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Ny MaGee is an aspiring Time Lord and pop culture enthusiast. The Chicago native is a contributor for EURweb.com, emmys.com and BET.com. A graduate of the film production program at Columbia College Chicago, she previously worked at Parade Magazine, MTV, Hallmark Channel and Paramount Studios.

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Featured Top Stories September 22, 2021

Exonerated Five’s Kevin Richardson receives Syracuse’s first honorary undergrad degree

Kevin Richardson, originally known as a member of the Central Park 5, has officially received Syracuse University’s first honorary undergraduate

Entertainment Featured Music September 22, 2021

Teyana Taylor announces farewell tour ahead of retirement

Teyana Taylor previously announced her retirement from music after feeling unappreciated as a Black woman in the industry, and now

Featured Politics September 22, 2021

Rep. Adams threatens to vote against spending bill over HBCU funding

Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) says she won’t vote for President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan in its current

Celebs Featured Top Stories September 22, 2021

AJ Johnson’s widow speaks on funeral costs, ‘fake love’ from celebs

The wife of late comedian Anthony “AJ” Johnson is speaking out about the “fake love” the family is receiving in

Featured Top Stories September 21, 2021

Search continues for missing Illinois graduate student Jelani Day; his mother speaks out

A graduate student at Illinois State University disappeared last month and his family is desperate for answers. Jelani Day, 25,

Entertainment Featured Television September 21, 2021

Kenya Moore makes ‘DWTS’ debut as daughter Brooklyn dresses in matching costume

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore made her debut on Dancing With the Stars on Monday, Sept. 20, serving

Celebs Featured September 21, 2021

Jay-Z’s Team Roc sues Kansas City police for alleged misconduct

Jay-Z is taking legal action against the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department for covering up alleged misconduct allegations. The rapper’s

Featured Sports September 21, 2021

NBA’s Cedric Ceballos released from hospital after weeks-long COVID battle

Former NBA star Cedric Ceballos is on the road to recovery after spending weeks in the hospital battling COVID-19. Ceballos

Featured Local News Los Angeles Top Stories September 20, 2021

George Holliday, man who filmed Rodney King beating, dies from COVID-19

The man who filmed Rodney King‘s infamous beating at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 has died after reportedly

Featured Top Stories September 20, 2021

Cleveland mayor’s grandson, Frank Q. Jackson, killed in shooting

The grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson was fatally shot in the city’s Kinsman neighborhood Sunday evening. Frank Q. Jackson,

Celebs Entertainment Featured Television September 20, 2021

Emmy Awards called out after Black actors shut out of acting wins

The 2021 Emmy Awards failed to award any actors of color in its 12 main categories, including all acting fields.

Featured Top Stories September 20, 2021

New Orleans resident call out city’s garbage pile-up with ‘Trash Parade’

Garbage is piling up in New Orleans over three weeks after Hurricane Ida hit the region, and the residents have

Entertainment Featured Television September 17, 2021

LeVar Burton says he no longer wants to host ‘Jeopardy!’

After months of fans petitioning to make LeVar Burton the next permanent host of the long-running game show Jeopardy!, the

Featured Local News September 17, 2021

Prosecutor dismisses charges after Ohio man serves 21 years in prison

Ralph Blaine Smith was freed from an Ohio prison in July after serving 21 years for a crime that may

Featured Health Media Television September 16, 2021

Don Lemon argues it’s time to ‘shun’ anti-vaxxers

Don Lemon is frustrated with the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in America, telling his viewers that it’s time to “shun” those

Entertainment Featured September 16, 2021

Netflix drops first look, release date for Kevin Hart’s ‘True Story’

Netflix has announced the release date for the dramatic limited series True Story featuring Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes, and

Featured Top Stories September 16, 2021

Arrest made after four people found dead in SUV in Wisconsin cornfield

The two suspects in the slaying of four friends found dead in an SUV parked in a random cornfield in

Entertainment Featured Music September 16, 2021

Conservative host says Barack Obama killed rock n’ roll by ending ‘white male angst’

Former President Barack Obama is responsible for the death of rock’n’roll — so says Jeremy Boreing, conservative host of the

Featured Health Sports September 15, 2021

Karl-Anthony Towns calls out anti-vaxxers following mother’s death from COVID-19

NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns is the latest pro-vaxxer calling on those who are vaccine-hesitant to get over themselves, comply and

Celebs Entertainment Featured September 15, 2021

Aaliyah’s uncle Barry Hankerson suggests her mom ‘knew a lot more’ about R. Kelly abuse

Fans of Aaliyah have turned to social media to slam the singer’s uncle for claiming her mother was aware of