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Scribe: Samuel Otis

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Marvel’s Black Panther is living up to expectations earning $100 million its first weekend. But thats not all, marvel has the magic starting with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 last year at $146.5 million, Spiderman: Homecoming $117 million and Thor: Rangnaork $122 million. Black Panther will be the fourth consecutive film to gross more than $100 million in the first week.

But, that's not all! In May Marvel Studios is expected to drop Avengers: Infinity War and its projected to gross $200 million its first weekend. Movie experts expect Black panther will bypass the $120 million next month.

Scribe: Lucy Osbourne

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Missy Elliot, gave a soul stirring speech on Thursday in NYC. She opened up about having an autoimmune disease, she said that it had gotten so bad that she could not even lift a pen.

The admission came at the 9th annual Essence magazin’s Black Women in Music event. This year it was held at New York City’s Highline Ballroom. She was introduced by her old friend Janet Jackson who she had special words for towards the end of the talk. Jakson introduced the musical mogul by saying, "Creativity is a beautiful thing," she continued, "And when creativity flows so freely from a musical genius, all we can do is express gratitude. I am so grateful for Missy's beautiful soul."

Elliot joking admitted Jackson calls her Jack.

Scribe: Samuel Otis

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Whats the difference between a geek and a nerd? N.E.R.D. is a rock band playing an the 52 Super bowl halftime show. And acronym f No one ever dies is a hip hop and rock fusion band formed in Virginia Beach, VA in 1999. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley to Virgin Records as a duo, called the Neptunes. The Neptunes, a production powerhouse formed a band with Shay Haley as a side project and billed it N.E.R.D.

The band is performing at the NFL’s big game halftime show promoting their latest album released in late 2017 Lemon. The lead single features Rihanna and the album features acts including, MIA, Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Wale, Future, Gucci Maine and Ed Sheeran.

Super Bowl LII is schedule to be in Minneapolis,MN in the state of the art US Bank Stadium on 4 February, 2018

Scribe: Lucy Osbourne

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Justin Timberlake is back for the Super bowl halftime show after a 14 year absence. In 2004, he performed with Janet Jackson and snatched her clothing exposing her nipple. The incident caused an international storm of criticism accusing primarily Jackson of defiling a family event.

He said he and his people talked about what was then called a wardrobe malfunction. He said during a recent interview, "To be honest, it wasn't too much of a conversation, just one of those things where you go, we're not going to do that again." he continued, 'OK, well, you know, you can't change what's happened but you can move forward and learn from it.'"

Timberlake is promoting a new album, “Man of the Woods.”

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

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The NAACP announced the winners on Sunday night the winners of he non-televised categories.

Winners were announced in 47 categories sunday night. The awards show will be braodcast live on TVOne on Monday night.

The list of the non-televised winners are listed below:

Television

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Jay Ellis – “Insecure” (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Marsai Martin – “`black-ish” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Joe Morton – “Scandal” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Naturi Naughton – “Power” (Starz)

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited – Series or Dramatic Special

“The New Edition Story ” (BET)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special

Scribe: Lucy Osbourne
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Russel Simmons accusers has grown to 14, including 7 rapes being investigated by the New York Police Department. Rape allegations against the hip hop mogul began in late 2017, and the world armed up against powerful men taking advantage of their positions.

In Late December two women filed police complaints that happened in 1983 and 1991, and in New York state there is no statue of limitations on Rape.

On accuser Sherri Hines alleged Simmons invited her into his new sparsely furnished office asked her to have a seat on the couch and raped her while her friend waited in the lobby. When allegations began Simmons pushed back by creating a media campaign of his own called #NotMe in an effort to refute sexual abuse allegations against him. He has since ended the campaign as the numbers of women continue to ascend.

Scribe: Lady in the bag

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Scribe: Lucy Osbourne

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The power of Times Up. More than 300 actresses and others formed an anti-sexual misconduct pact, with a legal defense fund designed to protect women in any industry including janitors, nurses and others. Organizers include, Hollywood heavyweights including, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and Eva Longoria.

In an open letter the group said, "We want all survivors of sexual harassment, everywhere, to be heard, to be believed, and to know that accountability is possible." Organizers are looking to drive gender equality in Hollywood and propose new laws and penalties for companies who allow harassment to persist.

The group intends to use their star power to bring awareness and solutions to a systemic problem. This on the heels of the Harvey Weinstein Me Too campaign.