Will Smith, Childish Gambino and Chance the Rapper Among 2019 Webby Award Nominees
23rd annual awards honors best in internet content
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Jussie Smollett Already Lost at the NAACP Image Awards
Embattled “Empire” star was bested by “Grey’s Anatomy’s” Jesse Williams for the Outstanding Supporting Actor trophy
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‘Selah and the Spades’ Star Lovie Simone Wants You to Know ‘There’s Not One Way to Live Black’ (Video)
Sundance 2019: The film, directed by Tayarisha Poe, premiered in the NEXT category during the festival
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As Trump Bashed National Anthem Protestors, Colin Kaepernick Gave $1 Million to Charity
The former 49ers QB partnered with Usher, Jesse Williams, Snoop Dogg and more celebrities to finish the last $100k
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Ice Cube Is Cool With National Anthem Protests in His BIG3 Basketball League (Exclusive)
“The beauty about being an American is you have the freedom to stand, sit, lie down or roll over,” during the anthem, the rapper tells TheWrap
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Was ‘The Great Gatsby’ Black?
New book argues that race is central to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel
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Wendy Williams Show Hires Ex-‘View’ Producer Who’s Suing Rosie O’Donnell (Exclusive)
Jennifer Brookman, who alleges O’Donnell got her fired after on-set screaming match, will oversee topics segment after Williams’ controversial remarks on black colleges
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7 Stars Wendy Williams Has Bashed: From Beyonce to Tupac (Photos)
Look back at seven of the celebrities the daytime talk show host has targeted
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Jesse Williams Rips Melania Trump Speech Amidst Plagiarism Accusations
The “Grey’s Anatomy” star uses the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes to mock Donald Trump’s wife
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Police Quit WNBA Security Gig After Players Wear Black Lives Matter Shirts
“I commend them for it,” says the president of the Minneapolis Police Federation
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Roland Martin Will Educate Wendy Williams About Race on Her Own Show Thursday
“He will be here to have open dialogue. Roland will be here on Thursday,” talk show host tells her audience Monday
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Roland Martin Tells Wendy Williams to ‘Shut the Hell Up’ About the NAACP, HBCUs (Video)
“If you actually bothered to read a book and not gossip magazines, you might know these things,” Martin says
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Wendy Williams Trashed for Jesse Williams Comments: ‘The Older Version of Stacy Dash’
Williams’ statements about historically black colleges and NAACP draw strong backlash
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Pro-Jesse Williams Petitions Outnumber Opposition 78-1
The lone Change.org appeal demanding the “Grey’s Anatomy” star’s dismissal actually has fewer signatures than one asking creator Shonda Rhimes to do nothing
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Jesse Williams Says There Is ‘Not a Single Sane Sentence’ in Change.org Petition
Over 19,000 have signed a petition calling for ABC to fire Jesse Williams from “Grey’s Anatomy” for his BET Awards speech
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Petition to Fire Jesse Williams From ‘Grey’s’ Nearly Quadruples Signatures in 24 Hours
Change.org protest currently has support of almost 20,000
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6 Most Outlandish Online Petitions, From Jesse Williams to Piers Morgan (Photos)
Before the Change.org campaign to have the “Grey’s Anatomy” star fired, there were appeals to deport Justin Bieber, arrest Beyonce and even change the national anthem
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Jesse Williams’ Outspoken History of Racial Activism (Photos)
“Grey’s Anatomy” star has been addressing issues of inequality in America since long before his viral BET Awards speech
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Jesse Williams’ BET Speech: Here’s What Offended Some People
“If this was a white person making the same speech about an African American, they would have been fired,” says petition demanding just that
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Petition to Fire Jesse Williams From ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for ‘Racist’ BET Speech Passes 6,000 Signatures
Not gonna work, showrunner Shonda Rhimes replies
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Stacey Dash Calls Jesse Williams ‘Hollywood Plantation Slave’ for BET Speech
“What he said was straight out of the Black Lives Matter playbook,” Dash writes
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What is Black Girl Magic? A Short Explainer
“I would have to define black girl magic as just being empowering, being confident and loving yourself,” Disney channel star Skai Jackson tells TheWrap.
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Hate Drives TV Viewers to Return to Shows, New Study Finds
New Canvs study of Twitter reactions to TV shows that hate is one of the most powerful emotions driving TV viewership
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Why Jesse Williams, Cersei Lannister, Nicole Franzel Are TV’s Twitter MVPs of the Week
This week’s most emotionally reacted-to TV personalities, as measured on social media
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Jesse Williams’ BET Awards Speech: 5 Highlights That Make It a Must Watch (Video)
“If you have a critique for the resistance, for our resistance, then you better have an established record of critique of our oppression” said the actor
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BET President Debra Lee on Awards Ratings and Jesse Williams-Justin Timberlake Flap
“I’m really sorry to hear there was a backlash,” longtime network chief says of Timberlake controversy
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Is Justin Timberlake ‘Appropriating’ Black Culture? Here’s His Response
Former NSYNC frontman gets called out on Twitter during BET Awards
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2016 BET Awards: Complete Winners List
Here are all the winners from the 2016 BET Awards
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2016 BET Awards Red Carpet Arrivals (Photos)
Stars step out in Los Angeles for the network’s annual awards show
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Ava DuVernay, Ryan Coogler to Compete Against Oscars With Flint Benefit on Sunday
Hannibal Buress, Janelle Monae and Jesse Williams are also set to take the stage
