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A former college football player, Shanoyd Whyte Jr., has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his longtime partner, popular Black transgender TikTok creator Maurice “Girlalala” Harrison. Harrison, a prominent hairstyling influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers, died on Friday, November 14, 2025, at the age of 21 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida.

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Award-winning artist and cultural figure Lizzo has sparked a heated public discourse regarding the rapid virality of the new GLP-1 weight-loss medications, such as Ozempic and Wegovy. In a personal and candid essay shared on her Substack platform, the singer argues that the widespread use of these drugs is actively contributing to the alarming “erasure” of plus-size women from public life and the fashion industry.

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R&B sensation Summer Walker has continued her chart dominance with her third studio album, Finally Over It, securing the largest debut for an R&B album by a woman in 2025. The highly anticipated album, released on Friday, November 14, 2025, debuted at Number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart after earning 77,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, according to Luminate.

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Reality television star Scotlynd “Scotty” Ryan and Lemuel “Lemmy” Plummer, CEO and founder of the Zeus Network, have announced they are expecting their first child together. The news, which marks a significant new chapter for the couple, was revealed during the premiere episode of Baddies USA: Chapter One and was confirmed across social media channels on Monday, November 24, 2025.

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Tessa Thompson had no trouble poking fun at her dating life, as well as that of her former costar, Michael B. Jordan.

During the American Cinematheque Awards, an annual event that specifically honored Jordan this year, Thompson gave a speech, opening up about her special connection with Jordan, both on film and behind the scenes, after they worked together for all three Creed films.

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Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter and actor who was instrumental in bringing reggae music to a global audience, has died at the age of 81. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement released on his official social media accounts. The announcement specified that the cause of death was a seizure followed by pneumonia.

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On Thursday, Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees received a 14-year prison sentence following his conviction for illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel, 52, had been found guilty by a federal jury in April 2023 on 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an "unregistered agent of a foreign government," and declined to speak before US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly delivered the sentence.