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Photo: Twitter @TheRealEve (TV Guide)–Actress and musician Eve made her official debut as co-host of The Talk during Tuesday’s episode of the CBS daytime talk show. Eve — full name Eve Jeffers Cooper — is taking over the seat vacated by Aisha Tyler, who left the show in July. She previously guest-hosted the week of…

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???? Imgarcade LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Hillerman, who played stuffed-shirt Higgins to Tom Selleck’s freewheeling detective Thomas Magnum in the 1980s TV series “Magnum, P.I.” has died, his nephew said Thursday. Hillerman was 84. Hillerman, who had been in declining health, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Houston, nephew Chris Tritico…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Kevin Hart  (Photo: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock)   associated press NEW YORK — Kevin Hart got serious about training for the New York City Marathon. So serious, he beat former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber. The comedian and actor posted a video on Instagram that says “Marathon complete. Got my gold medal….

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Ta-Nehisi Coates  (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk) by Ta-Nehisi Coates Book Review by Kam Williams “For so much of American history, the fact of Black people is a problem… The demonstrable truth has been evaded in favor of a more comforting story…[But America is] a country trying to skip out on a bill, trying to…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Miguel  (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)   By Jonathan Landrum Jr. Associated Press ATLANTA–After hearing numerous stories of immigrants being deprived of meals and relegated to harsh living conditions inside some detention centers across the country, Grammy-winning singer Miguel said he felt angered. That’s why he decided to headline a free #SchoolsNotPrisons concert in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  From left: Christopher “Quest” Rainey, Isaiah Byrd, Christine’a “Ma Quest” Rainey, Patricia “PJ” Rainey in “Quest”.  (Photo: Carina Romano)   First Run Features is pleased to announce the theatrical release of “QUEST,” Jonathan Olshefski’s moving chronicle of a close knit African-American family living in North Philadelphia. Filmed with vérité intimacy for almost a decade,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  “Insecure” star Amanda Seales chats with SUN writer Kharisma McIllwaine about her multifaceted career.  (Photo: Courtesy Kharisma McIllwaine)   Interview with Kharisma McIllwaine On an unseasonably warm fall morning, Amanda Seales sat quietly at a table in Luna Café. The multitalented, multi-hyphenate visited Philadelphia after her speaking engagements at Arcadia University and the…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Mariah Carey  (Photo: Joe Seer / shutterstock)   Associated Press NEW YORK — Mariah Carey, the artist with the most No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, is one of the nominees for the 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame. Carey, who co-wrote 17 of her 18 No. 1s, earns her first nomination…

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???? Terry Crews Facebook page Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star has filed a police report alleging sexual harassment – nearly a month after revealing on Twitter that a high-level Hollywood executive “came over 2 me and groped my privates” at a Hollywood function. Because the alleged incident took place last…

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Bossip.com Philly homegirl Jill Scott apparently wants her ex as far away from her as possible. That’s because the singer got a restraining order against her husband Mike Dobson on the same day that she filed for divorce, BOSSIP has learned. Under the order, neither spouse can threaten, harass or stalk the other, nor can…

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