Serena Williams lost to Angelique Kerber—a good friend and frequent rival—at Wimbledon on Saturday (6-3, 6-3) but that knock should by no means disqualify her from being the Greatest Of All Time. Case in point? The gracious and beautiful speech she gave in the interview following her defeat, in which she kept her head held…
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June kicks off Pride Month in many cities around the world—and Taylor Swift was on hand in Chicago to get it going at her concert on Saturday night. Right before she launched into her song “Delicate,” the singer gave an emotional speech to the crowd that was dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community. “It’s very brave…
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Anyone who has paid the slightest bit of attention to Janet Jackson’s nearly 40-year career already knows that she’s a bona fide icon: Her legacy spans television and music, earning her 35 awards, and she has sold more than 100 million records. At the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 20), she further…
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Before there was #MeToo, there was Anita Hill. Nearly three decades after her historic testimony against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Hill stepped up to a podium Thursday to say the world has irrevocably changed after the scandals that have engulfed powerful men from Washington to Hollywood. “What happens now? I would say we will…
Read moreMichelle Wolf became an overnight sensation this weekend after her appearance at the 2018 White House Correspondents dinner. At the event, Wolfe delivered what’s probably been the most talked-about speech in the dinner’s history thanks to some controversial cracks that apparently have the nation divided; a nation that appears to care deeply about Sarah Huckabee…
Read moreMichelle Obama is back doing one of the things she does best—giving compelling speeches. (Or, as she puts it, “I’m back! This is what back looks like.”) On Friday, the former first lady gave her first big speech since she and her husband left the White House behind, and it had all the hallmarks of…
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