The social network giant Twitter announced on Tuesday it is doubling how many characters users can cram into a tweet. Most tweets will now fit 280 characters, up from 140. The new limit will roll out to Twitter users in almost all 40 languages Twitter supports. The new character length won’t apply to Japanese, […]
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The Bobby Brown Story will pick up where the The film left off, chronicling the talented but troubled singer’s exit from the popular ’80s boy band through his solo success, his affair with Janet Jackson and marriage to pop icon Whitney Houston, according to Deadline. Woody McClain will reprise his role as “The King of
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LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Studios revealed the main cast for its upcoming live-action and CG adaptation of its 1994 animated classic Wednesday, and it’s confirmed, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is joining the cast of “The Lion King,” as the voice of Nala. Some cast members had been previously announced for the film, including Donald Glover as Simba
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Credit: Instagram Our congrats to Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition and wife Shamari, on the birth of their twin boys. The couple showed off the two little cuties dressed in pumpkin costume. According to the pic on instagram @DeVoeTwins, the babies have two very different personalities, one up and ready to go, and the
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Page Six is reporting that quarterback Colin Kaepernick has just signed a book deal with Random House, reportedly for more than $1 million. On Monday, PageSix reported that Colin Kaepernick was taking meetings with publishers out of talent agency William Morris Endeanvor’s New York City offices. As one of the most politically outspoken figures in
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(Luiz C. Ribeiro/AP Images) OWN’s new docu-series “Checked Inn,” featuring entrepreneur Monique Greenwood and the couples who visit her family-run, upscale bed and breakfast, will have its network premiere on Tuesday, November 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (after an all new episode of Tyler Perry’s “If Loving You Is Wrong” at 9
Officer Archie Calvin Buggs was brutally murdered November 4, 1978. His tragic death has gone unmemorialized for 39 years. Over the last several years, the San Diego Black Police Officers Association (SDBPOA) has worked tirelessly to get a memorial for Archie worthy of bringing pride to his legacy and his family. That day has finally
More exciting news in the works for Insecure actress and creator Issa Rae. Deadline reported today that the Golden Globe nominee is now developing a drama with HBO. Rae is set to executive produce a project centering on an African-American family set in Los Angeles in the early and turbulent 1990s, which deals with the events
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In collaboration with NCWIT (National Center For Women & Information Technology, Bella Graham Consulting, and Eileen Kahn Consulting, Google hosted a special event exploring how STEM and computer science can take many forms in our everyday lives, specifically in the arts. The event, Dress Code, is for LA-based high school students to show them that coding careers
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Voting opened for the 49TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS – NAACP ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, on October 8th. The winner will be revealed during the two-hour special airing live on TV One, Monday, January 15, 2018, the federal holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The six nominees are: Chadwick Boseman, Ava DuVernay,
