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ABOVE PHOTO:  Lee Daniels (Photo by Featureflash/Shutterstock)   By Jonathan Landrum Jr. associated press ATLANTA— Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels says he’s consumed by fear each time he films a new scene. Even after Daniels found meteoric success through films such as “Monster’s Ball,” “Precious” and “The Butler,” along with his popular TV series “Empire,” he…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Singer Rihanna poses for photographers upon arrival at the Fenty Beauty by Rihanna fashion range launch during London Fashion Week in London, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) By Leanne Italie associated press NEW YORK — Worokya Duncan is the director of inclusion for a private school in Manhattan, so…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Megyn Kelly shadowandact.com The ratings are in, and Megyn Kelly’s hour on Today had good ratings debut, with 2.93 million people tuning in. While the ratings for Megyn Kelly Today were okay, they were down compared to the NBC time slot last year, which was occupied by Tamron Hall and Al Roker’s portion of…

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The African American Museum in Philadelphia presents Gardens of the Mind: Echoes of the Feminine View, an exhibition featuring five black women artists whose work explores spiritual cultivation and memory through their artistic practice. By using large-scale installation, sculpture, painting, photography, and printmaking, artists Barbara Bullock, Martha Jackson Jarvis, E.J. Montgomery, Joiri Minaya and Glynnis…

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LOS ANGELES (CBS/CNN) — An award-winning actress reveals she has breast cancer. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, best known for her roles in “Veep” and “Seinfeld,” revealed on Twitter Thursday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. “1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I’m the one,” she said. Earlier this month, Louis-Dreyfus won her sixth…

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Will & Grace” star Debra Messing says she regrets her appearance on Megyn Kelly’s new NBC daytime show. Messing made her comments while responding to an Instagram follower who asked why the actress, an outspoken Democrat, would appear on “Megyn Kelly TODAY.” Kelly joined NBC from Fox News earlier this year….

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By Mark Kennedy associated press NEW YORK — Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part of its largest dictionary update in the game’s eight-year history. Game developer Zynga told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it is adding 50,000 internet slang…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Danny Pudi as Sami in a scene from the new rom-com “The Tiger Hunter”.   Review by Kam Williams Sami Malik (Danny Pudi) has had a crush on Ruby Iqbal (Karen David) for as long as he can remember. The lifelong friends were raised in the same village where both of their fathers…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sonia Sanchez  (Photo: Slowking4) WIM celebrates a monumental anniversary during the 5th Annual Women In Media Conference in Philadelphia, equipping women for advocacy and leadership Women In Media will host the 5th Annual Women In Media Conference, returning with a brand new theme “Advocacy & Leadership! Be Seen. Be Heard. Be BOLD.” The…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Lubwama with her fellow 2017 National Student Poets   By Kharisma McIlwaine We too often we hear conversations about how today’s youth are obsessed with technology, and how their dependence on social media detaches them from true human connection. Unfortunately, we don’t hear enough about the young people who use their voices to…

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