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The Schmooze Rihanna On Drake: “We Don’t Have A Friendship Now”
In 2016 at the VMA awards, international superstar Rihanna gave one of the great performances of her career before receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. But before Rihanna could accept her accolade, the rapper Drake delivered a speech about the singer so overwrought that headlines the next day were not “Rihanna Triumphant At VMAs”…
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The Schmooze Robert Lee IV Resigns From Church After Backlash, Says Fighting White Supremacy Is ‘Sacred Work’
Looking stoic in a black shirt and collar as he addressed the spangled audience at this year’s VMAs, Reverend Robert Lee IV gave a morally radical speech. It was unusual fare for the awards show, but it was especially surprising considering that Lee is a direct descendent of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. “We…
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The Schmooze The Most Jewish Things That Happened At The VMAs
The VMAs are a televised event at which celebrities give each other awards for movies they’ve made about themselves. The crucial event of Sunday night’s performance was an artist’s release of a video of herself bathing in diamonds. So no one should be too devastated that few Jews were nominated for or won awards during…
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Life What the VMAs Taught Us About Female Friendship
On Sunday night, Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood,” a song about friends-turned-enemies, won Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards. The video features a parade of female celebrities (Lena Dunham, Karlie Kloss, Ellen Pompeo, Jessica Alba, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne) that highlights Swift’s “squad,” her group of female friends she has been promoting…
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