Cause of John Witherspoon’s untimely death revealed

John Witherspoon was so full of life. But a death certificate revealed that he suffered heart problems, that ultimately contributed to his death at the vivacious age of 77.

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According to TMZ, the comedian suffered a fatal heart attack, likely because of coronary artery disease, which he was fighting.

Witherspoon also was inflicted with hypertension, but the report doesn’t identify it as contributing to his death.

Before his untimely death on Oct. 29, Witherspoon posted a 15-minute video to his YouTube channel on Oct. 28 cooking what he called “Poor Man’ Gumbo.” He wore little more than an apron and a chef’s toque blanche, and discussed how important it was to create a good roux.

Early on in the video, Witherspoon explained the reason why he hadn’t posted to his YouTube page in a year was that he had been working.

“Now I know I haven’t been here for a while, but I’ve been busy doing other things,” Witherspoon said in the clip. “We about to do the Boondocks, and we gonna do another Friday, but I’ve been around working on the road because I’ve been very, very busy and got a big schedule this year.”

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He was in fact set to reprise his role as Mr. Jones in the cult classic Friday franchise. He was also due to return to The Boondocks, according to Deadline.

The next day, paramedics were called to his home after he suffered cardiac arrest. According to his death certificate, by 5:30 p.m. that day “Pops,” as he was affectionately known, was reported dead.

Witherspoon died on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in his Sherman Oaks, California home.

Witherspoon’s family has long called the actor and comedian “one of the hardest working men in show business.”

READ MORE: John Witherspoon was more than just an entertainer, he was our Pops

In announcing his death, his wife and sons tweeted: “It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband & father John Witherspoon has passed away. He was a Legend in the entertainment industry, and a father figure to all who watched him over the years. We love you “POPS” always & forever.”

It is with deep sadness we have to tweet this, but our husband & father John Witherspoon has passed away. He was a Legend in the entertainment industry, and a father figure to all who watched him over the years. We love you “POPS” always & forever.

– The Witherspoon Family pic.twitter.com/ov9P34kaMn

— John Witherspoon (@John_POPS_Spoon) October 30, 2019

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Stephen A. Smith Reportedly Secures $8 Million Salary in ESPN Deal

According to The New York Post, sports commentator, Stephen A. Smith. has re-upped his contract to the tune of almost $8 million per year.

Smith and ESPN have agreed on a five-year deal worth nearly $8 million per year, which sets him up to become ESPN’s highest-paid on-air personality. This contract will surpass ESPN’s Get Up! host Mike Greenberg, who earns $6.5 million a year.

Smith, along with Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim, is a featured commentator on ESPN’s First Take weekdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, discussing and debating the sports topics of the day. He joined First Take permanently back in 2012. Smith appears on ESPN every day as a commentator on First Take and makes frequent appearances on SportsCenter where he is already hosting the show on Wednesdays, leading into NBA games.

The network is also reportedly trying to fit him in their ESPN+ subscription service while alleviating his duties on his ESPN Radio show next year.

The Omega Psi Phi member attended the Fashion Institute of Technology for one year, then he received a basketball scholarship to attend Winston-Salem State University, a historically black university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Smith began his career as a journalist in print media. He worked at Winston-Salem Journal, the Greensboro News and Record, New York Daily News, and The Philadelphia Inquirer before embarking to the radio and cable airwaves.

According to the ESPN site, “in September 2014, Smith began hosting the daily The Stephen A. Smith Show on SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio. In January 2017, The Stephen A. Smith Show moved to ESPN’s SiriusXM channel and simulcast on ESPN’s owned and operated stations in New York (98.7FM) and Los Angeles (710AM), airing 1-3 p.m. In January 2018, the program expanded to the national ESPN Radio network and is available across ESPN Radio stations throughout the country. In August 2018, The Stephen A. Smith Show joined the ESPNEWS weekday ESPN Radio simulcast lineup. Smith also hosts several SportsCenter specials on ESPN throughout the year (since 2018).”

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Comedy Wildlife Awards: Winning shot from Botswana

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Apple MacBook Pro 16-Inch (2019): Price, Specs, and Release Date

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Apple Mac Pro (2019): Specs, Features, Release Date

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NFL invites teams to check Colin Kaepernick out in private workout session

Colin Kaepernick got a sweet surprise when he learned that the NFL has opened up an opportunity for him to be evaluated by teams at a private workout over the weekend. During this session, teams will be able to assess his readiness to play professionally once again.

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On Tuesday, NFL clubs received two separate memos from the league stating that the free-agent quarterback would be available on this coming Saturday for a workout session in Atlanta. The teams were invited to check him out, and video record Kaepernick to judge whether he’s NFL-fit to hit the field, NFL.com reports.

Kaepernick’s been working out for the past three years to stay in shipshape.

In 2016, as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, he started a kneeling campaign to protest racial injustice throughout the country. During the singing of the National Anthem, he would peacefully take a knee on the field while the song was being sung. When his contract was being renegotiated, he opted out of that particular contract in 2017.

Unable to join another team, for what he believed was a concerted blacklisting because of his actions by league owners, he sued the NFL. After months of back and forth, he later settled an NFL collusion claim and now to his surprise, it seems they are ready to give him another go.

READ MORE: Colin Kaepernick settles collusion case with NFL

“I’m just getting word from my representatives that the NFL league office reached out to them about a workout in Atlanta on Saturday. I’ve been in shape and ready for this for 3 years, can’t wait to see the head coaches and GMs on Saturday,” Kaepernick tweeted.

I’m just getting word from my representatives that the NFL league office reached out to them about a workout in Atlanta on Saturday. I’ve been in shape and ready for this for 3 years, can’t wait to see the head coaches and GMs on Saturday.

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) November 13, 2019

According to ESPN, one of the memos sent by the league, it states: “Earlier this year, we discussed some possible steps with his representatives and they recently emphasized his level of preparation and that he is ready to work out for clubs and be interviewed by them. We have therefore arranged this opportunity for him to work out, and for all clubs to have the opportunity to evaluate his current readiness and level of interest in resuming his NFL career.”

On Saturday, only half of the NFL team coaches and managers will be available to assess Kaepernick. Kaepernick’s reps wanted him to attend a Tuesday session when all general managers would be there. But the NFL reportedly said “no” to that request without offering any reason.

Most of the teams will reportedly be traveling on Saturday to games, according to the outlet.

Of the 32 teams that will be available to come and view Kaepernick, they didn’t know about the viewing opportunity until the memo was released, ESPN reports. Kaepernick’s representatives then inquired if there were any particular teams that asked for the workout, but the NFL league office said, “We can’t tell you that.”

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Now Kaepernick’s representatives are wondering if the workout session is a mere PR stunt by the league, sources told ESPN.

They also are asking for a list of NFL personnel, executives and coaches, who would be surveying Kaepernick’s workout to assess if it’s a legit opportunity.

The athlete turned activist was seen back in July working out with Odell Beckham Jr. at UCLA’s practice field.

He ready.

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Jamie Foxx is the First Black Lead in a Pixar Movie

For the first time, Pixar is releasing a film with a black lead actor, according to CNN. The name of the movie is Soul and it stars Jamie Foxx alongside Tina Fey, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, and Questlove. Soul, which is co-directed by two-time Academy Award winner Pete Doctor and Kemp Powers, is about a middle school band teacher named Joe Gardner, voiced by Foxx, whose real passion is playing jazz. After Gardner falls into a manhole, he ends up in a mystical place and he’s just a soul.

According to The Walt Disney Co. site, Soul introduces Joe Gardner, a middle-school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. “I think Joe is having that crisis that all artists have,” says Powers. “He’s increasingly feeling like his lifelong dream of being a jazz musician is not going to pan out and he’s asking himself ‘Why am I here? What am I meant to be doing?’ Joe personifies those questions.”

The film is set in New York City—inviting filmmakers to capture everything they love about the city of dreams. “I was born and raised in New York,” says Powers. “This is the first time Pixar has gone to my hometown and I’ve been so impressed by the amount of energy that goes into making sure that everything is right. When the character’s in Queens, it looks like he’s in Queens. When he’s in Manhattan, it looks like he’s in Manhattan. It’s pretty incredible.”

Disney and Pixar’s “Soul” is slated to open in theaters on June 19, 2020. The film is produced by Academy Award nominee Dana Murray. Globally renowned musician Jon Batiste is bringing original jazz music for the film, and Oscar winners Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are creating an original score to match.

The studio released the trailer for Soul last week. Watch it below.

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Adam Savage on Juggling and How Obsession Makes You Smarter

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Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara quits international football

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How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh

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Cameroon to meet Zambia for women's Olympic spot

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South Africa and Nigeria claim wins at U23 Africa Cup of Nations

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Historian of the hinterlands

History can help us face hard truths. The places Kate Brown studies are particularly full of them.  

Brown, a historian in MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, has made a career out of studying what she calls “modernist wastelands” — areas suffering after years of warfare, social conflict, and even radioactive fallout from atomic accidents. 

Brown has spent years conducting research in the former Soviet Union, often returning to a large region stretching across the Poland-Ukraine border, which has been beset by two world wars, ethnic cleansing, purges, famine, and changes in power. It’s the setting for her acclaimed first book, “A Biography of No Place” (2004), a chronicle of the region’s conflicts and their consequences.

The same region includes the site of the Chernobyl nuclear-reactor explosion, subject of Brown’s fourth and most recent book, “Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future” (2019), which uncovers extensive new evidence about the effects of the disaster on the area and its people. 

“Progress [often] occurs in big capitals, but if you go to the hinterlands, you see what’s left in the wake of progress, and it’s usually a lot of destruction,” says Brown, speaking of areas that have suffered due to technological or economic changes.  

That does not apply only to the former Soviet Union and its former satellite states, to be sure. Brown, who considers herself an transnational historian, is also the author of 2013’s “Plutopia,” reconstructing life in and around the plutonium-producing plants in Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia, which have both left a legacy of nuclear contamination.

With a record of innovative and award-winning research over more than two decades in academia, Brown joined MIT with tenure, as a professor of science, technology, and society, in early 2019.

When “no place” is like home

The lesson that life can be tough in less-glamorous locales is one Brown says she learned early on. Brown grew up in Elgin, Illinois, once headquarters of the famous Elgin National Watch Company — although that changed.

“The year I was born, 1965, the Elgin watch factory was shuttered, and they blew up the watch tower,” Brown says. “It was a company town, and that was the main business. I grew up watching the supporting businesses close, and then regular clothing stores and grocery stores went bankrupt.”

And while the changes in Elgin were very different (and less severe) than those in the places she has studied professionally, Brown believes her hometown milieu has shaped her work.

“It was nothing near what I describe in wartime Ukraine, or Chernobyl, or one of plutonium plants, but I finally realized I was so interested in modernist wastelands because of my own background,” Brown says.

Indeed, Brown notes, her mother moved four times in her life because of the “deindustrialized landscape,” from places like Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and Detroit. And her parents, she says, “moved to Elgin thinking it was healthy, small-town America. So how many times do they have to jump? … What if you care about your family and community? What if you’re loyal?”

As it happens, part of the direct impetus for Brown’s career came from her mother. One day in the 1980s, Brown recalls, she was talking to her parents and criticizing the superficial culture surrounding U.S.-Soviet relations. To which Brown’s mother responded, “Do something about it. Study Russian, change the world.”

As an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin, Brown soon “took everything Russian, Russian lit and translation, grammar, history, politics, and I just got hooked. Then I thought I should go study there.” In 1987, she spent a year abroad in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). After graduating, Brown worked for a study-abroad program in the Soviet Union for three more years, helping students troubleshoot “pretty major problems, with housing and food and medical care,” as well as some cases where students had run afoul of Soviet authorities. 

Returning to the U.S., Brown entered the graduate program in history at the University of Washington while working as a journalist. She kept returning to the Ukraine borderlands region, collecting archival and observational material, and writing it up, for her dissertation “in the narrative mode of a first-person travelogue.”

That did not fit the model of a typical PhD thesis. But Richard White, a prominent American historian with an openness toward innovative work, who was then at the University of Washington, advocated to keep the form of Brown’s work largely intact. She received her PhD, and more: Her thesis formed the basis of “A Biography of No Place,” which won the George Louis Beer Prize for International European History from the American Historical Association (AHA). Brown joined the faculty at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County before joining MIT.

A treasure island for research

In all of Brown’s books, a significant portion of the work, a bit atypically for academia, has continued to incorporate first-person material about her travels, experiences, and research, something she also regards as crucial.

“Because these places are rarely visited, they’re hard to imagine for the readers,” Brown says. “That puts me in the narrative, though not for all of it.”

Brown’s approach to history is also highly archival: She has unearthed key documents in all manner of local, regional, and national repositories. When she entered the profession, in the 1990s, many Soviet archives were just opening up, providing some rich opportunities for original research. 

“It’s amazing,” Brown says. “Over and over again I’ve been one of the first persons to walk into an archive and see what’s there. And that is just sort of a treasure island quality of historical research. Being a Soviet historian in the early 1990s, there was nothing else like it.”

The archives continue to be profitable for Brown, yielding some of her key new insights in “Manual for Survival.” In assessing Chernobyl, Brown shows, local and regional studies of the disaster’s effects were often extensive and candid, but the official record became sanitized as it moved up the Soviet bureaucratic hierarchy.

Brown’s combination of approaches to writing history has certainly produced extensive professional success. “Plutopia” was awarded the AHA’s Albert J. Beveridge and John H. Dunning prizes as the best book in American history and the Organization of American Historians’ Ellis H. Hawley Award, among others. Brown has also received Guggenheim Foundation and Carnegie Foundation fellowships.

Brown is currently working on a new research project, examining overlooked forms of human knowledge about plants and the natural environment. She notes that there are many types of “indigenous knowledge and practices we have missed or rejected,” which could foster a more sustainable relationship between human society and the environment.

It is a different type of topic than Brown’s previous work, although, like her other projects, this one recognizes that we have spent too long mishandling the environment, rather than prioritizing its care — another hard truth to consider.

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John Legend named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ and Chrissy Teigen reacts

John Legend has been named Sexiest Man Alive by PEOPLE.

The EGOT winner graces the cover of the annual issue that has featured the likes of Idris Elba and Dwayne Johnson in previous years.

Of course, Legend’s wife Chrissy Teigen has thoughts and she shared them on social media shortly after the news broke on Tuesday night.

“My secret is out. I have fulfilled my dream of having boned @people’s sexiest man alive!! an honor!!!!!,” she posted along with a photo of the coveted cover.

my secret is out. I have fulfilled my dream of having boned @people's sexiest man alive!! an honor!!!!! pic.twitter.com/xu7ygnhOZk

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 13, 2019

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😍 you’ve come a long way, baby

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“I cannot WAIT for people to get mad about John being the sexiest man alive. it’s my new Starbucks holiday cup,” she added.

I cannot WAIT for people to get mad about John being the sexiest man alive. it's my new Starbucks holiday cup

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 13, 2019

The outspoken star didn’t stop there. She updated her Twitter bio to read “currently sleeping with people’s sexiest man alive,” and poked fun at her man by sharing a post he made with a throwback photo from 1995 next to a photo of last year’s winner, Idris Elba.

yeah but let's see an @idriselba pic from 1995 (prob still very hot) https://t.co/7DtT72InGk

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 13, 2019

“I was excited, but I was a little scared at the same time because it’s a lot of pressure…Everyone’s going to be picking me apart to see if I’m sexy enough to hold this title. I’m [also] following Idris Elba, which is not fair and is not nice to me!” he told PEOPLE. 

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He also revealed what makes him the most proud.

“I’m so proud that I have a wife and two kids I’m so in love with and so connected to. I’m also so proud of my career,” he said. “I love writing songs and performing on stage. I get a lot of joy from it and give a lot of joy to other people. I’m pretty at ease with myself now!”

POLL: Do you think John Legend deserves the title?

 

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WATCH: Jemele Hill drops EPIC wedding video showing off her big day

Jemele Hill married Ian Wallace in a beachside ceremony in California and she just dropped an EPIC video showing off her big day.

The journalist who hosts the Jemele Hill Is Unbothered podcast shared the video in Instagram on Tuesday night and by the looks of the footage, she and her guests had the time of their lives.

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“It would be impossible to describe what my wedding day felt like, but here’s a taste. Special thank you to @mytouch_weddings — who also shot our dope-ass engagement video — for again dropping the mic. #FromMSUtoIDo,” she captioned the video.

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It would be impossible to describe what my wedding day felt like, but here’s a taste. Special thank you to @mytouch_weddings — who also shot our dope-ass engagement video — for again dropping the mic. #FromMSUtoIDo

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Set to Soul II Soul‘s classic tune “Back To Life,” we see the bride and groom prepare for their big day at the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California before tying the knot in front of family and friends then getting down on the dance floor with friends like Gabrielle Union. 

The couple treated guests to refreshments before the ceremony began, wavering from the standard run of show at a wedding. “The pre-wedding reception served just wine, champagne and beer,” Hill told Essence. “We don’t want them to be too lit for the wedding.”

They also paid homage to their Detroit roots by hiring Detroit-based and Black-owned vendors. “Ian was very focused on having a celebration with great music and vibes. I wanted the food and the ambiance to be great,” she said.

Jemele Hill and fiancé embody Jay-Z and Beyoncé in their engagement video

Musiq Soulchild performed at the reception and the bride wore a custom-made Vera Wang gown fit for a queen. The high-low gown made a perfect transition from day to night and Hill managed to change her look by taking down the updo she had at the ceremony and showing off flowing locks for the reception.

 

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Polio in Nigeria: 'I opposed vaccinations until my son caught polio'

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‘Games People Play’ renewed for second season at BET

After month of keeping fans in suspense, BET has announced that Games People Play will be back for a second season.

The steamy series that stars Sarunas Jackson, Lauren London, Parker McKenna Posey, and Jackie Long delivered major drama in its first season. Bet says we won’t know who is starring in the second season of the show until a later date.

“BET is home for lovers of black content that engages and entertains, and Games People Plays’s first season over-delivered with a plotline that grips from episode one through the finale,” Scott Mills, President of BET Networks, said in a statement. “Tracey Edmonds, Angela Burt-Murray and Vanessa Middleton have been great partners on Games People Play and we’re proud to continue our relationship, bringing our viewers the compelling programming they expect from our brand.”

Tracey Edmonds executive produced the series alongside Angela Burt-Murray, who penned the book Games Divas Play. 

“We are thrilled to return and be able to give our fans more of the sexy, twisted, and unique storytelling that they enjoy and expect from every episode of Games People Play,” Edmonds said in a statement.  “Our characters will continue to surprise and ignite in season two.  I am grateful to Scott Mills for his continued support of our show and its vision.”

Sarunas Jackson and Parker McKenna Posey on shooting those steamy sex scenes on ‘Games People Play’

Last season, we caught up with the veteran producer ahead of the series premiere and learned how excited she was about the project.

WATCH: Tracey Edmonds on snagging the right stars for sexy new series ‘Games People Play’

“I always start off with a wish list and I can tell you that so many of the people that were on our wish list, we got,” says Edmonds. “Casting Marcus King, who is a a NBA ball player and trying to keep that authentic was going to be our most challenging character to cast. Having Sarunas, who is 6’8″ and used to play basketball in real life playing Marcus King was really lucky.”

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Libya: Migrant mother's dying wish to get children to Europe

The BBC's Orla Guerin meets a family waiting to cross to Europe from Libya with orphaned children whose mother died on the way.

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Trump’s #MAGAChallenge on Triller causes employees to protest then quit

The social video app Triller made waves online recently when a #MAGAChallenge rap contest went viral thanks to the President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Trump on Friday, said he would fly the winner of the contest out to the White House (likely via our tax dollars.) That endorsement of the contest caused an uptick in downloads with some users posting rap videos and spitting pro-Trump lyrics while wearing their red MAGA hats.

Triller staffers were less than thrilled and demanded that management take down the videos or else, according to one individual.

In fact, some Triller employees orchestrated a coup d’état in protest and started removing rap music from the app platform. Unfortunately, once the music was restored, two employees were so upset by the gesture, they both threatened to resign and ultimately did, The Wrap reports.

“Triller’s demo is roughly 13-18 year olds (Gen Y and Z), and predominantly from underserved, underrepresented communities. Given that demographic, one might imagine that both the users of the platform and those who work on the platform might feel uneasy about showcasing a politician who has an unfavorable view within those communities,” said a source according to The Wrap.

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In response, Triller CEO Mike Liu told the outlet, “Triller doesn’t endorse any political parties. Triller is agnostic to politics, religion and does not censor content. We welcome everybody to make Triller videos and enjoy the platform. See you on Triller!”

The Trump-infused challenged ended up helping Triller in the end, which is in competition with other popular social media apps like Tik Tok. The Beijing-based app, which specializes in short-form videos, is reportedly the tenth most-downloaded iPhone app in the photo/video category with about 70 million downloads mostly from teens.

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After the backlash, Triller scrubbed the #MAGAChallenge hashtag and no results of the contest can currently be found on its platform. We’re guessing they’ve disappeared kind of like records of the President’s taxes from the last two years.

Go figure. Here are a few of the rap battle contestants who made their way onto Twitter.

HERE IT IS! The Donald Trump Supporter RALLY SONG BY HENRY DAVIS!!@JJCarafano pic.twitter.com/RJ6xRnHtdJ

— Henry Davis (@Henryhahadavis) May 5, 2017

@realDonaldTrump what do you think of this remix?? #MAGA #KAGA2020 #USA #MadeInAmerica #BLS2019 pic.twitter.com/39afnqvHys

— Aaron Alexander🎗 (@atAaronIsOnline) October 4, 2019

I hope i made it in time brother#MAGACHALLENGE from the streets of L.A. sanctuary city!!!@SuriusVsVodka pic.twitter.com/G63mJcPsqh

— JLFree (@jl_free1) November 9, 2019

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Opinion: China is Pushing Toward Global Blockchain Dominance

As US leaders dither, President Xi Jinping vies for the technological future of finance.

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The Tao of Goo: Lessons From a Slime Workshop

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Chadwick Boseman is unbothered by Martin Scorsese’s remarks

Chadwick Boseman is speaking out regarding the recent criticism that filmmaker Martin Scorsese has hurled out into the world.

Scorsese has made more than a couple remarks about one of Boseman’s studio homes, Marvel. The highly decorated director has stated that the house that produces many of the highest grossing superhero movies in history, makes films that are more of a circus than cinema.

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Scorsese, an Oscar-winning filmmaker threw some shade at Marvel during an interview with Empire, saying “It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being,” according to The Wrap.

In a Nov. 4 Op-ed New York Times piece, Scorsese also likened Marvel movies to theme park rides and that when you watch a superhero film, there is nothing emotionally that the viewer risks in the experience, no “spiritual revelation,” and no complexity in character development. He also says that these films are everything negative that Spike Lee films are not.

Those are fighting words for filmmakers who spend their lives crafting stories they hope will connect and hit a nerve with their fans worldwide. Marvel in fact has done that with Black Panther which became “the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time, the third-highest-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2018,” according to reports.

Marvel chief creative officer Kevin Feige defended his life’s work, disagreeing with Scorsese, saying, “I think that’s not true. I think it’s unfortunate,” Feige says about Scorsese’s “not cinema” comment.

“I think myself and everyone who works on these movies loves cinema, loves movies, loves going to the movies, loves to watch a communal experience in a movie theater full of people.”

According to The Independent, Boseman, who plays the Black Panther character in the Marvel cinematic universe, went on record praising the movie for its cinematic complexity in a recent radio interview with BBC 5 Live.

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“The mystery that Scorsese’s talking about, it’s in Black Panther. And I think the funny thing about it is, maybe if he saw Black Panther, he didn’t get that,” Boseman said.

“He didn’t get that there was this feeling of being unsure, there was this feeling of not knowing what’s going to happen, because we never had a superhero like this before. We thought that white people will kill us off. So it’s a possibility that we could be gone. So we felt that angst. We felt that angst that you would feel from cinema when you watched it. That’s cultural. Maybe it’s generational. I don’t know. But I’m secure in what we did, so his statements don’t really bother me.”

Haters gonna hate.

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Libyan keeper recalled after eight year absence

Goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Forgany is recalled to the Libya squad after an eight-year absence.

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Prominent Black Leaders Part of New $10 Million Fund to Make Loans to Black Businesses

Black small business owners starting or expanding a business can now perhaps get some fresh capital from the African American Chamber Fund (AACF). The new fund, a program led by Jersey City, New Jersey-based World Business Lenders, will initially offer up to $10 million in loans to black businesses.

 

Borrowers must seek financing through a U.S. based African American Chamber of Commerce office, a move to help ensure loans are made in black business communities.

 

World Business Lenders (WBL) has compiled an elite list of “Board of Managers” for the AACF. The list consists of high-profile individuals with political, business, spiritual, and athletic backgrounds who will reach out to local chambers to affiliate with.

 

Also known as advisory board members, they include U.S. Congressman Ed Towns (D-NY), Washington, D.C. Archbishop David J. Billings III, World Business Lenders CEO/Founder Doug Nadius, as well as Bob Beamon and Jackie Joyner Kersee, both Olympic gold medalists. Derrick Chambers, program manager of AACF/WBL, is a former NFL player for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

 

Organizers report there are currently 2.6 million black-owned businesses in the United States, employing 975,000 workers across the nation and generating $150 billion in annual receipts.

 

“Clearly, African American entrepreneurs are a driving force in our nation’s economy but, like all minority groups, they have more difficulty getting access to capital,” Bishop Billings, Fund Vice Chairman stated publicly earlier this year. “Our goal is to ensure that the opportunity to thrive is available to every single one of these entrepreneurs who want to create more economic growth for our communities.”

 

An alternative lender, WBL allows borrowers to use real estate as collateral to get short-term business loans. Its AACF unit can make unsecured loans based on the guidance and insight borrowers receive from a local chamber. The bottom line is borrowers can pursue loans they might not from traditional lenders like banks.

 

Currently, the AACF has launched the program with the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce in New York, and the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brooklyn, New York.

 

The AACF is in talks with other black chambers nationally, including the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce in Chicago and the Mississippi Black Chamber of Commerce in Jackson to affiliate with the fund, Chambers says. He added the AAFC will also determine whether to make loans to black businesses at a local chamber outside of their business location.

 

AACF borrowers can seek loans ranging from $25,000 to $2 million. Chambers figures the average size of a typical loan will be from $25,000 to $100,000. He added the criteria to receive a loan will be based on an interview about the applicant’s financial background, why they need the loan, and other factors. Loan participants can use the money for business purposes, including buying equipment, inventory, as well as cash flow for payroll.

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Zimbabwe dollar notes issued for first time in a decade

Queues form outside banks as people hope to get hold of the first Zimbabwe dollar notes since 2009.

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Maya Rockeymoore Cummings set Congress

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of late Congressman of Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), has confirmed rumors and announced that she will run for his House seat.

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“I am, of course, devastated at the loss of my spouse, but his spirit is with me. I’m going to run this race and I’m going to run it hard, as if he’s still right here by my side,” Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, told The Baltimore Sun.

Rockeymoore Cummings, the chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party has vowed to continue her husband’s political legacy. Cummings was not only her husband but a well-respected mover and shaker on Capitol Hill who chaired the House Oversight Committee. He was also a powerful Baltimore Democratic Congressman in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. He was also beloved by his city.

Cummings died last month, at Johns Hopkins Hospital from complications from longstanding health challenges, according to a statement provided by his office.

Rockeymoore Cummings resigned as chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party and plans a formal announcement this morning, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post.

“I believe very strongly that I have the background, the focus, the commitment and the ability to take the reins and make a good run for this seat,” she told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. Her husband, she said, “wanted me to continue this fight.”

READ MORE: Elijah Cummings’ widow rumored to run for his Congressional seat

Rockeymoore Cummings will face contenders such as former congressman and NAACP chief Kweisi Mfume, who plans to run again for a seat he once held before Cummings did in the 7^th Congressional district in Maryland.

The 71-year-old Mfume said he wants “to make sure that all he and others fought for is not lost, tossed to the side or forgotten.”

The filing deadline to run is November 20. A special election will be held Feb. 4 followed by the general election April 28. Cummings’ term runs until January 2021.

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The Undeniable Blackness of Vine (RIP)

Vine was a white-hot sterling feature of a larger truth: The internet depends on black people.

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Jamal Malinzi: More problems for ex-Tanzania FA boss

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*The Mandalorian*'s Producer Names His Top 10 Star Wars Moments

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Kenyans rage against police brutality after beating video

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Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon

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Disney+ Is Here—and It's a Fully Formed Streaming Juggernaut

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Senegal's Lamine Ndiaye appointed new Horoya coach

Senegal's Lamine Ndiaye is appointed as coach of Guinea's Horoya on a three-year deal.

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Branson South African launch marred by Twitter row

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Ramadan Sobhi guides Egypt's U23 to win over Ghana

Former Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi helps hosts Egypt to a 3-2 win over Ghana at the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Economics for hard times

Economists, on the whole, favor open immigration and free trade policies, which they regard as catalysts for economic growth. But as polling shows, many people in the U.S. and Europe disagree. They are wary of losing jobs and earning power where there is immigration, and they believe free trade pushes industry abroad. So who’s right, the economists, or the people?

Well, according to MIT’s newest Nobel Prize laureates, economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, each side gets one count right and one wrong. 

“If you look at the best evidence, it tells us that economists’ view of migration is more correct,” Duflo says. “It is not a big problem to let more migrants in.” Study after study shows that increased immigration does not affect wages, for instance. And the presence of migrants tends to let more women who are longtime residents enter the work force.

Okay, what about trade?

“On trade it is the opposite,” Duflo says. “The evidence shows that people’s instinctive view of trade, that it does hurt them, has a lot that is true about it, and economists’ instinctive view on trade, that it should be good for everyone, is not correct.”

Although free trade boosts overall growth, it also produces concentrated pockets of job losses. And while economic theory has long held that displaced workers will move to new job opportunities, this rarely happens. In countries that started trading with China during the last two decades, for example, the working-age population has not decreased in the areas most hard-hit by imports from China.

What the mistaken ideas about both immigration and trade ignore, Banerjee says, is the “stickiness” of real life. Most people do not want to uproot themselves.

“One thing that ties those two issues together is the idea of stickiness,” Banerjee says. “Ordinary people like to stay in place. [Economists] think trade should be fine because, yes, it could hurt some people, but people are going to move to other jobs in other places. But people are very reluctant to do that. They don’t want to go to a different sector and a different place and a different life.”

Until recently, these were not the kinds of issues Banerjee and Duflo often discussed. But now, in their second book, “Good Economics for Hard Times,” published today by Public Affairs Press, the MIT duo examines large-scale, politically fraught issues with economic implications, including immigration, trade, social identity, inequality, automation, and more.

In each case, the book examines what empirical research tell us about the world — as well as the limits of our knowledge. Only on that basis, Banerjee and Duflo suggest, can we think effectively about economic policy.

Or, as the authors write in the new book, “The world is a sufficiently complicated and uncertain place that the most valuable thing economists have to share is often not their conclusion, but the path they took to reach it — the facts they knew, the way they interpreted those facts, the deductive steps they took, the remaining sources of their uncertainty.”

Scaling up

The new work by Banerjee and Duflo follows “Poor Economics,” (PublicAffairs, 2011), their first book, which focused on helping the world’s 1 billion poorest people, who exist on the equivalent of $1 per day.

“Poor Economics” stemmed from research Banerjee and Duflo have created and facilitated as co-founders (with Sendhil Mullainathan) of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a leading antipoverty research network. These smaller-scale, empirical projects are what won Duflo and Banerjee the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences last month, which they shared with Michael Kremer of Harvard University.

By contrast, “Good Economics for Hard Times” examines issues of global scale, while maintaining the authors’ taste for empiricism. Trade is a hotly debated issue, but how much does it contribute to growth? As the authors note, it produces a notably modest benefit in the U.S., where it equals about 2.5 percent of GDP, no more than what a good year of growth is worth.

Similarly, while immigration stereotypes abound — think of the “Polish plumber” who supposedly takes away fix-it jobs from the British or French — people do not migrate as often as the popular perception suggests. About 3 percent of Greeks have left the country this decade, despite unemployment rates reaching as high as 27 percent and the presence of open borders in the European Union.

“The Polish plumber is an iconic figure in France but lives mostly in Poland,” Duflo says.

To be sure, large sections of “Good Economics for Hard Times” focus on other issues. In one chapter, Banerjee and Duflo contend that people’s sense of ethnic or partisan identity is more flexible than is often assumed. If so, that would be good news for some policy advocates. In many countries, ethnic or political divisions can create a barrier to public spending if people are unwilling to be taxed for the sake of other social groups. But Banerjee and Duflo suggest that a significant part of this is a public-perception problem. 

“At the core of this is a lie,” Banerjee says. “And I think we have to start by saying that. It’s just not true that all federal and state spending goes to ‘other’ people. There’s a lot of polarization that was created by such lies, and while we won’t fix these prejudices in a day, I do think it’s worth pushing back.”

As Duflo points out, it is also tough to establish cause and effect when examining why some governments tax and spend more than others. 

“It’s true the U.S. is a diverse society and Denmark is not diverse, and Denmark has much higher taxes than the U.S.,” she says. “But I’m not sure whether that comes from the fact that Denmark is [more socially homogenous] or from the fact that the government as an enterprise is [seen as] a more legitimate enterprise generally.”

“We have much more to learn”

While the intent of “Good Economics for Hard Times” may be to get people to think sharply about pressing problems, Banerjee and Duflo also discuss the kinds of policy interventions they think are promising. Some of these aid people in “transitions” during life, especially job loss. These transitions have significant social impact; research shows that people who lose jobs after age 50 have lower life expectancy than those who keep working. In a rapidly-changing economy, we need to worry about the many people who will have a hard time in the labor market. 

“The idea that people are going to find the opportunity, left to themselves, is implausible,” Banerjee says. “”[Our] view is we need to act on this collectively: You aren’t a failure because you lost your job. This is a transition. It’s society’s problem rather than only yours.”

While there are a variety of policy measures to do this — such as improved Trade Adjustment Assistance for people displaced by trade-induced job losses — Banerjee and Duflo also favor what they call the “somewhat radical idea” of subsidizing entire firms and older workers affected by trade, keeping them in business and at work, respectively. A robust effort to do this, they write, would help “prevent communities from falling apart” when firms struggle.  

And, as Duflo says, “People don’t want just money. They want dignity. Giving them that is not betraying some deep philosophical principle.”

For this reason, the authors are more skeptical of universal basic income proposals; as they note, U.S.-based surveys shows that about 80 percent of workers have a strong sense of satisfaction, usefulness, or personal accomplishment tied to their jobs and careers. 

Perhaps more conventionally, Banerjee and Duflo also strongly favor greater support for “labor-intensive public services” such as public education and care for the elderly. Crucially, these kinds of jobs are unlikely to be either replaced by technology, or outsourced to another country, since they are firmly situated in particular places.

As “Good Economics for Hard Times” also points out, a wealth of research strongly suggests the high social value of, say, early childhood education; such investments would clearly pay for themselves, on a society-wide basis.

In all cases, Banerjee and Duflo write, “The goal of social policy, in these times of change and anxiety, is to help people absorb the shocks that affect them without allowing those shocks to affect their sense of themselves.” And, as they note, “we clearly don’t have all the solutions, and suspect that nobody else does either. We have much more to learn. But as long as we understand what the goal is, we can win.” 

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Google Is Slurping Up Health Data—and It Looks Totally Legal

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Atlanta-based Black women in TV & film unite to form #TheReelDivas

These are women directors, producers and writers, who have formed a powerhouse group: 1) to bring awareness to the lack of women in TV and film and 2) to highlight Atlanta being the Hollywood of the South.

Atlanta has been Hollywood’s best-kept secret for a while now but a group of creatives from the town affectionately known as “Southern Hollywood” want to let everyone know about the talent coming out of the A.

Twenty Black women in TV and film have united to form #TheReelDivas in an effort to raise awareness about the lack of representation in the industry and to highlight Atlanta’s contributions to the entertainment landscape.

Jasmine Guy (A Different World, Grey’s Anatomy), Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show), Cas Sigers-Beedles (NAACP Image Award Nominee), Denise Hendricks (HLN), Tamra Simmons (Surviving R. Kelly) and Ty Johnston-Chavis (Founder of Atlanta Pitch Summit) are just a few on the ladies behind the initiative.

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“With our brother-in-film, Tyler Perry, getting so much notoriety and acclaim for opening his 330-acre lot here in Atlanta, we feel that the time is now,” says Co-Creator of The Reel Divas, Cas Sigers-Beedles, who is also a writer, producer and director. “Atlanta has already served as the home base and mecca for a lot of TV and film projects, so we are doing our part to continue pushing this narrative to the masses.”

Earlier this year, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy. This stunned the nation – with many actors and production companies, including Netflix, being the most vocal about the controversial Georgia anti-abortion law. One of the purposes of The Reel Divas is to advocate for the rights of women in TV and film, especially in situations like these. The group will focus on being a collective unit to showcase how women are more powerful together than individually.

“We are mothers, wives and daughters, but we are also the writers, producers and directors of Southern Hollywood,” says Co-Creator of The Reel Divas and TV & film producer, Ty Johnston-Chavis. “We are all consistently working, either in development, production or post-productions – and we are here to stay.”

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The company decoding African DNA to help fight diseases

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Here’s who won big at the People’s Choice Awards

The People’s Choice Awards honored tons of celebrities and we’ve got the lowdown on everything you missed.

The annual awards show aired on E! on Sunday night and one of the night’s biggest moments was when Kevin Hart took the stage for the first time since a major car accident left him severely injured. He received the award for best Comedy Act of 2019 and delivered a heartfelt speech thanking his fans and family for their support.

Kevin Hart hits his first red carpet after horrific car accident

Avengers: Endgame was the night’s big winner, nabbing three awards including Movie of the Year and Zendaya took home trophies for her work in Euphoria and Spiderman: Far From Home. Although Beyonce was not in the building, she did snag the award for Animated Movie Star of 2019 for playing Nala in The Lion King. 

Check out the full list of winners:

Movie of 2019:
WINNER: Avengers: Endgame
Toy Story 4
Captain Marvel
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
The Lion King
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
Us
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Comedy Movie of 2019:
The Upside
Yesterday
The Hustle
Men in Black: International
Long Shot
Little 
Good Boys
WINNER: Murder Mystery

Action Movie of 2019:
WINNER: Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Captain Marvel
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
Shazam!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Dark Phoenix
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Drama Movie of 2019:
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Rocketman
Five Feet Apart
Glass
Us
Triple Frontier
WINNER: After
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Family Movie of 2019:
Toy Story 4
The Lion King
WINNER: Aladdin
The Secret Life of Pets 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
The Angry Birds Movie 2

Male Movie Star of 2019:
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Endgame
Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Endgame
Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Will Smith, Aladdin
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
Samuel L. Jackson, Captain Marvel
Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery

Female Movie Star of 2019:
Millie Bobby Brown, Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Endgame
WINNER: Zendaya, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Sophie Turner, Dark Phoenix
Jennifer Aniston, Murder Mystery
Brie Larson, Captain Marvel
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Tessa Thompson, Men in Black: International

Drama Movie Star of 2019:
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
WINNER: Cole Sprouse, Five Feet Apart
Zac Efron, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Sarah Paulson, Glass
Samuel L. Jackson, Glass

Comedy Movie Star of 2019:
Ali Wong, Always Be My Maybe
Kevin Hart, The Upside
Rebel Wilson, Isn’t It Romantic
Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery
Liam Hemsworth, Isn’t It Romantic
Dwayne Johnson, Fighting With My Family
Mindy Kaling, Late Night
WINNER: Noah Centineo, The Perfect Date

Action Movie Star of 2019:
Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Endgame
Chris Evans, Avengers: Endgame
WINNER: Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Halle Berry, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
Sophie Turner, Dark Phoenix
Brie Larson, Captain Marvel
Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Animated Movie Star of 2019:
America Ferrera, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Tom Hanks, Toy Story 4
Kevin Hart, The Secret Life of Pets 2
WINNER: Beyoncé, The Lion King
Ryan Reynolds, Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Chris Pratt, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Tiffany Haddish, The Secret Life of Pets 2
Awkwafina, The Angry Birds Movie 2

Show of 2019:
Game of Thrones
WWE Raw
WINNER: Stranger Things
The Walking Dead
The Big Bang Theory
Riverdale
This Is Us
Grey’s Anatomy

Drama Show of 2019:
Grey’s Anatomy
This Is Us
Chicago P.D.
Game of Thrones
WINNER: Stranger Things
Big Little Lies
Riverdale
The Walking Dead

Comedy Show of 2019:
WINNER: The Big Bang Theory
Saturday Night Live
Modern Family
The Good Place
Grown-ish
Veep
Orange Is the New Black
Schitt’s Creek

Reality Show of 2019:
WINNER: Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Queer Eye
Bachelor in Paradise
Vanderpump Rules
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation

Competition Show of 2019:
American Idol
RuPaul’s Drag Race
WINNER: America’s Got Talent
The Masked Singer
The Bachelor
The Voice
The Bachelorette
The Challenge: War of the Worlds

Male TV Star of 2019:
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
WINNER: Cole Sprouse, Riverdale
Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead
Finn Wolfhard, Stranger Things
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
KJ Apa, Riverdale

Female TV Star of 2019:
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
WINNER: Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead
Camila Mendes, Riverdale
Lili Reinhart, Riverdale
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

Drama TV Star of 2019:
WINNER: Zendaya, Euphoria
Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead
Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
Lili Reinhart, Riverdale
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Comedy TV Star of 2019:
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
WINNER: Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Tiffany Haddish, The Last O.G.
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Jameela Jamil, The Good Place
Yara Shahidi, Grown-ish
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Daytime Talk Show of 2019:
The View
Red Table Talk
WINNER: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Wendy Williams Show
Live with Kelly and Ryan
TODAY
Good Morning America
The Real

Nighttime Talk Show of 2019:
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
WINNER: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Competition Contestant of 2019:
Buddy Valastro, Buddy Vs. Duff
WINNER: Hannah Brown, The Bachelorette
Kodi Lee, America’s Got Talent
T-Pain, The Masked Singer
Colton Underwood, The Bachelor
Tyler Cameron, The Bachelorette
Tyler Oakley, The Amazing Race
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Reality Star of 2019:
WINNER: Khloé Kardashian, Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Kyle Richards, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Lisa Vanderpump, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
NeNe Leakes, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye
Kandi Burruss, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Kylie Jenner, Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Antoni Porowski, Queer Eye

Bingeworthy Show of 2019:
Game of Thrones
Orange Is the New Black
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Umbrella Academy
Queer Eye
WINNER: Outlander
13 Reasons Why
Stranger Things

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2019:
Stranger Things
WINNER: Shadowhunters
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Supernatural
The Flash
The Umbrella Academy
Arrow
The 100

MUSIC

Male Artist of 2019:
WINNER: Shawn Mendes
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Drake
Travis Scott
Khalid
Lil Nas X
Bad Bunny

Female Artist of 2019:
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Cardi B
Halsey
WINNER: Billie Eilish
Miley Cyrus
Camila Cabello
P!nk

Group of 2019:
Jonas Brothers
BTS
5 Seconds Of Summer
Panic! At The Disco
CNCO
Imagine Dragons
The Chainsmokers
WINNER: BLACKPINK

Song of 2019:
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker”
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, “Old Town Road”
Khalid, “Talk”
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, “I Don’t Care”
Sam Smith, Normani, “Dancing with a Stranger”
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
WINNER: Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, “Señorita”

Album of 2019:
Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next
Khalid, Free Spirit
Billie Eilish, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
Lizzo, Cuz I Love You
Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins 
Ed Sheeran, No. 6 Collaborations Project
Juice Wrld, Death Race for Love 
WINNER: Taylor Swift, Lover

Country Artist of 2019:
Luke Combs
WINNER: Blake Shelton
Carrie Underwood
Luke Bryan
Thomas Rhett
Kane Brown
Kelsea Ballerini
Maren Morris

Latin Artist of 2019:
Daddy Yankee
Anuel AA
Maluma
Karol G
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Natti Natasha
WINNER: Becky G

Music Video of 2019:
Daddy Yankee & Snow, “Con Calma”
Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, “ME!”
WINNER: BLACKPINK, “Kill This Love”
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings”
Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy”
BTS feat. Halsey, “Boy With Luv”
Sam Smith, Normani, “Dancing With a Stranger”
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, “Señorita”

Concert Tour of 2019:
BTS, Love Yourself, Speak Yourself
Lady Gaga, Enigma
Ariana Grande, Sweetener
P!nk, Beautiful Trauma
Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods
Jennifer Lopez, It’s My Party
Cher, Here We Go Again Tour
WINNER: BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK 2019 World

Social Star of 2019:
Emma Chamberlain
The Dolan Twins
WINNER: David Dobrik
Rickey Thompson
The Ace Family
Shane Dawson
Liza Koshy
Tana Mongeau

Beauty Influencer of 2019:
James Charles
Nikita Dragun
NikkiTutorials – Nikkie de Jager
Jeffree Star
RCL Beauty – Rachel Levin
Desi Perkins
Jackie Aina
WINNER: Bretman Rock

Social Celebrity of 2019:
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Ellen DeGeneres
Miley Cyrus
Kim Kardashian West
Cardi B
Shawn Mendes
Justin Bieber

Animal Star of 2019:
Jiffpom
WINNER: Doug the Pug 
Nala Cat
Tuna The Chiweenie
Juniper The Fox
Shinjiro Ono – Marutaro
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Lil BUB

Comedy Act of 2019:
WINNER: Kevin Hart
Joe Rogan
Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias
Trevor Noah
Ken Jeong
Amy Schumer
Colleen Ballinger
Wanda Sykes

Style Star of 2019:
Kim Kardashian West
Rihanna
Celine Dion
Lady Gaga
Gigi Hadid
Cardi B
Jennifer Lopez
WINNER: Harry Styles

Game Changer of 2019:
LeBron James
Megan Rapinoe
Coco Gauff
Drew Brees
Alex Morgan
Stephen Curry
Serena Williams
WINNER: Simone Biles

Pop Podcast of 2019:
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
Armchair Expert Podcast with Dax Shepard
Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe
Whine Down with Jana Kramer
Bitch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdown with Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider
WINNER: Scrubbing In with Becca Tilley and Tanya Rad
WTF with Marc Maron
The Joe Rogan Experience

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