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Iman N. Milner-Phillips

@imannmilner

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Entertainment Baddie. Detroit girl. Writer. Author: on breaking back together. bylines: @rollingstone , @shondaland , @refinery29 , @People . VO @NFL .

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Joined March 2009
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Iman N. Milner-Phillips
5 months
3.15. a perfect day. 👰🏾🤵🏾‍♂️
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Black women have to write the book, read the book, explain the book, decode the book and then pretend to not know toooo much so it can be palatable. man. gone.
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3 months
Baby, what are Angel Reese stans called? Reese’s pieces or something? Whatever it may be, it’s me.
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Add sports team owner to Angel Reese's list of accomplishments 👏 Reese is the newest owner of Washington, D.C. based professional women’s soccer team DC Power Football Club.
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I think about all the things we put aside “for later” to be in this industry. Marriage, children, seeing family, etc...so we don’t miss our “big break” or an audition...and...43, man. Our lives are the “big break”...we have to remember that.
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4 years
y'all treat Janet like she regular way too often for me. 15 million views, my baby. when you HAD to buy the service. no sharing passwords, nothing. people spent the coin for Damita Jo. ICON!
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The Velvet Rope Tour premiered on HBO with over 15 million viewers. Iconic!
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4 months
my friend was DJing at a brunch and he and my (now) husband have similar style. I went up to him thinking it was my friend and when he turned around I was like 🤭. he came & asked for my number and that was that. he would send locations, times and outfit ideas for our dates.
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The comments on this are great 🙂 If y'all wouldn't mind dropping a comment/quote tweet of where you met your spouse & a pic - people seem interested 🤷🏻‍♂️ We met on hinge 🙏
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@MichelleHux I said the same thing and the excuse she used was that the interview was pushed up by a DAY. So, like, when were you planning to prepare, sis? You work for fucking VOGUE. Lol. I can’t.
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11 months
i cannot stress the importance of simply doing right by people.
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3 years
people love to see you grow until your growth means they have to handle you differently. grow anyway.
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4 months
Sorry to Ricky but that man wasnt doing a lick of work marketing them shows.
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Ricky Strauss Out as Apple TV+ Head of Marketing After 16 Months
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@Tdelantec1 cool. how much of the team do you own, stink?
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2 years
hearing Beyoncé in the wild…
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2 years
Nah, Burna Boy one of them ones.
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3 months
@HailCeaser_ with that attitude, you'll never be a Reese's piece.
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Victoria Damita Joseph Jackson
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8 months
A Golden Globe winner. An Academy Award nominee. Iconic work. Heartbreaking, man.
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This is so sad.
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1 year
@_WrittenByHanna slapping a man, winning an Oscar and then doing a live performance of one of your biggest hits while holding said Oscar is ICONIC. I am so sorry.
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6 years
“Boys are taught by boys who are taught by boys that Black girls will be fine no matter what they do to them” - Kiese Laymon
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3 years
Year of the Black woman but ain't none of em winning in the categories? Now see... #BETAwards
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3 years
@simsimmaaz and that's why so many men think they're logical...whole time a narcissist and a psychopath. whew.
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@WrittenByHanna biracial men with white mothers. it never fails.
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2 years
Because honey Lee Jung-jae ATE every single episode of Squid Game. I know that’s right!!
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8 years
Even if Hillary wins tonight, we now KNOW what we've known all along: A huge part of this country is racist, sexist and generally trash.
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My sister is doing her inaugural performance of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” at NYC Ballet. They featured her on their IG and she said she listens to Tupac to get ready. I am so proud. ❤️💅🏾👸🏾🙌🏾
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4 years
Both Gladys and Patti have memoirs that are amazing. I recommend reading them both. A lot of tea and life lessons.
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I can’t get over how my boo Riley Curry carried like that to “Already” with her little sister serving a lewk and playing it chill on the side. I just...
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2 years
@FUCCl imagine telling THEE Gigi Hunter to focus on her craft.
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4 years
when I got old enough to realize that my grandmother lived in a food desert and then I saw a Whole Foods get moved within 5 miles of an area with no one who could afford it...I never opened my mouth about the food choices of people in poor areas again. simple.
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3 years
Black men who’ve made something out of nothing only to be gunned down in their own hometowns…that breaks my heart every single time. tired of seeing young Black women mourning their lovers, burying the fathers of their children. it’s just sick, man.
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3 years
I think we can all agree that Jill Scott.
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@TIAreports @kathia_woods Announcing this just days before many people have already scheduled travel, accommodations, etc…is disgusting. And then to say they can just simply not come? Jobs aplenty?! Tone deaf, out of touch and disrespectful. As hell.
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@OkSoMik Tuh. And Miley said will do!
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5 years
“Why do you think I came all the way here?” Well, I don’t know, Bran, you ain’t said nothing worth hearing all season!!!
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6 years
I just keep thinking about all the Black creatives who can make their rent for the next few months because Beyonce EMPLOYED them for a historic performance. Like...100+. Musicians. Dancers. The people who live off of gigs. #Beychella
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2 years
Idris Elba is some of God's most perfect work. Truly pulled out all the stops.
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4 years
Missing You vs. For You I Will. That’s TOUGH. either way I’m crying.
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3 years
i interviewed Lil Kim.
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@CerromeRussell @detroitplair Different granddaddy lol
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6 years
Queen Creole Goddess of the Sun brought Black history, African gods/goddesses, Black Greek life and a stage full of Black talent to a festival that is usually attended by mostly white festival goers. My President is Black. #Beychella
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@ApolloTheLeader still doesn't serve your point. there are a dozen films with the same premise w/ all white casts but it's clear you just want to hate on BW.
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3 years
another year and Normani dropped off the best visuals out of all the girls.
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3 years
Chloe and Halle won 2020. And that's that on that. That is a GROUP, honey. Know them. #BETAwards
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@HotBoyNY1 He don’t even hoop but ok.
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@PresidentPat @ConnectwithLo_ Sorry, Tori can stay at the crib. I want all cornbread raised, Baptist church on Sunday singing Black women for Aretha. Period.
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@WrittenByHanna she also is being very pc by not mentioning the other reason aside from it being a damn comedy. (black kids don't...)
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8 years
Here you go, @solangeknowles . You clearly came to snatch wigs in the name of Blackness. So... #ASeatAtTheTable
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everybody fine.
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7 years
Remember how mad Prince was when Trey Songz went into Purple Rain that year?! #BETAwards
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3 years
i want all my friends to experience gentle love. love that does not require breaking. black women deserve ease in intimacy. so happy for my girls who have that.
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@TheraputicGuru jail for this picture. do not pass go or collect $200.
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@ApolloTheLeader actually isn's the same premise at all. it's a remake of a British film and they murder a man in it. But more on things you don't know...
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2 years
Skylar Diggins-Smith was balling out last season while pregnant. Women>>>>>>>>>>
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1 year
Spent the weekend with @RDCworld1 @dreamconvention courtesy of Mountain Dew. What they’ve created is a super dope, inclusive and safe space for Black gamers, anime fans and creators. So much good energy the last few days. Hope they continue to change the world. 💙
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Hug your artist friends. Read their scripts. Proofread their articles. Run lines with them. Listen to their mixtape. Go to their shows.
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@breeeeann Lol the “alright” is really sending me. It was basically “say less” and to swipe and see them recreating was just... *chef’s kiss*
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3 years
#thread so grateful for this story Lil Kim shared with me about the first time she hung out with Mary J Blige.
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@ScottieBeam LOOOOLLLL is the Black experience not sometimes a teeny little bit monolithic because the way my mama talk about Charlotte like it's heaven.
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i interviewed @LilKim for @Refinery29 . So, the next time you think about the way we’ve all abided under the safety of hip-hop, or when names get dropped in the GOAT conversation, don’t forget Kimberly Denise Jones, the woman who gave us everything…
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@GiaPeppers The idea of closure puts the onus of healing or moving forward on something outside of yourself so, I don’t find it helpful. Usually it’s just an attempt to get an emotional recognition of importance/worth from the other person. To know it was real for them. Nope. Bye.
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@DopeItsKort NOT TOO MUCH. lol. My God. Y'all are HELL on this app. 😂
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They do know how old their fans are currently, right? Because I got about 15 more mins before my bedtime.
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4 years
black girls with braids and plants all summer 2020.
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"Who's That Girl" is what I hear in my head every time I step out of the bed in the morning.
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@SoLyrical the love I have for him cannot be overstated. every single gentrified city in America needs him.
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@IkaVinaWines How you know, stinka butt?
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@MoreAndAgain "good to the last drop". Listen. He know what he doing.
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Kelly Rowland is absolutely perfect. 10/10. No notes. Ever.
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“People like to mishandle my blackness. Thank God they don’t have ownership of it” - @lizzo
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@theninaparker There is something that all his comments have in common and the similarities tell me that the demo of the women he spends a lot of time with have led him to believe they’re true. Lol. It’s something very Terrell Owens about it all.
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@cerisezhane the earrings took me out. she studied that pic, ok?!
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@officialdane313 @MattKHOU Lol this is a 10/10 response.
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9 months
yesterday, my little sister made history as the first Black woman to perform Dewdrop in Balanchine’s Nutcracker in NYC Ballet’s 75-year existence. It’s the flesh-tone tights, brown pointe shoes and custom Zac Posen costume for me! 💅🏾🩰
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Pose. Forever.
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there is no reason why r&b and pop should be put in one category at an award show meant for our artists.
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6 years
I’m a BKA. Who do I pay my dues to? Blue? Sir? Rumi? Mama Tina? #Beychella
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8 years
YO! Casey Affleck won over Denzel with two sexual assault cases on record. Wow. #GoldenGlobes
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3 years
I’m gone let y’all finish but I just wrapped my first feature film as a lead. 🤌🏾🙌🏾❤️
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@oni_blackstock @nytimes @NYTStyles especially when one of the draftees announced her move to the WNBA in what is considered to be the fashion holy grail. lol.
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I think about Serena Williams saying she just wanted to be treated nice in regards to marrying her partner often and I know so many Black women really get to a place where that's just the bottom line. Not having a person be cruel and hurtful. the bar is in hell.
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Jada and Will basically saying "we got your back and whoever got a problem can run it by us" is giving me what I need.
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4 years
came to meet someone in March I'd been FaceTiming with for a couple months for what was supposed to be a 5 day trip. Turned into 4 months. Very crazy. Very happy with the results. 😊 This coming week makes a year since my ex-fiance ghosted me. take chances. life is short.
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@WrittenByHanna and it would be smack dab between the wildest parts of the show. LOL.
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@bevysmith EXACTLY, Auntie. While being married to a woman who, along with her family, profits from emulating/stealing from Black women creators. He’s definitely not kinfolk.
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@AttyCCN No one on his 2 other championship teams were top 2 centers. Lol. Now come on. The second part of your statement holds some weight but egregious overstatement in the first part
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Moses Ingram.
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@QueenbyAncestry @GQue2_1911 @Elizaeverafter @WomenatForbes @ShanelLindsay there's also a Black owned luxury cannabis company called @theapothecarry . and it just got funded!
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Baby sister ballerina princess is in this talking about diversity on the City Ballet stage. Her 2nd year in Nutcracker and she’s a corps member of the company. I am thee proudest big sister always but even prouder that she can inspire others. Living her dreams!
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In the 65 years @nycballet has been producing ���The Nutcracker,” Charlotte Nebres is the first black ballerina to play the role of Marie. @rehemaellis has the story.
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a Black woman y'all can support in real time instead of arguing about the lady with the bob.
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Good morning, yall. I’m in court today for opening arguments in the Young Thug / YSL RICO case. If you’re looking to catch up, here’s a preview I wrote for The Guardian.
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Julia Roberts was really THAT girl.
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I would pay full price for a Michael K. Williams as DMX one man show.
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Steve Harvey said he seen yall little tweets. 😂.
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SERENA JUST UPSET THE NUMBER TWO PLAYER IN THE WORLD AT 40 YEARS OLD. I don’t want to hear no names in the GOAT convo over hers. Bless up.
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@abstractnights And all types of multitalented! Played Simba in Lion King ON Broadway. The kid is special.
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I’m glad Twitter gave Tevin his flowers today. I’m sure it’s easy to feel forgotten as music changes and the world speeds up. Tevin is a legend. ❤️.
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Y’all jump in that respectability bag very quickly when things like this happen. It’s ugly and gross. Cut it out.
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Viggo??!?!?! It's all because of Viggo?!!?
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new house. new car. engaged. speaking on panels. writing. finished second book. creating the projects i want to see. this little black girl from detroit is so grateful. and so happy that i chose life when death felt easier at times. in 3 days, i celebrate another year.
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