,” at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts…

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T.I.’s wife tells TMZ that multiple prison officials actually saw the tour bus that picked up the rapper yesterday, and even took photos with T.I. in front of it, and nobody raised an issue. T.I., who was moved to a halfway house last week after months in prison…

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Zendaya, by the way, means “to give thanks” in Shona, a Bantu language native to Zimbabwe. Besides acting, the versatile young talent has served as a fashion model for Macy’s, Mervyns and Old Navy, and as one of the back-up dancers in a Sears commercial featuring Selena Gomez.

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