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 We can't wait to see Willie🦹 Nelson, Zach Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Turnpike Troubadours and Gary Clark Jr. IRL.

We’re not guilty for crimes of history 💃

Leftists hurl rocks at 💯America, claiming it is an irredeemably racist nation, but what happens when they discover they are as much a part of that messy, f🌱lawed history.  

  How a ‘slavery’ uproar at Juilliard Schooꦗl threatens the ꦕfuture of artistic expression

Turn on CNN or open The New York Times, and you ꧋may encounter someone explaining how exhausting it is to be a black person. ꦦ

Keith Olbermann ripped for calling Trump a 'whiny little Kunta Kinte'

 Political pundit Keith Olbermann was slammed on Twitter Tuesday for calling President Trump "a whiny little Kunta Kinte," in a ham-fisted attempt to twis🍨t the name of the "Roots" character...✨

William Blinn, ‘Brian’s Song,’ ‘Roots' and ‘Purple Rain’ screenwriter, dead at 83

Will✃iam Blinn, a screenwriter for the landmark TV projects “Brian’s Song” and “Roots” and the Prince film “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 83. Blinn died Thursday of natural causes...

The 'Roots' of all evil: Man accused of kidnapping woman, forcing her to watch miniseries

Robert Lee Noye allegedly told tꦉhe woman she had to watch the iconic miniseries "or he would kill her and spread her body parts across Interstat📖e 380."

'Reading Rainbow' fans still lose it over LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton looms large for generations of television fans, from his turn as young slave Kunta Kඣ♉inte in “Roots” (1977) to “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987 to 1994) to...

'Roots' remake can't live up to the hype

Despite an avalanche of hype, screenings and ಌround-table discussions targeted at Emmy voters, “Roots” is so far only a mo꧃dest success. The four-part miniseries debuted on four outlets (History, Lifetime,...

 White Hollywood only knows how to t😼ell stories about black pain

On Memorial Day, three cable channelꦅs will simultaneously premiere what’s meant to be a landmark in American television: the four-night, eight-hour remake of the iconic 1977 miniseries “Roots.” The response...

'Roots' star's DNA revelation

 British-born actor Malachi Kirby is largely unknown in the💖 US. That’s about to change. Kirby, 26, stars as Kunta Kinte in “Roots,” a four-part reboot of the landmark ABC miniseries...

 🉐 11 shows that prove summer TV doesn’t suck anymore

In an increasingly distant TV universe, summer used to mean countless reruns, trashy reality shows and scripted series tha𝄹t weren’t▨ good enough to make the in-season cut. Now, the post-Memorial...

Oscar winners Whitaker, Paquin take 'Roots' in A&E reboot

The “Roots” reboot now includes includes 💙two Oscar winners. Forest Whitaker, who won an Oscar for “The Last Kin🍎g of Scotland” and Anna Paquin — who snared an Academy Award...

LeVar Burton: 'Roots' reboot will be updated for younger audience

 Malachi Kirby, who’s been cast as Kunta Kinte in A&E’s upcomi🍸ng reboot of “Roots,” was hired after a “really exhaustive” search, says LeVar Burton. “Just [as exhaustive] as it was...

Malachi Kirby to star in A&E 'Roots' reboot

British actor Malachi Kirby has been cast as Kunta Kinte in A&E’s reboo🌸t of the iconic ABC miniseries “Roots.” Kirby, 25, who’s largely unknown in the US, has appeared in...

Laurence Fishburne plants 'Roots' in A&E miniseries reboot

"Black-ish" star Laurence Fish🐠burne will play Alex Haley in A&E’s remake of the 1977 landmark miniseries “Roots.” “Roots: The Saga of an American Family” will tell the story of Haley’s...

History Channel plans to remake historically problematic 'Roots'

In the wake of successful slavery-themed movies like “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler” and “Lincoln,” the Hiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstory Channel just announced plans to remake “Root💜s,” the landmark 1977 mini-series that... 

History rebooting 'Roots' miniseries

History 🌳will reboot of one of the most iconic miniseries in TV history: “Roots.” The original 1977 miniseries, which aired over eight consecutive nights on ABC to huge ratings, turned...