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Nov 5 1 Movies 11/5/20 Movies 11/5/20 Movies Now You Can Be Confused at Home for the Holidays— Tenet Releases on Digital, DVD and Blu-ray in December Tonja Renée Stidhum 4 1 After weeks of release pushback followed by a timid domestic theatrical release, it looks like most of us will finally get to see Tenet and discuss how much we don’t get it. Then, watch 50 -11 more times and try to dissect it, though we still won’t fully get it. Nov 5 1 Politics 11/5/20 Politics 11/5/20 Politics Rosario Dawson Is ’Proud’ of Her Jersey Boo Cory Booker Winning Reelection to U.S Senate Seat—and Yes, She Voted for Him Tonja Renée Stidhum 15 1 Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes...how do you measure, measure an election year?! That’s how long it seems to be taking to get the swing state results for the 2020 presidential election, by the way. 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Nov 4 2 Movies 11/4/20 Movies 11/4/20 Movies Wesley Snipes Denies Claim That He ’Tried to Strangle’ Blade: Trinity Director, Says It ’Never Happened’ Tonja Renée Stidhum 9 2 Wesley Snipes is setting a rumored record straight. The 58-year-old actor has denied the claim that he tried to strangle Blade: Trinity director David Goyer. Advertisement Nov 4 1 Politics 11/4/20 Politics 11/4/20 Politics ’Welp, Kanye West 2024’: Rapper Concedes 2020 Presidential Race, Will Not Run This Town Tonight Tonja Renée Stidhum 63 1 For those of you who were expecting to tell Kanye West, Congratulations, President-Elect Kanye West”...well, you can’t tell him nothin’. We may not know yet who our next president is—but it certainly isn’t Kanye. Nov 3 Save Music 11/3/20 Music 11/3/20 Music ’God’s Plan’: Drake Breaks Yet Another Billboard Record Shanelle Genai 2 Save Damn Drake, back at it again, I see. The Toronto-raised rapper has officially earned his 21st No.1 hit on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop song charts, thanks to his latest track, Laugh Now, Cry Later” featuring rapper Lil Durk. Nov 3 1 Television 11/3/20 Television 11/3/20 Television Watch: Shonda Rhimes’ First Netflix Drama Bridgerton Will Give Out Canards for Christmas Tonja Renée Stidhum 6 1 You know how Disneyworld has different parks such as EPCOT and Magic Kingdom? Well, Shondaland has a new park” and it’s called Bridgerton . Nov 3 Save Television 11/3/20 Television 11/3/20 Television Wedding Bells Will be Ringing on a Special Black-ish Episode Shanelle Genai 2 Save Somebody cue the music and dust off the jumping broom! Advertisement Nov 3 Save Politics 11/3/20 Politics 11/3/20 Politics Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous and Political: What Are Black Celebrities Doing on Election Day 2020? [Updating] Tonja Renée Stidhum 1 Save This is the day the overlord has made, let us cringe and be anxious in it. Nov 3 1 Media 11/3/20 Media 11/3/20 Media Erykah Badu Sits Down With Ebro Darden for Apple Music’s Inaugural Episode of The Message Shanelle Genai 2 1 If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that no one—and I mean absolutely no one—is exempt from its crazy, not even Grammy-award winning artist Erykah Badu. And that’s exactly why she’s teamed up with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden for the inaugural episode of its new series, The Message. Nov 3 1 Entertainment 11/3/20 Entertainment 11/3/20 Entertainment Did Timbaland Come and Talk to Us to Tease Jodeci for a Future Verzuz ? Tonja Renée Stidhum 1 1 Have y’all been feenin’ for Verzuz ever since it ended? As Netflix’s Strong Black Lead editorial and brand manager and 2020 The Root 100 honoree Jasmyn Lawson told us , I’ve loved every moment that we, as a community, have been able to come together virtually, especially during moments like Verzuz .” Nov 2 Save Media 11/2/20 Media 11/2/20 Media Loni Love, Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley Headline New Mocha Podcasts Network: ’There’s Strength When We Unite’ Jay Connor 2 Save You might not be familiar with the name Shelia Eldridge, but you should be. Advertisement More stories...