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Published: 09 August 2019

Afton Williamson 

Afton Williamson says she’s quitting the show

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Written by By DON BABWIN and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press

Published: 25 June 2019

Jussie Smollett (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File) 

Chicago police released more than 1,000 files from the investigation into Jussie Smollett's claim he was attacked by two men, including video footage that shows him with a rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose.

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 24 June 2019

Rihanna presents (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) 

The 2019 BET Awards featured a number of contemporary pop and rap stars who are dominating the charts, from Cardi B to Lil Nas X.

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Written by KATIE CAMPIONE Associated Press

Published: 08 June 2019

 

Yusef Salaam: "Our story is a story of an egregious miscarriage of justice."

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Written by Mark Kennedy, AP Entertainment Writer

Published: 30 May 2019

Ethan Herisse posing at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York to promote his Netflix show "When They See Us." (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP) 

New series covers 25 years in the lives of five young Black men who were exonerated after being falsely accused of a high-profile rape

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Written by Russell Contreras, Associated Press

Published: 22 May 2019

The cast of "Party of Five" (Vu Ong/Freeform via AP) 

The original series centered on the Salinger family whose parents died in a car accident. The new show will follow the Acosta children as they work through an unsettling future when their parents are abruptly deported to Mexico.