New Year’s Eve Beauty: How-To Guide for 5 Celeb Beauty Looks
New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to try a new beauty look because people expect you to get all gussied up, and more importantly, a new beauty routine will demonstrate your commitment to a new you in...
View ArticleHave A Seat: 5 New Year’s Resolutions that Qualify You to Have a Seat!
Every year you do it. You get fed up with your procrastinating ways, annoyed with your unorthodox eating habits and grow disgusted by your ever growing body that grows every time you pass the mirror....
View ArticleAnd I Quote…The Best of 2011
This week, we look back on the year’s most outrageous celebrity sound bites that made headlines, including a former-stripper-turned-housewife, a homophobic NBA champion, a buffoonish presidential...
View ArticleLOTD: Eddie Long Loses Again + Interracial Love In 1967
In today’s link round-up: A heartbreaking story of love and loss, Whitney Houston to be featured in another movie and much more! The YBF Former NFLer Chris Draft Loses Wife Keasha To Cancer, 1 Month...
View ArticleKim Wayans And Adepero Oduye On ‘Pariah’ [VIDEO]
It’s refreshing to experience new grounds being taken in Black Hollywood such as the indie film Pariah staring Kim Wayans and Adepero Oduye. Pariah tells the story of a courageous 17-year-old black...
View ArticleEnd of Year Awards: The Best, Worst & Strangest Politics of 2011
By Jason Johnson, Politic365 Chief Political Correspondent As much as I hate awards shows, I love awards lists. And the end of the year is the perfect time to come up with lists of things: What you’re...
View ArticleAriana Proehl + Single Black Women [VIDEO]
Courtesy of Vibe Vixen It feels somehow wrong to write about Ariana Proehl. She’s the creator of a YouTube video calling for the “Death of the Tragic, Scientifically Less Attractive, Unmarriageable,...
View ArticleBeyonce To Perform On Dick Clark’s ‘Rockin’ Eve’
It’s been a LONG week of Beyonce rumors surrounding the current state of her pregnancy. From stories of being in labor to the “delivery” of her “daughter” Tiana-May Carter, it’s hard to keep up. What...
View ArticleKanye Named “Most Stylish Celebrity Of 2011″ [PHOTOS]
The “Louis Vuitton Don” Kanye West has been crowned with a befitting title: Complex Magazine’s “Most Stylish Celebrity of 2011.” The 34-year-old rapper beat out his big brother Jay-Z, NBA ballers...
View ArticleLOTD: LeBron Proposes + Stars Celebrate 2012
In today’s link round-up: Beyonce “rocks” New Year’s Eve, Magic Johnson tackles homophobia & HIV/AIDS and much more! Essence.com LeBron James Proposes On NYE Congratulations to the beautiful...
View ArticleTV One’s ‘Unsung’ Returns [VIDEO]
TV One is gearing up for another season of the NAACP Image Award-winning series Unsung, with more untold stories of the most underrated, yet talented, entertainers. Unsung explores the lives of black...
View ArticleYour 2012 Workout Plan by Dolvett Quince
By Ronda Racha Penrice NBC’s The Biggest Loser got a major lift when Dolvett Quince joined the cast this past season. Aside from his own winning physique and boyishly handsome good looks, viewers were...
View ArticleHollywood To Obama: ‘Speak Louder!’
Courtesy of HuffPost BlackVoices NEW YORK — Hollywood loves the Next Big Thing, and four years ago, that was Barack Obama, the equivalent of a breakout movie star. “He is `The One,’” said Oprah...
View ArticleUsher Fights Back In Custody Battle
The custody battle between Usher Raymond and his ex-wife Tameka Raymond is getting uglier with the 33-year-old singer filing his own response to her original request. In November, Tameka filed for full...
View ArticleReality Check: Top 9 Craziest Reality TV Moments of 2011
We went through a lot of TV drama in 2011. We tried to give reality TV folks the benefit of the doubt — we really did — but every time we thought we had them figured out a punch was thrown, a diss...
View ArticleAretha Franklin Gets Engaged: ‘No, I’m Not Pregnant’
Any mention of weddings these days make us at UPTOWN very excited! The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has announced her engagement to”forever friend” William “Willie” Wilkerson. Related: Inside The...
View ArticleSerena Williams: ‘I Don’t Like Tennis’
Serena Williams doesn’t like playing tennis. With several Grand Slam titles under her belt, two gold medals, Monday’s victory at the Brisbane International tournament and a total domination of the...
View ArticleBefore They Were Famous: Celebrities and Their Common Jobs
Courtesy of Loop21 It’s comforting to know that the great majority of us are in the same boat. While we struggle and scrape to get that dream job in our chosen career, we labor in positions not...
View ArticleLOTD: Chris Brown Refuses Interviews + Diddy Defends His Legacy
In today’s link round up: Michelle Obama lands an acting gig, Christina Milian says she was a ‘good wife’ and much more! Vibe Vixen Christina Milian: ‘I Know I’m A Really Good Wife’ Christina Milian...
View ArticleAre Black Greeks More Violent than White Greeks?
Courtesy of Politic365 Before the New Year set in, Representative Frederica Wilson (D-FL) introduced anti-hazing legislation on the heels of the November death of a Florida A&M drum major from a...
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