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Rapper: Transgender Community ‘Rebuking God’

Rapper and presidential candidate Waka Flocka Flame unloaded on the media’s portrayal of gender transitioning in an interview on radio station Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club show Friday morning, calling the practice a rebuke to God.

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‘Snowden’ Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt: ‘What He Did Was Right’

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to play former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden in an Oliver Stone biopic early next year – and in an interview with the Guardian, the actor details a secret meeting he had with Snowden in Russia to prepare for the role.

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Transgender Community Rips ‘I Am Cait’ Jenner Reality Show

As the first season of E! network’s I Am Cait reality television show came to an end last weekend, many in the transgender community have blasted both the show and its star, Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner, for failing to represent the struggles that ordinary trans people face on a daily basis.

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Matt Damon Apologizes after Left Attacks Him for Diversity Comments

Matt Damon apologized Wednesday for a comment he made during the fourth season premiere of his reality television show Project Greenlight earlier this week in which he suggested to a successful black female filmmaker that diversity only mattered onscreen and not behind it.

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Celebrities Weigh in On CNN Republican Debate

Hollywood was watching Wednesday night as the top 11 Republican contenders for the presidency duked it out at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California for CNN’s Republican Presidential Debate.

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Left Eats Liberal Matt Damon for Offering Opinion on Diversity

Matt Damon is under heavy fire from liberal-leaning media outlets for a segment on his HBO reality show Project Greenlight in which the actor-producer offered a comment on diversity in the film business to a successful black female filmmaker.

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California Bill: Illegals Who are Victims of Crime Can stay

A bill granting deportation protection to illegal immigrants in California who have been victims of violent crime is currently awaiting signature from Gov. Jerry Brown. SB 674, or, the Immigrant Victims of Crime Equity Act, passed the state Assembly by

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Damon Wayans: Allegations Against Bill Cosby are a ‘Money Hustle’

Actor/comedian Damon Wayans was sitting for an extended interview on radio station Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club on Friday when the discussion abruptly turned toward Bill Cosby and the more than three dozen sexual abuse allegations leveled against him this year.

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Watch: Vincent Cassel Trains Child Assassins in ‘Partisan’ Trailer

The latest trailer for tense drama/thriller Partisan is here. Vincent Cassel stars as Gregori, the leader of a “community” (more like a cult) that trains up young children to do dangerous errands for the group, including assassinations. Here’s the official

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Louis Farrakhan Dines with Eminem in Detroit

As Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan met with social and political leaders in Detroit to organize this year’s 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, he took time out to have dinner with the city’s most famous cultural export – rapper Eminem.

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