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Mel B. Alleges Estranged Husband Beat Her And Got A Nanny Pregnant

Singer Mel B has won a temporary restraining order and sole custody of her youngest daughter after she claimed her estranged husband subjected her to years of abuse.The judge’s order was issued Monday after the former Spice Girl filed a sworn declaration stating Stephen Belafonte subjected her to emotional and physical abuse throughout their relationship, and threatened to leak sex tapes of her.

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RodeoHouston Welcomes 11 Newcomers to the Rotating Stage in 2017

Individual Tickets on Sale Saturday, Jan. 14, 10 A.M.

More than half of the star-studded entertainer lineup scheduled to perform at RodeoHouston® will take the rotating stage for the first time in 2017.

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Bravo Announces New Top Chef "Cheftestants" and Houston Chef Evelyn Garcia is in the mix!

Emmy-Winning Digital Companion Series “Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen” Returns Thursday, March 10

Houston, we have “Top Chef!” Bravo’s “Top Chef,” will call Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city, home for season 19, launching with a supersized premiere on Thursday, March 3 from 8:00 – 9:15 pm ET/PT. The Emmy and James Beard Award-Winning series, produced by Magical Elves, returns with host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. Expect the unexpected as 15 talented chefs from across the country vie for the coveted title bringing their unique skillsets, variety of cuisines and gamut of flavors.

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Essence Festival x Verzuz Battle to Feature Bobby Brown x Keith Sweat on July 1st!

It’s official! The battle for the title of R&B king is back on the line--and this time, the 2021 ESSENCE Festival of Culture Presented by Coca-Cola will feature two of the genre’s icons going head-to-head for the crown in a Verzuz battle to rival the best of them! Watch as none other than Bobby Brown and Keith Sweat step onto the ESSENCE Festival X Verzuz stage and go hit-for-hit in what’s sure to be an epic showdown filled with a host of the R&B classics fans love. It all takes place tomorrow night, Thursday, July 1ST, at 8 P.M. (ET) via ESSENCE.com, the Triller app and the Verzuz TV Instagram page. For more details, click here...

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Stays True To The Original

Those looking for clues into Marvel entries like Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War won’t find any major revelations in the second installment of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - and that’s okay. Choosing instead to focus on the thrills and elements that made the original a smash, the crew returns to discover the origins of Peter Jason Quill’s (Chris Pratt) birth.

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Steve King: Blacks and Hispanics 'will be fighting each other' Before Overtaking Whites in Population

Iowa Rep. Steve King said Monday that blacks and Hispanics "will be fighting each other" before overtaking whites in the US population.

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Schiff On Wiretapping Probe: 'We're going to air this very publicly'

The investigation into President Donald Trump's unverified allegations that former President Barack Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped will be public, the leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee vowed Thursday.

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Presidential debates to be moderated by Chris Wallace, Steve Scully and Kristen Welker

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Wednesday the moderators for the upcoming three debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump and the single debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence.

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Thousands of Election Workers Needed in Harris County for the November General Election

The Harris County Clerk’s Office is looking for election workers to staff more than 800 voting centers that will be open for the November 3, 2020 General Election. Election workers are also needed three weeks prior to the election to work at approximately 100 voting centers during the Early Voting period, October 13-30.

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Non-profit teams up with bakery to house and employ homeless women

A West Michigan non-profit is working to better the lives of homeless women.

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McDonald's Names Desiree Ralls-Morrison as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced today that Desiree Ralls-Morrison has been named the company's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, overseeing global legal operations and corporate governance. Ralls-Morrison will start on April 26, 2021 and will be based at the company's Chicago headquarters in the West Loop.

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The director of Will Smith's new movie hopes audiences can get past the infamous Oscars Slap

After the Academy Awards earlier this year, movie watchers and industry insiders alike have wondered what Will Smith's now-infamous, on-air slapping of Chris Rock will mean for the "King Richard" actor's career, as well as his future Oscars chances.

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Charlamagne Tha God lands talk show executive produced by Stephen Colbert

Charlamagne Tha God is making good on his promise to bring more diversity to media. The popular radio host has landed a late-night talk show on Comedy Central.

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Houston Jazz Collective a Collaboration of Art and Music

Houston Jazz Collective is an organization that incorporates the genres of music and art featuring major talents to pay tribute to accomplished jazz musicians. Past events have included outstanding Houston-based jazz musicians such as Frank Lacy, Kirk Whalum, Billy Harper, Bob Dorough, and Chris Dave paying tribute to Arnet Cobb. In this year's events Shelly Carrol paying tribute to John Coltrane and supreme love. The Houston Jazz Collective combines performances with outreach programs “The Houston Center for After School Jazz Programs”. The program exposes youth to the arts through a jazz curriculum that educates giving them the understanding of jazz in the original form. Their vision is cultivating expanded minds as well as creating a lasting impression that will hopefully leave a beautiful culturally rich memory of jazz.

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Will Smith makes first awards show appearance since the 2022 Oscars

Will Smith returned to the award show stage in person for the first time since slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars last year. Smith accepted the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards on Wednesday alongside his "Emancipation" director Antoine Fuqua.

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A California city is guaranteeing income to 800 residents for two years

The city of Compton is launching a pilot program that will guarantee free, recurring cash payments to 800 of its low-income residents -- with no strings attached.

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America's Malls Are Rotting Away

The worst is yet to come for American shopping malls. As Macy's, JCPenney, Sears and other major department stores close their doors, the malls that housed those stores are facing a serious crisis.

Houston Community College Hit With $100 Million Dollar Racial Discrimination Class Action Suit Filed On Behalf of Black Employees on Juneteenth

A $100 million racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed in a Houston, Texas state district court on behalf of hundreds of Black present and former employees of the Houston Community College (“HCC”). The suit was intentionally filed Friday, June 19, 2020– “Juneteenth—the anniversary date that Black slaves in Texas learned they had been freed from slavery two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln.

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'Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul' finds dark satire in a disgraced megachurch

Adapted from a film short into a movie, "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul" exhibits the strain of the magnification process -- as premises go, feeling a little light in terms of the collection plate. The central performances, however, make this dark satire awkwardly watchable, with Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall as the disgraced pastor and his wife desperately plotting a comeback.

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Logan Browning Gets Candid About the Series Dear White People

Her beauty is luminescent, her conviction fierce. It’s a potent combination and why actress Logan Browning’s portrayal of student activist Sam White in the Netflix hit series Dear White People has struck a chord with audiences. The series, based off the 2014 movie of the same name, also created by Justin Simien, seems custom made to address the uproarious intersection where President Donald Trump’s politics and Black Lives Matter collide. More importantly, beyond its pop culture relevance, is the show’s ability to humanize a people and their collective point-of-view to a larger population of viewers.