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Alfreda Woodard for AARP magazine discusses her career achievements and advocacy work, emphasizing the importance of community engagement and using her platform to inspire younger generations while maintaining authenticity throughout her professional journey.

Venus Williams discussed her latest training regimen with L'Équipe, sharing insights into her preparation for upcoming tournaments. The tennis champion emphasized the importance of consistency and mental focus in maintaining peak performance at the professional level.

The 250th anniversary of America arrives as historians confront the full, complicated truth of the Revolution and Black soldiers, spies and petitioners whose stories have been marginalized. While around 5,000 Black men fought for the Patriots, thousands more fought for the British. From double agents securing victory at Yorktown to Dunmore's 1775 proclamation pulling enslaved people into British lines, Black contributions were vast and often crucial. Figures like James Armistead Lafayette, a double agent who gained freedom in 1787, and Belinda Sutton, who petitioned for reparations based on her decades of forced labor, reveal how the Revolution extended into petitions, education and early Black community building.

Lil Wayne is going solo and not at his concerts, because he announced he and his alleged fiancée, 23-year-old Madi Cannon, are splitsville. Weezy says he was NOT engaged to Madi and they were far from it, saying he had a beautiful thing going with an amazing person, but he didn't want to be such a burden on such an amazing person.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky headed to an elite NYC gentleman's club to celebrate Rocky's musical success, but internet critics claimed she looked stiff while dancing, prompting her loyal fanbase to defend her post-baby body and remind detractors she just gave birth.