Jason Derulo, Jordin Sparks Confirm Relationship
Jan 27th
*Jason Derulo’s girlfriend Jordin Sparks is helping to nurse him back to health after he fractured his neck in a dancing mishap. Finally confirming their relationship to People magazine, he said: “We are together. She lives in Phoenix and she comes [to Miami] and takes care of me, brings me breakfast in bed and she’ll go ...
Brewer Tells How Her Finger got in Obama’s Face
Jan 27th
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer *Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is on a press tour giving her side of the testy exchange with President Obama where she was photo’d waving her finger in the Commander in Chief’s face on Wednesday afternoon after he landed in Arizona on a tour stop to support his State of the Union speech ...
Obama Says Finger Incident Not a Big Deal
Jan 27th
*Always seeking to take the high road, President Obama downplayed his supposed tense encounter with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer who was photographed pointing her finger in his face, saying the incident is “a classic example of things getting blown out of proportion.” Speaking with ABC “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer in an interview to air Thursday evening, the president mocked the media’s obsession with the ...
Tony Bennett Talks Race, Obama ahead of PBS’ Duets II
Jan 27th
(L-R) Harry Belafonte, Dr. Martin Luther King, Tony Bennett *In Harry Belafonte’s recent HBO documentary “Sing Your Song,” the singer/activist spoke about recruiting his famous friends, including singer Tony Bennett, to join him in Alabama to support Dr. Martin Luther King’s historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. Earlier this month, during a Television Critics Association panel for his PBS special “Tony ...
The Common vs. Drake Common Beef Ain’t Grilled to Perfection Yet
Jan 27th
The beef between Common and Drake is almost comical, but it’s beef nonetheless, and while it appears to be nearly chewed up, the Chicago native says it might not be over. Common declared that he’s ready to “destroy” the Toronto rapper if things get to that point. “I really honestly don’t know how things will end,” Common ...
A ‘Red Tails’ Story: Singer Stacey Crawford on Discovering Her Daddy is a Tuskegee Airman
Jan 27th
Stacey 'Sarah's Girl' Crawford *Singer Stacey Crawford, AKA Sarah’s Girl, a Cleveland native and former background singer, now out with her own project called “All About Me,” has written a heart-warming piece on her discovering that her 82-year-old father served in WW2 as a Tuskegee airman. She tells how she didn’t learn of heroic past until just ...
Dr. Boyce: Do Black Athletes Take Pride in Being Ignorant?
Jan 27th
*I receive a phone call from a friend of mine who teaches elementary school. She told me that she’d spent the week excited about the fact that some college basketball players were coming to her school to eat lunch with the kids. She thought that her inner city students would gain from the chance to ...
The Unforgettable Doo Wop (Concert): The Drifters and Chiffons
Jan 27th
*Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is bringing Doo Wop to the Bronx on Saturday, January 28th at 8:00 p.m., featuring the Coasters, The Herb Reed Platters, The Drifters featuring Charlie Thomas, the Chiffons and Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners as part of “Unforgettable Doo Wop.” Doo wop emerged from the streets of New York and ...
Berry’s Court Injunction Case Against Aubry on Hold
Jan 25th
Following up on our story from earlier today about Halle Berry getting a court order against Gabriel Aubry, she will have to wait until Monday to get a decision from a judge on whether Aubry, should be prohibited from having any contact with their daughter Nahla until a child endangerment investigation runs its course. Judge Scott Gordon heard ...
Inspired by ‘Red Tails’ Success, Coalition of Activists Announce Entertainment Diversity Initiative
Jan 25th
Civil rights activist Najee Ali, founder of Project Islamic HOPE announces plans to launch an entertainment diversity Initiative he says that’s designed to hold Hollywood accountable for inclusion of minorities. “With the overwhelming success of the movie Red Tails which brought in over $19 million dollars at the box office in its opening weekend, African Americans ...
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