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Discovery+ and Oprah Team Up For New Series ‘The Great Soul Food Cook-Off’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: OWN TV / Discovery+ Discovery+ and Oprah Winfrey are searching for the best soul food dishes in America in a new cook-off series. Source: OWN TV / Discovery+ Premiering on Discovery+, The Great Soul Food Cook-Off, a first-of-its-kind soul food cooking competition series, aims to celebrate Black chefs and the Black culinary traditions that are the cornerstone of American cuisine. As Black culture continues to be recognized in music, film, fashion, TV, sports, and more, OWN and Discovery+ are spotlighting the culinary contributions of Black chefs with challenges designed to highlight the past and present of soul food. “Soul food originated in the earliest African American communities and describes a style of cuisine that represents the creativity and skill ...
Lady Gaga Details PTSD from Sexual Assault by Unnamed Music Producer
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T16:21:37+00:00“>May 21, 2021 | 12:21pm ET Lady Gaga has opened up in a new interview about the sexual assault she suffered at the hands of an unnamed music producer early in her career. (Trigger warning for anyone who may become upset from details or descriptions of sexual assault and rape.) During the emotional sit-down — which comes from the first episode of Oprah and Prince Harry’s new Apple TV+ docuseries The Me You Can’t See — the pop star discussed how the rape left her with lasting emotional scars. “I was 19 years old, and I was working in the business, and a producer said to me, ‘Take your clothes off,’ Gaga recalled through tears. “And I said, ‘No.” And I left, and th...
Prince Charles pays tribute to ‘my dear papa’ Philip for devoted service
Britain’s Prince Charles paid a personal tribute on Saturday to his “dear papa” Prince Philip, saying the royal family missed him emormously and that the 99-year-old would have been amazed at the touching reaction across the world to his death. Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth who had been at her side throughout her record-breaking 69-year reign, died at Windsor Castle on Friday. “As you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously,” Charles, the couple’s eldest son and heir to the throne, said outside his Highgrove House home in west England. “My dear papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him and from that point of view we are, my family, deeply grateful f...
HBO’s Tina Is a Disappointing Slog for a Vibrant Legend: Review
The Pitch: You can’t keep Tina Turner down. Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee to a sharecropper, her mother left when she was 11 years old to escape the clutches of her abusive husband. Bullock would later visit her mother in St Louis wherein she met Ike Turner at a nightclub. From there: The pair began a tumultuous, abusive relationship on the part of Ike. Bullock, by then known as Tina Turner, became entrapped but eventually escaped, rebuilt her music career, and performed one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history. Her story is one of survival, one of resilience, and one too often defined by Ike and not under the banner of Turner. The hardest working woman in show business bids adieu and recounts her life in T. J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay’s HBO documentary — Tina...
Beyoncé Shows Meghan Markle Love After Oprah Interview
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Aaron Chown – PA Images / Getty Beyoncé is showing her support to her friend Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, in a powerful way. On Tuesday (Mar 9) the superstar, who rarely posts online, has dedicated the homepage of her website to the Duchess, writing her a public thank-you note in response to her explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey. “Thank you Meghan for your courage and leadership,” Beyoncé said in the statement. “We are all strengthened and inspired by you.”The message is accompanied by a photo of Beyoncé and Markle meeting at The Lion King premiere in 2019. According to Entertainment Tonight, the couples discussed the birth of Harry and Meghan’s son Archie during their brief conversation, with Jay-Z offering the advice to “always find some time ...
Meghan Markle Wearing Princess Diana’s Bracelet During the Oprah Interview Speaks Volumes
“Were you silent, or were you silenced?” asked Oprah Winfrey to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in the couple’s forthcoming interview about their experience of royal life. Markle might have cautioned from opening up in Oprah’s interview teaser, but wearing her mother-in-law’s diamond tennis bracelet said more than enough. During the interview, Markle wears a Giorgio Armani long triple silk georgette dress (£3,300), Pippa Small 18KT gold and triple aquamarine Collette set necklace (£1,400), and a Cartier Love bracelet, along with a diamond tennis bracelet once owned by her mother-in-law Princess Diana. “My biggest concern was history repeating itself,” said Harry in the teaser, which seems to be referring the tabloid’s negative effect on his mo...
Kanye West Spoke To Joe Rogan For 3 Hours, Says Oprah Told Him Not To Run
Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Kanye West is quite loquacious. The struggle Presidential candidate spoke to Joe Rogan for three hours, and even detailed how Oprah Winfrey urged him not to run. Of course, Yeezy didn’t actually listen to Oprah. Just like he said he would, West sat down with the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, and it was a doozy. For nearly three hours, West hit a myriad of topics including his relationship with God, building a soundstage in Atlanta, making his kicks more affordable, the Titanic and all types of other random or not so random sh*t. But the Oprah moment did stick out. “I remember running into Oprah two days or one day after that, and she’s like you don’t want to be president,” said West. “One of the things Oprah said is she said, ‘You got to bone up on your foreig...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
Oprah Erects 26 Billboards Around Louisville Calling For Justice For Breonna Taylor
Source: Patrick Smith / Getty Oprah Winfrey is continuing her crusade to assist in the fight of helping to bring the police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor to justice. Last week after dedicating her O Magazine cover to the slain EMT, Oprah has decided to fight even harder by erecting 26 billboards all over the city of Louisville serving as a demand that the police officers who murdered Taylor in her home be charged for the crime. “Breonna Taylor. She was just like me. She was just like you,” Oprah said last week while unveiling the historic cover. “And like everyone who dies unexpectedly, she had plans. Plans for a future filled with responsibility and work and friends and laughter. I think about Breonna Taylor often. Imagine if three unidentified men burst into your...
Say Her Name Again: Breonna Taylor Graces Oprah’s ‘O Magazine’ Cover
Source: Breonna Taylor / Breonna Taylor Even though a large percentage of media outlets have pivoted away from America’s glaring racism problem the fight for equity continues. One of the culture’s biggest names is keeping the much needed narrative on everyone’s radar. As spotted on Page Six Oprah Winfrey has bowed out of her regular duties for her O Magazine. Since its’ launch in April 2000 she has graced the cover of the women’s publication. For the September issue the media mogul has chosen to feature Breonna Taylor; which is a first in the brand’s history. The creative features a portrait of the late emergency medical technician done by Janelle Washington. On the cover is a quote by Oprah saying “If you turn a blind eye to racism, you become an accomplice to it”. Winfrey also wrote...
Oprah Winfrey To Air ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ 2-Night Event On OWN
Source: Screengrab / OWN With the nation reeling over the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, several celebrities have spoken up about the racial inequality in America. Tonight(June 9) on OWN, Oprah Winfrey will be at the center of a two-night event speaking with Black leaders, entertainers, and media figures for a much-needed discussion about the state of affairs in Black America. OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? will are tonight at 9 PM ET/PT and again at the same time tomorrow (June 10). Some of the guests for the virtual event will include Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Rev. William J. Barber II, Stacey Abrams, and more. The aim of the special is to examine the next steps after the massive and still ongoing protest...
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