Karu F. Daniels

Karu F. Daniels has written for the Daily News since 2014. His work has also been featured in the Associated Press, The New York Times, CNN, ABC News, Billboard, NBC News, The Daily Beast, Playbill and Word Up magazine, among other outlets.

FILE - In this March 26, 2019, file photo, actor Jussie Smollett talks to the media before leaving Cook County Court after his charges were dropped, in Chicago. The latest twist in the Jussie Smollett saga is the revelation of a possible conflict of interest by the special prosecutor investigating why prosecutors dropped charges accusing the actor of staging a racist, homophobic attack on himself. Dan Webb disclosed this week he once co-hosted a political fundraiser for a figure central to his investigation, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx. A Cook County judge must now decide if bias or the appearance of bias renders Webb's position untenable. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

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Courtney B. Vance poses in the audience at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

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