Around 9 p.m. on Sunday night, in the middle of MTV’s Music Video Awards, the Biden-Harris campaign debuted a new advertisement. The spot was accompanied by a jaunty, percussive soundtrack, all whistles, parade drumming, and sloganeering: “If you want to see some change, say the action starts with me.” That’s …
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The NAACP announced on Tuesday that Rihanna will be the 2020 recipient of the organization’s President’s Award, to be given out during the 51st NAACP Image Awards. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will present the pop star with the award during a live television broadcast on BET on Saturday, …
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Rihanna criticized President Donald Trump‘s response in the aftermath of a pair of mass shootings in the United States that left 29 dead. After the shooting at an El Paso, Texas Walmart Saturday that killed 20 people, Trump tweeted, “Today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas, was not only tragic, it …
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Over two years after a Rihanna-approved documentary was first announced, director Peter Berg revealed that the film could arrive within months. In April 2016, Berg – whose action film Mile 22 arrived Friday – said he was at work on a Rihanna film modeled after D.A. Pennebaker’s legendary Bob Dylan …
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