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‘Mahalia’: How ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Danielle Brooks Landed the Role of Mahalia Jackson
“My first connection to her was just seeing her face,” Brooks says
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How Aaron Rodgers Prepared to ‘Crush’ His First Time as ‘Jeopardy!’ Host
“I felt like the best way to honor Alex’s memory was to be so dialed in and so ready,” Rodgers says
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‘Mahalia’: 4 Key Facts About Mahalia Jackson’s Life the Lifetime Movie Missed
Biopic starring “Orange Is the New Black” star, Danielle Brooks, airs April 3
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Nobody Knows How to Take Newsmax Anchor Greg Kelly’s Weird as Hell Tweet About Weed
Kelly claims he “toked” once and somehow blacked out for four days, and we’re not saying we don’t believe him, but we don’t do believe him either
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Mia Farrow Opens Up About the Deaths of 3 of Her Children to Combat ‘Vicious Rumors’
The circumstances surrounding their passings has been a topic of discussion since “Allen v. Farrow” was released
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Derek Chauvin Trial: Critics Call Sexism on Questioning of Firefighter Genevieve Hansen
“This is going to be problematic for the Chauvin defense,” MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid says
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Trump Taunted with Pro-Transgender Billboard Outside Mar-a-Lago
“We chose this location and this language specifically to speak directly to our former president and his supporters,” Folx Health executive Rocco Kayiatos says
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Tucker Carlson Called Out for ‘Sneering’ at Fellow Fox Host Juan Williams (Video)
Carlson and Williams got into it Monday while discussing the country’s infrastructure
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Why Tina Turner Doesn’t Talk About Her Ex-Husband, Ike Turner, in ‘Tina’
“What is clear in talking to her is that she is making an active choice every day to continue to survive,” filmmaker Dan Lindsay told Vanity Fair
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‘Tina’: Where Is Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll Tina Turner Now?
The 81-year-old legend has mostly retired from music after putting down the mic in 2000
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How Courtney B Vance Captured the ‘Messy’ Relationship Between Aretha and Father CL Franklin
“They, like every other family, were messy, and it’s the story of overcoming,” Vance says of Aretha Franklin’s relationship with her dad
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Jessica Walter Mourned by Viola Davis, Aisha Tyler and More: ‘Queen of the Undermining Zinger’
“Lucille Bluth is one of the best comedic performances of all time,” comedian Kath Barbadoro says
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Craig ‘Mums’ Grant, Poet and ‘Oz’ Actor, Dies at 53
Mums appeared in all of HBO’s “Oz,” from 1997-2003
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Chrissy Teigen Quits Twitter: ‘My Life Goal is to Make People Happy’
“I’ve always been portrayed as the strong clap back girl but I’m just not,” Teigen says before shutting her account down
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NY Gov Andrew Cuomo’s Family, Including CNN Anchor Chris, Got Special Access to COVID Tests
CNN anchor “turned to anyone he could for advice and assistance, as any human being would,” a network spokesperson says
