Episode 169: What’s Poppin!

We're back this week with another rendition of What's Poppin'!

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_Major Deaths _

Rev. Jesse Jackson
Catherine O’hara - won post humous award at 32nd Actors Award (formerly SAG awards)
Eric Dane
James Van Der Beak
Robert Duvall
Robert Carradine

_TV/Movies
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All’s Fair - (on Hulu)
Blk NWS: Terms and Conditions (independent film)
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Love is Blind (Netflix)
Wuthering Heights
New Movies Coming out
Scream 7
IS GOD IS
Michael - Michael Jackson biopic
KPOP! - Anderson Paak w/ his son
Crime 101 w/ Halle Berry
Beauty in Black Season 2 Pt 2
Netflix - The RIP, Trap House
Upcoming Movies: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Mary J. Blige Presents: Be Happy (Lifetime) - Starring Tisha Campbell & Mehki Phifer

_Oscars (March 15) and Awards Season
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Sinners
BAFTA awards racial slur incident fall out re: terret syndrome offensive language
NAACP Image Awards
Actors Awards (SAG)
Black Actors awards
Golden Globes -
Emmys -
Teyana Taylor Woman of the Year - Time magazine
KPop Demon Hunters best original song in Oscars

_Other topics
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Epstein Files
Mardi Gras
International Women’s Day (Mar 8)/ Month - Women’s Month - MARCH 2026
In other News
Brittany Spears arrested in CA for DUI
Paris & LA Fashion Week
America’s Top Model
Met Gala theme 2026: Fashion is Art
Grand Opening for Marathon Burger in LBC - Black Sam & Snoop Dogg collaboration (Unfortunate gun violence & stabbings occurred)
Queen Latifah, Taraji P henson, Taye Diggs, Sherri Shephard inks an Lifetime First Look deal
Winter Olympics/Paralympics