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Source: Adam Gray / Getty If you needed a sign that the world is about to be taken over by computers, look no further than the monopoly merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. The new company will now be known as Skydance, which totally sounds like the first cousin of Skynet, the fictional self-aware artificial superintelligence that was the main antagonist in the Terminator franchise.

Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Halle Berry is continuing to push back against what she describes as her ex-husband Olivier Martinez’s “outrageous, false, and misleading” abuse claims in his recent petition seeking sole custody of their son, Maceo. As previously reported, the legal dispute escalated after Martinez accused the Hollywood actress of being violent toward their 13-year-old son during an alleged Sept. 26 incident.

Source: Gilbert Flores / Getty Theeeeee audacity! That’s what Living Single fans (like us!) are saying after an audaciously ashy, abyss-dwelling group of mouth breathers had the nerve to dub the cast of the beloved ’90s sitcom “unattractive.” Now, the uproar has gotten so loud that one of the show’s stars has entered the chat. Earlier this week, the hosts of The Views From The 7 podcast sparked backlash after a convo they had about Living Single went viral across Black social media.

Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Nivea is in remission from leukemia. “I’m very grateful,” she told Tamron Hall this week. The R&B icon tearfully shared the news while appearing on Tamron’s daytime show on October 7. The moment was touching, joyous and the type of celebrity update fans of the singer were waiting for. MadameNoire first reported on Nivea’s health update in July, after she shared it during an interview with Cadillac Chronicles.

The New School of Cool! Source: John Nacion/Getty Images This year’s star-studded CultureCon was an aesthetically epic affair that brought together trendsetters, moment makers and dreamchasers for two days of workshops, informative panels, networking experiences, and more for Black creatives, entrepreneurs, and culture-shapers from across the globe.

Source: Bri Nunn / Instagram White people, I’m going to hold your collective hand when I say this, but white entitlement has driven your delegation off a Kaucasian Karen Kliff, and we at the Black delegation think it’s long past time you had a meeting about it.

Source: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty It appears the botched execution of Christa Pike is having larger ramifications across the United States. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is currently considering sparring all 563 people on Death Row in the state. As The New York Times reports, Newsom is term-limited and set to leave office at the end of the year.

Source: Tyler Clouse / Getty AMES, Iowa — Tyrese Haliburton is back on the court. The Pacers guard returned Wednesday night in a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, 16 months after tearing his Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Haliburton made his return at Iowa State, where he played college basketball. He received a big ovation from the crowd and even bought out the student section, giving 2,500 Iowa State students free tickets.

Iyanla Vanzant is returning with a new OWN special focused on healing fractured family relationships and addressing generational trauma, and BOSSIP’s got an exclusive look. Source: Mothers & Daughters: Torn Apart with Iyanla Vanzant. / OWN Mothers & Daughters: Torn Apart with Iyanla Vanzant, premiering Friday, Oct.

Thirst trap o’clock! Source: Prince Williams/WireImage Back at it again with this week’s hottest thirst traps dropping during a buzzy week dominated by Kim Fields reacting to dusty-crusties calling The Living Single cast ‘unattractive,’ Halle Berry clapping back at ‘outrageous’ abuse allegations, A Different World stunner Renée Harrison sending social media into swoonlivion, H.E.R. reminding everyone that she’s bad with or without the shades, John Stewart officially entering his Green Lantern...