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The tragic murder of Emmett Till, the young African-American boy who was accused of openly flirting with a white woman has remained one of the most starkly brutal racially-charged crime of our time.
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For the first time ever, a sitting president and first lady will be a part of South by Southwest – a festival of diverse creativity that has been going strong for the past 30 years.
President Obama and Michelle Obama
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Zoe Saldana’s casting as the legendary Nina Simone in the biopic Nina – that aims to capture the late singer and activist’s somewhat turbulent relationship with her former caretaker and manager Clifton Henderson, played by David Oyelowo, who happens to be one of the producers of the film has caused quite a stir for obvious reasons.
Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
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Star Jones is evidently using her real life mishaps to her benefit and VH1 is helping her reap the rewards of her hard labor and short-lived misfortune.
The lawyer and TV personality’s departure from ABC’s The View back in 2006 caused quite a stir when Jones decided to announce she was leaving the daytime talk show two days early in order to give the impression that she was walking away from the high-profile gig on her own terms.
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Director Asif Kapadia’s dedicated his Oscar for best documentary, Amy, to the “beautiful girl” who inspired it and as touching as his tribute was – it didn’t resonate with the late singer’s father, Mitch Winehouse who has been quite vocal about his disdain for the filmmaker’s allegedly dishonest portrayal of his daughter.
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