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Monday

Dime Davis directed all six episodes of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards: outstanding directing for a variety series, outstanding variety sketch series and outstanding guest actress in a comedy series. Anne Marie Fox/HBO hide caption

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'Black Lady Sketch Show' Is TV 'We'd Never Seen Before,' Says Dime Davis

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A masked Lady Gaga accepts the Best collaboration award for "Rain on Me" onstage during the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV hide caption

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Want to make all your arguments win-win? Stop fighting and start brainstorming

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Sunday

Saturday

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Not My Job: We Quiz SNL's Cecily Strong On Saturday Morning Cartoons

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Balzer + Bray

'Punching The Air' Tells A Story Of Hope Behind Bars

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Knopf

A Scientist Feels The Pull Of Faith In 'Transcendent Kingdom'

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Friday

In his role as superhero Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman became the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first film headlined by a Black actor. Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43

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First Lady Melania Trump, center, in a bright, lime green dress at last night's Republican National Convention. It's a color begging to be photoshopped, and the Internet reliably delivered. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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