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Regina King (also known as Regina Thee King and Regina BEEN King) will be making her hosting debut in the upcoming…

Sundance has announced their Film Festival Jury for 2021, highlighting some of the best and brightest across film,…

On Saturday, Lifetime will debut its latest original biopic about one of hip-hop’s most iconic duos—Salt-N-Pepa.

Comedian Dave Chappelle has tested positive for COVID-19, The Root has learned.

Despite what may be trending on Twitter right now, the charges against Daystar Peterson (aka Tory Lanez) as it…

We made it, y’all! We’ve survived four crazy years of a Trump Presidency and now we can all go outside and bask in…

I know what the headline says, but we’re not actually gonna talk about the inauguration today—at least not the…

Grammy-nominated artist Ledisi will once again be portraying legendary gospel great Mahalia Jackson, this time in an…

Grammy-nominated artists Jazmine Sullivan and H.E.R have been tapped to perform at this year’s Super Bowl LV in…

Historian (and 2020 The Root 100 honoree) Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will partner with Netflix for a handful of…

It’s about to be a great day for the nation and a great day for HBCUs.

On Monday, legendary artist Stevie Wonder posted a four-minute video message in an open letter to Dr. King.

The Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that the critically acclaimed drama from Ava DuVernay, Queen Sugar, will…

Contrary to what it may feel and look like right now, we are in fact in a new year. Though our immediate…

Today, NBCUniversal debuted their newly established NBCU Academy, a training and development program for various…

Chi-Town, stand up!

Yara Shahidi and her mother Keri will soon be bringing us into the world of the cannabis industry for a new series…

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a whooole lot of Black Girl Magic happening on the political front lately.…

On Monday night, the 30th Annual Gotham Awards took place both virtually and in person at Cipriani Wall Street in…

If you’re looking for a safe digital space (other than Twitter) to shamelessly stan and bask in the splendor of all…