Inside Out: The People’s Art Project
By Larry Ossei-Mensah For nearly a decade, French Street artist JR has made the walls of cities around the world his personal canvas and the streets his public art gallery. Emerging from the graffiti...
View ArticleOscar de la Renta Nail Lacquers: Luxury For Your Digits
With prices reaching far into the thousands, getting the Oscar de la Renta look has been out of reach for even the most financially stable of our population. But now, we can all gain entré into the...
View ArticleTika Sumpter “Excited” About Playing ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’ Bad Girl
Courtesy of Sister 2 Sister Tika Sumpter is going to be a real, jaw-dropping, ruthless piece of work as she plays Tyler Perry’s newest bad girl Candace on “The Haves and the Have Nots.” “I am so...
View Article9-Year-Old Delivers Message To Mayor Rahm Emanuel About School Closings [VIDEO]
Courtesy of The Grio With just one day until the fate of school closings is known in the third-largest district in the nation, students have joined their parents and teachers in protest and raised...
View ArticleTV: Give Me an E!
Former pro basketball cheerleader is not the role most would expect from actress Kimberly Elise. But career range is nothing new for the woman who has robbed banks in Set It Off and portrayed the...
View ArticleYes, Fried-Chicken Jokes Are Racist
Courtesy of The Root When I heard that a golfer had made a “joke” about Tiger Woods and fried chicken, I had to double-check to make sure it wasn’t 1997 all over again. That was the year Frank “Fuzzy”...
View ArticleAmar’e Stoudemire & Alexis Welch Welcome Baby Boy
Congratulations are in order for Amar’e Stoudemire and Alexis Welch who welcomed a healthy baby boy earlier this week! The 30-year-old power forward revealed the exciting news to fans via Twitter on...
View ArticleInternational Success: Oprah Expands OWN To The UK
Courtesy of Hello Beautiful If you thought Oprah Winfrey was slowing down anytime soon you are sadly mistaken. According to reports, the media mogul has signed a new partnership deal to bring an OWN...
View ArticleJanet Jackson Joins The Billionaire Club
Janet Jackson might have married a handsome billionaire, but don’t be confused– she’s got her own. According to Variety, the 47-year-old singer/actress has pocketed more than a $1 billion over the span...
View ArticleCriminal Butt Dials Cops During Murder Plot
Courtesy of The Frisky Just a wee suggestion, but if you’re going to talk about your plot to follow a dude home and murder him? Make sure all of your electronic devices are off. That’s the hard lesson...
View ArticleForbes List Gives Young Women of Color 100 Reasons To Succeed
Courtesy of BlackEnterprise.com I love speaking to and relating with youth. From adolescents still finding their way to teens heading to college to 20-somethings looking to spark career and...
View Article84-Year-Old New Mexico Woman Indicted For Drug Trafficking
In today’s bizarre news, an 84-year-old New Mexico woman was indicted for drug trafficking on Thursday. Oxygen tank and all. The Associated Press reports Lillie Smith was indicted by a Bernalillo...
View ArticleWill Smith Says Because Of Slavery African American Parents Tend To Treat...
Courtesy of Madame Noire Yup, he’s still talking. He’s still on the same subject too, but this time around Will Smith is expanding his musings on parenting beyond the Smith household to a few...
View ArticleJennifer Hudson Signs On As ‘American Idol’ Judge
As American Idol‘s season 12 judges are slowly being pushed away from the table, a new (and familiar) breed is stepping up. Multiple sources have confirmed with E! News that AI alum Jennifer Hudson has...
View ArticleBeyonce’s Sexy ‘Feminism’ Faces A Racial Double Standard
Courtesy of Hello Beautiful Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce. We can’t keep her name out of our mouths. I have a very contradictory outlook on the corset-clad, pelvic bone-popping pop culture phenom. It’s not...
View ArticleCleveland Restaurants to Serve Charles Ramsey Free Food for Life!
Courtesy of EURWeb We were so happy to learn that Charles Ramsey is still being celebrated throughout the Cleveland area. And not only is he still being honored, but food is being served. Numerous...
View ArticleRussell Simmons Returning to HBO with New Deal
Courtesy of EURweb Music and TV producer Russell Simmons has inked a two-year first-look deal with HBO, bringing him back to the premium cable network that ran his groundbreaking series “Def Comedy...
View ArticleLauryn Hill’s Anti-Gay Lyrics? Just Say No
Courtesy of BET.com via The Root Lauryn Hill is controversial and problematic, and not just to the Internal Revenue Society. The embattled former Fugee besmirches the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleFirst Look: Tyler Perry Responds To Critics On ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’—‘I Get...
As Tyler Perry prepares for the debut of two new series on OWN, Mr. Do It All recently sat down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss a range of topics from the death of Whitney Houston to his thoughts on his...
View ArticleWhy Katy Perry Shouldn’t Have Apologized To Chief Keef
By Tracy Clayton It’s easy to forget that Chief Keef is just 17 years old — he doesn’t look it, and the rap star is far more successful than your average teenager. But his recent Twitter antics are an...
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