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Bumbershoot Music Festival tickets are under $100. Here's how to get them
August 28, 2023 | 1:00pmWe're especially excited to see Sleater-Kinney, T♏he Revivalists, AFI, Fatboy Slim and Brittany Howard.
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July 17, 2023 | 12:49pmWe 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 💃
February 24, 2023 | 10:14pmLeftists 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
May 24, 2021 | 10:47pmTurn 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'
November 3, 2020 | 2:40pmPolitical 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
October 25, 2020 | 12:55amWill✃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
February 18, 2020 | 10:23amRobert 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
September 7, 2017 | 6:42pmLeVar 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
June 1, 2016 | 4:35pmDespite 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
May 29, 2016 | 3:23amOn 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
May 26, 2016 | 4:15amBritish-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
May 23, 2016 | 4:49pmIn 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
September 17, 2015 | 2:38amThe “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
September 2, 2015 | 6:25pmMalachi 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
August 27, 2015 | 3:41amBritish 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
July 2, 2015 | 12:33am"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'
November 11, 2013 | 3:11amIn the wake of successful slavery-themed movies like “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler” and “Lincoln,” the Hiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstory Channel just announced plans to remake “Root💜s,” the landmark 1977 mini-series that...
History rebooting 'Roots' miniseries
November 6, 2013 | 3:33amHistory 🌳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...