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'I Don't Blame You': Tichina Arnold's Creative Way in Dealing with a Hot Flash Has Fans Cracking Up

Veteran actress Tichina Arnold has seemingly slowed down the hands of time in the looks department. However, while her looks are holding up, that did […]

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Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother worked as a school teacher and his father, a dock worker, died when Ernest was only four years old, forcing him to have to work in the fields after school each day. Because high schools in the South provided such poor

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Taye Diggs was born on January 2, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey. He is the oldest of five children born to Marcia and Andre Young. Diggs grew up in Rochester, New York where he attended Allendale Columbia School. He later transferred to School of the Arts. He also received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

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