Entertainment

Lisa Vanderpump Denies Fired Vanderpump Rules Stars Were ‘Racist’: ‘Just Awful Timing And Stupid And Ignorant’

Lisa Vanderpump is coming out swinging in her reaction to last year’s contentious Vanderpump Rules firings and (maybe related?) slew of abrupt show departures. The 60-year-old SUR owner and longtime reality TV personality knows how this industry works, of course, but to hear her talk about it now, we’re honestly surprised she has this stance! Honestly, it’s […]

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Did Anna Wintour SABOTAGE Kamala Harris’ Vogue Cover?!

The new Vogue cover model for February’s issue is Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, which in any other (normal-ish?) time would be a huge cause for celebration! But this cover shot that first went out over the weekend is so bad that, well, we’re honestly not sure what on earth to think. Seriously, though, did Anna Wintour have something […]

Sport

Racism is ruining the Houston Texans

Hatred is a learned behavior that is passed down from one generation to the next. For the McNair family, it’s a tradition. So it should come as no surprise that their franchise is in shambles. After all, racism and mediocrity go together like peanut butter and jelly. Read more…

Business

Biden’s health-equity adviser on her approach to addressing the politicization of COVID and misinformation

When President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20, he will inherit responsibility for stopping a pandemic that has disproportionately killed Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people. So will Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. Nunez-Smith, a Yale professor, physician, and researcher who has long studied racial disparities in health, in November became a co-chair of Biden’s transition task […]

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Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan Claps Back At Critics Who ‘Downvoted’ Show’s Diversity

Lady Whistledown would appreciate this kind of clap back, we think! If you haven’t already binged all of Bridgerton, you’re missing out. The wildly successful period drama, best described as a Regency-era Gossip Girl, features Julie Andrews as the nosy narrator Lady Whistledown, uncovering the sexy scandals and eyebrow-raising romances of Britain’s high society. Related: […]

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Gayle King Interviews ‘Soho Karen’ Who Attacked A Black Teen — And It Gets WILD!

By now you’ve probably heard the story of “Soho Karen” — whose real name is Miya Ponsetto btw — but this angry white girl is apparently just getting started. OK, let’s rewind — back in December the 22-year-old was caught on video in a Manhattan hotel lobby falsely accusing a Black teenager of stealing her phone. […]

Business

Investors still engage in racist redlining. Why haven’t we done something about it?

I am a Black woman of multiethnic, including white, heritage working in the tech startup world. From this statement alone, it’s obvious I don’t fit the typical mold of Silicon Valley. My background doesn’t either. I spent part of my youth in foster care and was a liberal arts major at UC–Berkeley.  In college, I […]

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Remember The Time Hilaria Baldwin Pretended To Be A POC To Teach Her Daughter About Racism?

No matter what she does, Hilaria Baldwin just can’t duck her “phony Spanish identity” controversy! And new stuff just keeps coming to light that makes her look worse and worse! This time around, the controversy centers on a video clip that Alec Baldwin‘s embattled wife posted about Martin Luther King, Jr. back in 2019. In the […]

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Andy Cohen Appears To Show A Hint Of Regret Over 2020’s Vanderpump Rules Firings

Perhaps Andy Cohen is feeling the pangs of regret on this one? The Watch What Happens Live host is the subject of a brand new profile out this week in the New York Times, and while the thing is all-encompassing, we’re most interested in some comments he has in there about the spate of Vanderpump Rules firings that dominated […]

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Will.i.am Says It ‘Hurts A Little Bit’ That Black Eyed Peas ‘Is Not Looked At As A Black Group’

The Black Eyed Peas have a ton of international success and fame to fall back on, but will.i.am is opening up about something that has been eating at him for a while — and it’s not something that’s so easily fixed by selling even more records. The performing artist opened up in a new interview this week, […]