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For Her Birthday, Michelle Obama Got a New Twitter Account (And New Bangs)

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2013, 4:41PM

The First Lady turns 49 today.

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An Argument to Bring ‘All My Babies’ Mamas’ Back

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2013, 4:12PM

What if ‘All My Babies’ Mamas’ wasn’t canceled? Would it be so bad?

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10 Sundance Festival Films You Should Know About

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2013, 2:36PM

The 11-day festival will showcase 119 feature films and documentaries that range from a drama based on Oscar Grant’s last 24-hours to a short film that follows real life high-rise window washers in Chicago.

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The ‘Stop Saying These Things to Asians’ Video

by Jorge Rivas on January 17 2013, 11:31AM

Comedian Eliot Chang’s latest video is a public service announcement.

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George Zimmerman’s Attorneys Receive Trayvon Martin’s School Records

by Jorge Rivas on January 16 2013, 12:43PM

The legal team for George Zimmerman, the man accused of shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, has received a copy of the 17-year-old’s school records, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. “We are entitled to receive the school records because some information…

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Quvenzhané Wallis Tells André Leon Talley She’s Not Wearing a Long Dress to the Oscars

by Jorge Rivas on January 16 2013, 12:01PM

Last week, Wallis became the youngest actress ever nominated for an Oscar in the best-actress category.

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Watch Denzel Have to Tell Everyone At Golden Globes That’s His Daughter, Not His Wife

by Jorge Rivas on January 15 2013, 5:00PM

Several respected news agencies (including the New York Times) issued corrections after they identified Washington’s daughter as his wife Pauletta.

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WashPost Asks Black Men What They Fear, Love and Dream Of [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on January 15 2013, 3:28PM

The Post continues its three part video series that asks: What do you fear, love and dream of?

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On His Birthday, Watch MLK’s ‘Black is Beautiful’ Speech

by Jorge Rivas on January 15 2013, 1:53PM

MLK said freedom and self-respect are never given, but must be unapologetically taken.

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Oxygen Reportedly Cancels New Show ‘All My Babies’ Mamas’

by Jorge Rivas on January 15 2013, 11:11AM

Oxygen is expected to announce that All My Babies’ Mamas won’t ever see the light of day.

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Keith Josef Adkins Is Making His Own Black Sci-Fi (and You Should Too)

by Channing Kennedy on January 15 2013, 9:08AM

TV writer Keith Josef Adkins was told by the studios that black people don’t do sci-fi. So he’s funding his own webseries, “The Abandon,” to prove them wrong.

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Documentary About 15-Year Old Homeless, Undocumented Immigrant Gets Oscar Nod

by Jorge Rivas on January 14 2013, 3:45PM

You can watch the short-documentary nominated for an Oscar online.

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Favianna Rodriguez Talks Art and Activism on Pharrell’s YouTube Channel

by Jorge Rivas on January 14 2013, 2:17PM

Immigrant rights activist Favianna Rodriguez talks social change through art.

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Colin Powell on GOP: ‘They Sort of Look Down on Minorities’

by Jorge Rivas on January 14 2013, 1:00PM

“The Republican party needs to take a very hard look at itself and understand that the country has changed,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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Justice Sotomayor to Become First Latina to Administer Oath of Office

by Jorge Rivas on January 14 2013, 12:36PM

Another first for Latinos at the inauguration.

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Quentin Tarantino Drops N-Word Less Than a Minute into Press Conference

by Jorge Rivas on January 14 2013, 11:49AM

Less than a minute in to the director’s press conference backstage he had already dropped the N-word. Tarantino was answering a question about the use of the N-word in his film.

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Are Films About Slavery Obligated To Tell The Truth? [Reader Forum]

by Nia King on January 14 2013, 9:40AM

Colorlines readers debate the value of ‘Django Unchained’ and share non-fiction resources regarding slavery.

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Obama to Use Lincoln’s and Martin Luther King’s Bibles for Swearing-in

by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2013, 4:00PM

Though there is no constitutional requirement for the use of a Bible during the swearing-in, Presidents have traditionally used Bibles for the ceremony.

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Photo: Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett as Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz

by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2013, 12:56PM

Yesterday Lifetime released an image of Angela Bassett and Mary J. Blige in the upcoming “Betty & Coretta”.

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DC Mayor Says Redskins Football Team Must Consider a Name Change to Return to Town

by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2013, 12:34PM

The Redkins played in D.C. from 1937 to ‘97 when they moved to Landover, Md.

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