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Pharrell Williams is featured on the cover of GQ magazine’s ‘New Masculinity’ issue.
GQ’s November 2019 issue puts Pharrell front and center as the traditional men’s magazine shares “an exploration of the ways that traditional notions of masculinity are being challenged, overturned, and evolved”.
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Black men matter. Period. That is the message that Oprah Winfrey conveyed yesterday when she surprised Morehouse College with another huge donation.
Winfrey donated $13 million to the historically black all-male college on Monday (October 8) further contributing to her scholarship program at the institution that was founded more than 150 years ago to educate African American men.
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Tyler Perry Studios welcomed guests to celebrate on the 330-acre lot, where sound stage dedications were made in honor of Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Sidney Poitier, Halle Berry, Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Cicely Tyson, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and the late John Singleton, Diahann Carroll, and Della Reese.
Celebrities came out in droves to honor Perry’s accomplishment as nearly 800 people walked the red carpet prior to the event.
Guests included Beyonce and Jay-Z, President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Diddy, Ava DuVernay, Samuel L. Jackson, Viola Davis, John Lewis, Bernice King, Stacey Abrams, Maxine Waters, Tiffany Haddish, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, Jeezy, Ludacris, Usher, Tyrese, 2 Chainz, TI, Terrance Howard, Gladys Knight, Gayle King, Jenifer Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Patti LaBelle, Tina Knowles, Tamron Hall, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Storm Reid, and BeBe Winans, among several hundred others.
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Uh oh! Oprah Winfrey’s stock portfolio took a major hit earlier this week on her Weight Watchers investment.
[FLASHBACK: Oprah’s Motivational Weight Watchers Commercial (VIDEO)]
The 65-year-old mogul, who owns more than 8 percent of the wellness company, lost nearly $58 million on paper Wednesday morning as the company’s stock plunged.
That’s 58 MILLION with an “M”!
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Oprah Winfrey has suffered a huge loss this holiday season as her mother, Vernita Lee, has died.
Several sources report that Lee passed away on Thanksgiving Day and Oprah has hit the net with a touching tribute to her mom.
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Oprah Winfrey posed with Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and Atlanta Mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms during a campaign rally yesterday (11/1) in in Marietta, Georgia (a Republican-leaning suburb of Atlanta).
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