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Oprah Winfrey Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award At Golden Globes With Powerful Speech
Oprah Winfrey is the first Black woman to receive the Cecil B. Demille Award.
New Season Of ‘Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta’ Airs Thursday
Oprah Winfrey accepted the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. De- Mille Award for lifetime achievement with a rousing acceptance speech that began as a personal reflection and ended as a call to arms.
According to Salon, Sunday night’s telecast of 75th Golden Globes exemplified everything great and awkward about the industry’s highly publicized ef- forts to confront the surge of sexual harassment scandal and embrace the age of #MeToo.
Lending us wings to rise above it all was Ms. Winfrey, who was fiery and luminous.
The media mogul’s accept- ance of the career honor de- fined the evening.
Thundering through a speech Winfrey hit the pause button to remind the audience just how much work still needs to be done. She acknowledged the awe-inspiring power inher- ent to standing on that stage, describing how she felt at see- ing Sidney Poitier accept such recognition as the first Black man, so many years ago.
She recognized what seeing her occupy that same rare air, as the first Black woman to re-
ceive the award meant to younger women determined to take their shot in a world that long has stacked the deck against them.
Then Winfrey used her power to invoke the name of a Black woman unknown to most: the main subject of the 2017 documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor.” Briefly re- counting the story, Winfrey explained that in 1944 Tay- lor was walking home from a church service when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left by the side of the road.
Through the NAACP and the efforts of Rosa Parks, Taylor sought justice that was denied her but, Winfrey revealed, Ms. Taylor died 10 days ago, shortly before her 98th birthday.
“She lived, as we have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,” Winfrey said. “For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.”
Boys mainstay, DJ Hurri- cane; Brandon Barnes, godson of famed hip hop man- ager Ms. Deb, and god brother of hip hop star Waka
Flocka and Zonnique Pullins, Daughter of hip hop power couple T.I. and Tiny.
The show airs at 9 P.M. on WE TV
The heirs of Atlanta hip hop are back and testing the legacy of family and the code of the streets. The series premiered on May 25, 2017, and chroni- cles the lives of the children of hip hop legends in Atlanta.
Who will pay the price when shocking secrets, betrayal and a faceoff between Bow and JD spin their worlds out of con- trol.
The cast includes: Bow Wow, child hip hop star who grew up under the tutelage of Snoop and mega-producer, Jermaine Dupri; Shaniah Mauldin, Jermaine Dupri’s biological daughter; Reginae Carter, daughter of rap star Lil’ Wayne; Ayana Fite, daughter of The Beastie
Growing Up Hip Hop ATL cast.
Donald Glover And Girlfriend Welcome 2nd Son
Donald Glover is a dad again!
The Atlanta creator’s al- leged Italian American girl- friend, Michelle has given birth to their second son, the proud dad confirmed to PEO- PLE.
No other details, including the baby’s name and birth date, have been released. The star said fatherhood hadn’t changed, but that he’s excited about the addition to his fam- ily.
“I think my partner, she does all the hard stuff, to be honest,” he said. “She’s just very sup- portive. I haven’t really had to change anything. But it’s given me definitely another percep-
Super private rapper/actor Donald Glover aka ‘Childish Gam- bino’ and his girlfriend, Michelle have a second baby together.
Lionel Richie Is Newest Judge On Revamped ‘American Idol’
Ryan Seacreast returns with his new judges, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan.
A new network brings back the reality competition show that started it all. Ryan Seacrest returns, with new judges R&B star, Lionel Richie, left, pop star, Katy Perry and country star, Luke Bryan. The new show airs on March 11 on ABC.
Travis Scott Plans To Release ‘Astroworld’ Between Now And March
tion on what life is. It gives me a lot of context.”
The actor, 34, told Enter- tainment Tonight that his girlfriend, Michelle is doing
well. The newest member of the Emmy winner’s household joins big brother, Legend, whom the couple welcomed in 2016.
In 2017, Travis Scott en- joyed the best year of his ca- reer.
Enjoying the success of his 2016 album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, with his own singles such as “Goosebumps” with Kendrick Lamar, the summer jam “Butterfly Effect”, and also on features with Drake (Portland) and SZA (Love Galore). Scott also re- leased Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho with Quavo at the end of 2017. The album sold 90k equivalent albums, debut- ing at number three on the
Travis Scott had great success in 2017 without releasing a new album, all of that will change.
Billboard 200.
But it appears that La
Flame is ready to do it all again in 2018. Per Billboard,
Scott’s follow up with Birds ti- tled AstroWorld is to be re- leased between now and March.
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