Muhammad Ali Stars In Louis Vuitton Ad With Grandson
Muhammad Ali seemingly has passed his boxing gloves to his three-year-old grandson Curtis Conway. In a Louis Vuitton ad that hit the web this week, Conway looks poised to take on the title of The...
View ArticleLauryn Hill Responds To Tax Evasion Charges
Just a day after Lauryn Hill was reported as being charged with three counts of misdemeanor failure to file taxes, the singer has taken to her personal Tumblr to address the matter. Related: Lauryn...
View ArticleStand By Your Man: Top 5 Ride-Or-Die Wives
Courtesy of Hello Beautiful The challenge of love is sticking by each other through the thick and thin. But sometimes the “thick” gets damn near impenetrable and walking out the door is an...
View ArticleWitness Details Drake And Chris Brown Fight At NYC Nightclub
Courtesy of VIBE.com The ongoing rumors about Drake and Chris Brown’s nightclub face off at NYC’s WIP nightclub continues to be the hot topic of the day. TMZ has released a statement from Drake’s camp....
View ArticleCoupled Up: A Boof-foon Comes Between Kimora/Djimon & More Celebrity Couple News
Welcome to Coupled Up, our new weekly roundup of celebrity coupledom — you know who got hitched, who hooked up, who’s divorcing whom, who’s dipping on whom and who got caught in the middle. In this...
View ArticleWhy My Son And I Are Spending Father’s Day at Mayor Bloomberg’s House
by Mark A. Thompson One day as my son and I were walking down Lenox Avenue from basketball practice, I noticed two New York police officers on foot eyeballing us. I braced myself to be stopped and...
View ArticleFamily Guys: Celebrity Dads We Adore [PHOTOS]
As we tip our hats to the all the wonderful dads in our lives this Father’s Day, we also applaud our favorite proud papas who excel in Hollywood and at home!
View Article5 Things You Don’t Know About Yvette Wilson
Courtesy of EURWeb Last night, we were hit with the hard news of Yvette Wilson’s death. The actress, who is most known for her roles on Moesha and The Parkers, was suffering from cervical cancer and...
View ArticleIs It True that Women Can’t Get Along?
Courtesy of Sister 2 Sister From Basketball Wives and Real Housewives to Jerseylicious and Love & Hip Hop, there is at least one common theme: Women cannot get along. Catfights are common among...
View ArticleFrom Fatherless To Fatherhood
Courtesy of Elev8 From birth to death and every step in between, the greatest occurrences in any life are often preceded by a moment. Once a year the world dedicates 1440 of its moments to acknowledge...
View ArticleNike Unveils USA Olympic Track And Field Uniform
So I wasn’t exactly a fan of the newly-released, Kanye West-hawked Nike Air Yeezy 2s, which retail for $245 but probably cost Nike less than $5 to produce. But I do have to say I admire the track and...
View ArticleTyler Perry On ‘Madea’s Witness Protection,’ Avoiding A Drinking Habit &...
Courtesy of Essence.com When ESSENCE.com caught up with Tyler Perry this week, he was in the middle of promoting his latest movie, Madea’s Witness Protection, wrapping up his next movie The Marriage...
View ArticleBlack Gymnast Is Top Olympic Contender
Courtesy of The Root According to an informal survey, 90 percent of African Americans in their 20s and 30s today were in awe of or in love with Dominique Dawes around the time she competed in three...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now: Our 9 Favorite Athletes From Olympics Past [PHOTOS]
We’re about a year into our overflowing photo gallery of “You Loved Them Then! Where Are They Now?!” that features your favorite celebrities and their transitions through Hollywood. From Kid ‘n Play...
View ArticleLife Without the Glam Squad: Celeb Make-Unders
Rarely will you catch Hollywood’s pretty, shiny things looking anything but flawless. But New York artist Danny Evans has Photoshopped some of our favorite celebs into submission, giving us a sense of...
View ArticleUplift: The Inevitable
I joined a new meditation circle today. The energy was potent and loving. We discussed pain and fear of death. Sigmund Freud says the goal of all life is death. The leader of the circle asked, “Why is...
View ArticleLOTD: A Proper Whitney Tribute + Gabby Douglas Heads To London Olympics
In today’s link round-up: Beyonce, Jay-Z and Kanye take over the BET Awards, Rodney King gets laid to rest and much more! HuffPost BlackVoices Whitney Houston’s Mother, Cissy, Performs During Tribute...
View Article5 Tips For Traveling On A Solo Mission
You ever have that “I need a vacation” urge, but then you find that your friends have school, work, children, husbands, mistresses, and everything else going on under the sun that you all just can’t...
View Article2012 BET Awards: Performance Round-Up [VIDEOS]
Although one of the more lengthy BET Awards shows (and more censored), the annual event delivered with in-demand performers, tons of memorable moments and a Whitney Houston tribute done the right way....
View ArticleWhy Can’t We Let Our Artists Evolve?
Courtesy of EBONY.com What happens when your favorite music artists move on? They move on to a new school of thought, a new relationship, religion, or even a different music genre all together. They...
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