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Kerry Washington’s Second Act“That was a turning point.” In September of 2023, Kerry Washington published her memoir, Thicker Than Water, in which she revealed that her dad, Earl Washington, who had raised her […]
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Built On BrotherhoodIn the first season of Prime Video’s crime thriller Cross, there’s a pivotal episode where the show’s lead characters, Detective Alex Cross, played by Aldis Hodge, and his partner Det. John Sampson, played by Isaiah Mustafa, […]
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