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‘Make It Happen!!!’: Amazon Prime Considers Marshawn Lynch for Its ‘Thursday Night Football’ Program and Sports Fans Are Here For It

January 13, 2022
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Marshawn Lynch’s appearance on ESPN’s “Manningcast” earlier this season was a hit, and Amazon Prime executives likely took notice. The streaming service has targeted the former NFL running back as a feature reporter/analyst for its exclusive “Thursday Night Football” package beginning next season. Lynch is appealing to fans because of his unfiltered authenticity. There is…

TikTok star Rory Teasley strangled to death by boyfriend over video game argument, authorities say

January 13, 2022
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Docquen Jovo Watkins, 31, has been charged with second degree murder over the incident. TikTok creator Rory Teasley was choked to death by his boyfriend on Thursday after the two men argued over a video game, according to authorities. Teasley’s boyfriend, Docquen Jovo Watkins, 31, of Pontiac, Mich. has been charged with second-degree murder over…

NFL’s Geno Smith told officer he had ‘little d— syndrome’ during DUI arrest, police say

January 13, 2022
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Washington State Patrol officers said Seahawks backup QB Smith was combative and argumentative on Monday after they pulled him over for speeding and driving erratically. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith gave police a hard time early Monday morning when he was pulled over for speeding and erratic driving on a local highway, according to authorities….

Ronnie Spector, ’60s icon who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78

January 13, 2022
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Spector died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, her family said. Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group The Ronettes, has died. She was 78. Spector died…

No charges filed in shooting death of Justin King, man killed by white neighbor

January 12, 2022
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King’s death was ruled a justifiable homicide in an inquest Tuesday The white Missouri man who fatally shot his biracial neighbor Justin King will not face charges, the prosecutor announced Wednesday. TheGrio previously reported that 28-year-old King, who was Black and Filipino, lived across from the unidentified individual who shot and killed him mid-morning on…

2022 SAG nominations: Black talent in TV largely absent

January 12, 2022
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Cynthia Erivo’s turn as Aretha Franklin in ‘Genuis: Aretha’ is the only nomination for a Black actor in 30 slots for TV The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations are here, and the nominations in television categories have shut out much of this year’s Black talent. Cynthia Erivo attends the “Twenties” Season Two Screening on…

DCP EP. 98 The Great Unlearning

January 12, 2022
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Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January 12, 2022 Gerren Keith Gaynor: [00:00:03] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you the news you can trust for the culture. I’m your co-host, Gerren Keith Gaynor, managing editor of Politics and Washington Correspondent at theGrio. [00:00:13][10.1] Shana Pinnock: [00:00:14] Oh! fancy title! And I’m your…

‘Sheer and Utter Trash’: India Arie Slams the Music Industry for Being ‘Racist. Sexist.’ and ‘Deceitful.’

January 12, 2022
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Every so often, actors or artists make public statements about the mistreatment that they endured in the entertainment industry and call for action to change it. India Arie is one of the latest musicians to speak out about her “TRASH” experience in the music industry. Although she didn’t ask for it to change, she did…

Authorities identify all 17 victims of Bronx fire; youngest was 2 years old

January 12, 2022
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It was the city’s deadliest blaze in three decades. The New York Police Department released on Wednesday the names and ages of the 17 people who perished in the Bronx apartment fire on Sunday. The Associated Press reported that an electric space heater set up in one of the bedrooms of a duplex on the…

Home Depot Foundation gives $1M to civil rights center

January 12, 2022
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The foundation said in an announcement the donation was in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the national holiday marking his birthday The Home Depot Foundation said it will give $1 million to the Atlanta-based National Center for Civil and Human Rights, which plans to use the donation to expand its museum…