Dionne Grant
@DionneGrant
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Social Media Manager, News & Leadership @VirginAtlantic. Previous: @X, @BuzzFeedUK @TastyUK @Seasonedbf, @TheVoiceNews
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Joined November 2009
Remembering George Floyd today 🕊. (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020)
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John Boyega and his family attend the European premiere of ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ in traditional clothing 💙
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“My family cut me off financially and I had to pay for security for us. But, I have what my mum left me. I think she saw this coming” - Prince Harry #OprahMeghanHarry
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This mother bought her son flowers “because I saw on TikTok that the first time a Black man gets flowers in his life is at his funeral and that really bothered me” 💐
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Idris Elba marries Sabrina Dhowre in beautiful Moroccan wedding 😍
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This picture of Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, arriving at Westminster Abbey is 🤌🏾
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In 2005, Oprah gave the world the Oprah Winfrey Legends Ball, a three-day celebration honouring 25 African American women in art, entertainment, and civil rights. The final day was a gospel brunch, which produced one of the greatest mic passes in history!
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Stormzy has received an honorary degree from the University of Exeter in recognition of his outstanding achievements in higher education philanthropy. This includes the "Stormzy Scholarship", which provides Scholarships for Black British students at the University of Cambridge 👏🏾
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Randy Gonzalez, the father in the popular TikTok duo Enkyboys, has died aged 35. In April 2022, he announced he had been diagnosed with colon cancer and had been given 2-3 years to live 🤍🕊
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“We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd. for Sandra Bland. for Trayvon Martin. for Stephen Lawrence. I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but f*** that” - John Boyega at London’s #BlackLivesMattter march 👑
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“Stop forcing your friends to go outside”. Issa Rae with a PSA 😅
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Tyler Perry offered Harry and Meghan his home for “several months” and he gave them his security too when they moved to the US #OprahMeghanHarry
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Meet DJ Switch: The 10-year-old DJ from Ghana who can also play the piano and trumpet and has ambitions of becoming a gynaecologist because she wants ‘to help women’ 🖤
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Taylor Simone Ledward-Boseman, the wife of the late Chadwick Boseman, attends the “Black Panther: #WakandaForever”World Premiere 🤍
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It’s always “violent Jamaica” until it’s time to book your holiday
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Tyler Perry offered Prince Harry and Meghan his home and his security for “several months” when they moved to the US. He had never met them before. He is now the godfather to their daughter, Lilibet: "I had to take a minute to take that in. I thought, 'I'd be absolutely honored'"
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Adele was asked who she would most like to collaborate with in the audience. Her answer: Daniel Kaluuya: “I’m not an actress, but I think you are the greatest actor. I’m mesmerised by you and your work. I’d love to watch you work. I think I’d learn a lot” #AnAudienceWithAdele
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Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon passed GCSE maths aged 10, speaks six languages and started an Oxford degree at 15. At 31, the mathematician and founder of Stemettes, a social initiative promoting women in STEM, has become the first Black woman on longstanding quiz show, "Countdown".
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Angela Bassett says playing Tina Turner was the most challenging role of her career: "Nothing as difficult physically, emotionally, spiritually, vocally. Nothing, absolutely nothing".
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Jay-Z talks ‘444’, ‘Lemonade’ and Beyoncé: “The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused”
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They’re colourblind when you’re winning, but can only see colour when you lose. Proud of you, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho. Still we rise.
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Racism was at the heart of my heavily pregnant daughter's death, mother alleges. Nicole Thea, a YouTube influencer, died three years ago when she was eight months pregnant from an underlying heart condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which ran in her family - she'd
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Skepta will make his art world debut as he unveils, for the first time, his painting "Mama Goes to Market". It will go on public exhibition in Sotheby’s New Bond Street galleries (Sept 8-13) before it is auctioned: "I live and breathe art in everything I do, everything I think"
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What we just witnessed was violent. After Faye’s first outburst, producers should have stepped in. If Teddy EVER spoke to Faye the way she spoke to him tonight, there would be a contender for OFCOM’s most-complained about show. Those who know, know. #LoveIsland.
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Thank you for your wonderful work, James Earl Jones. Rest well 🕊️
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Morris Chestnut gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: "It's really been tough for me to navigate this industry. So, first and foremost, I want to thank God for blessing me and allowing me to be able to do that"
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Daniel Kaluuya and John Boyega greeting each other on the red carpet will always be one of my favourite moments 🖤
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Issa Rae’s PR team told her they were aiming for “a cover EVERY month” to mark the final season of #InsecureHBO. And they delivered.
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Watching black boys be given the space to be children and not a hashtag. It’s a beautiful thing 💛.
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Gavin is 25. Julie is 76. They met in a market 4 years ago and have had each other's backs since. “Gavin is like my own son. If anything worries me, I tell him. Old people are scared of young ones. He has changed me to know how some young ones are”😭❤️
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Regina King speaks on the loss of her son Ian two years after his passing: “I’m a different person now than I was. Grief is a journey. I understand grief is love that has no place to go… I was so angry with God. Why would that weight be given to Ian?” [🎥: @GMA]
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Meghan Markle at the Queen’s funeral. The photographers really did what they needed to do.
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Regina King shares tribute to her son Ian Alexander, Jr. on his heavenly birthday and one year anniversary of his passing: “My absolute favorite thing about myself is being… Regina the mother of Ian the GodKing. Continue to shine bright, my guiding light” 🕊
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Babatúndé asks former Health Secretary Matt Hancock how things have been “because you messed up”. Matt explains he just “fell in love”. Babatúndé: “You didn’t just fall in love. You were grabbing the booty” #ImACeleb
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Marley Dias, 15-year-old author, activist and founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, is the host and executive producer of new Netflix series “Bookmarks” featuring celebs, including Lupita Nyong’o, Jill Scott and Common, reading children's books by Black authors
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Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke and Danai Gurira serving squad goals in Wakanda and Hollywood 😍 #Oscars
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Usher giving Queen Latifah her flowers at his Las Vegas residency 💐🥰
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Big Narstie and his mother open the first Jamaican restaurant in Tenerife 🇯🇲
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Michelle Obama on the realities of marriage: “There were times when I felt like I was 70% in and he was doing 30%… I had to take my foot off my career gas pedal. I feel bad when I see young people giving up on their relationships because there are periods of hard” (via @NPR)
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"He was taken weeks short of his 11th birthday. My son spoke of hoping to save the world in his lifetime. Sadly, he did not live to realise his dreams"- Richard Taylor OBE. Today marks 21 years since 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was murdered on his way home from the library. RIP🤍
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Adele was asked who her childhood inspiration was growing up and she said it was her English teacher Miss McDonald: “She got me really interested in literature. We knew she cared about us”. Adele hadn’t seen her since year 8. She was in the audience 🥺 #AnAudienceWithAdele
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The moment Adele is surprised by her secondary school teacher Miss McDonald during #AnAudienceWithAdele 🥺
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Reporter: “Is there racism in the UK?”.Stormzy: “Definitely, 100%. It's like: 'Oh no, we're not racist'. But there's a lot of racism in the country.”.ITV News:
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13 years ago today, 18-year-old A-level student Anthony Walker was murdered in an unprovoked, racially-motivated attack in a Liverpool park. Remembering the aspiring lawyer and his family today ❤️
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The West End cast of “The Lion King” reunite for the first time in 15 months for a emotional rendition of "Circle of Life" 💛
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, release their 2021 family Christmas card featuring the first photo of daughter Lilibet Diana: “Archie made us a ‘Mama’ and a ‘Papa’, and Lili made us a family” 🤎
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The funeral of Johanita Kossiwa Dogbey has taken place today. The 31-year-old was fatally stabbed from behind in an unprovoked daylight attack while walking home in Brixton, south London, on May 1. Police confirmed 33-year-old Mohamer Nur has been charged with her murder. May
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Meghan Markle: *breathes*.British press: “She exhaled the wrong way. Strip her of her title.”. Disgusting.
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Lauren London’s son Kameron Carter shared a dream he had two days after Nipsey Hussle died: “Ermias came behind me and said, ‘wassup, killer’ - that’s what he used to call me. Ermias told me what heaven was like. He told me it was like paradise.” #NipseyHussleMemorial
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Dee-Ann Kentish-Rodgers: The new Miss Universe Great Britain! 😍. She is the first black woman to hold the title and will go on to represent Great Britain internationally on the Miss Universe stage. Congratulations, @AsToldBy_Dee! 👏🏾
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David Oyelowo and Donald Glover at the #BlackPanther world premiere. COME THROUGH, COLOURS!!! 💛🧡❤️💚💙
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Jadakiss has launched coffee brand, Kiss Café, with his father - who has been in the industry since 1977 - and son: “Over 40 years in, 3 generations deep, grounded in tradition, I am joined by my father and son to launch our Phillips family coffee company”
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January 17 is a blessed day 🤍. Happy Birthday, Eartha Kitt, Muhammad Ali, James Earl Jones and Michell Obama
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Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has been awarded the Order of Jamaica, the nation’s fourth highest honour, for her “sterling contribution as an actress, [being a] cultural ambassador of Jamaica and contribution to the international film industry”🇯🇲 (@JamaicaObserver)
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“Jamaicans don’t want the Queen… If Harry [was coming], people would react different. People would go and meet Harry. But William, nobody wants to see that” - Dancehall star Beenie Man on Prince William and Kate’s visit to Jamaica (via @GMB).
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The moment Janet Hubert, who played the original Aunt Viv, stepped on the #FreshPrince set and reunited with the cast 27 years after departing the show 🤗 #FreshPrinceReunion
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Serena Williams and daughter Olympia for Stuart Weitzman 🥰
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I honestly just want to hug Bukayo Saka. What enormous pressure. Absolutely Heartbreaking.
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“I think he would have had a family, I think he would have travelled widely. I know he would have qualified as an architect” - Baroness Doreen Lawrence. Remembering Stephen Lawrence #StephenLawrenceDay 🕊🤍.(September 13, 1974 - April 22, 1993)
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At 22, she made history by becoming the youngest woman trader on the New York Stock Exchange. Now, aged 26, Lauren Simmons is gearing up to host a reality show “Going Public”, which lets you, the viewer, invest in a contestants’ companies yourself
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Naomi Osaka, the highest paid female athlete, has withdrawn from a tennis match in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake: "Before I am [an] athlete, I am a black woman".
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Meet Kareem Waris Olamilekan: The 11-year-old Nigerian hyperrealism artist who started drawing at six and hopes to one day “see myself among the great artists in museums" 🖤
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Today marks the 15th anniversary of the racially motivated murder of 18-year-old college student Anthony Walker in Liverpool. 21 February 1987 – 30 July 2005 🕊️💔 .#NeverForget
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Interviewer: “If you were a tennis player, who would you want to be like?”. 11-year-old Serena Williams: “Well, I’d like other people to be like me” .
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“Stephen Lawrence was not stabbed because he was involved in any criminal activity. He was stabbed because he was Black” - Crimewatch (2013). Today we remember the aspiring architect on what would’ve been his 48th birthday. Rest well, Stephen 🤍.(Sept 13, 1974 - Apr 22, 1993) 🕊
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It’s been two weeks to the day since Richard Okorogheye was last seen by his family. The 19-year-old, who has sickle cell disease, did not take his medication or any money with him. Police divers have now joined the search for him in Epping Forest 🙏🏾
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Petition calling for justice for Julian Cole, a student left paralysed and brain-damaged following his arrest by Bedford police in 2013, receives over 126,000 signatures. The officers were sacked for lying about incident but have not faced criminal charges
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In 2017, @DJAbrantee suffered a stroke at his home. He was told he would never walk or talk again. In 2021, he walked to the podium at the #MOBOAwards with Kaz Kwami to present Wizkid with the Best African Music Act award. What a special moment 🥺♥️
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The producers knew to leave the Kaz/Tyler/Faye/Teddy recoupling until tomorrow #LoveIsland
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Venus Williams on how she deals with media: "I know every single person asking me a question can't play as well as I can. And never will. So, no matter what you say, or what you write, you’ll never hold a candle to me.That’s how I deal with it” #NaomiOsaka
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Mother of Richard Okorogheye - who was found dead after being reported missing in April - is calling on Black community to donate blood. Richard, a sickle cell patient, had been receiving blood transfusions. The NHS needs 1,300 new Black donors every month
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Quinta Brunson (#AbbottElementary) and Brian Tyree Henry (#AtlantaFX) for @VanityFair’s TV issue, which celebrates “actors behind the year’s most indelible TV characters”.
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A petition to install a memorial plaque for 20-year-old Folajimi “Jimi” Olubunmi-Adewole, who jumped into the River Thames near London Bridge to save a woman, has reached almost 150,000 signatures. An inquest into his death opened this week
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