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    Jack & Jill Politics
    rikyrah
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:59 am
    Good Morning.As you spend this weekend with family and friends, don’t forget JJP.Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too.And always, have a peaceful day.

  • Invisible Women: Texana Hollis Isn’t The Only One

    That Black Girl Site
    Corynne
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    Posted in Pop CultureWhen I read the story of 101 year-old Detroit woman Texana Hollis I just wanted to cry. She was evicted from her home a few months ago as part of foreclosure proceedings because her son failed to pay a mere $7,000 in taxes. Of course, there was a public outcry and the people in charge said she could move her back home. Four months later, however, she’s no closer to being back in the home she’s lived in for decades. What’s the hold up? According to The Detroit News HUD had her property evaluated and said it was “unsuitable for a person to live…

  • South Africa and Cuba strengthen cooperation

    Black Politics
    12 Jan 2012 | 5:56 pm
    Pretoria - South Africa and Cuba have strengthened cooperation in the defence field with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Cuban Vice President of the...

  • Car inspection sticker 'useless' - Worldnews.com

    Black News Junkie - All the news and black news junkie needs
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:15 am
    The first school for black people was established in 1862. In 2007, Mississippi students scored the lowest of any state on the National Assessments of Educational Progress in both math and science....

  • 'Courageous' Hits No. 1 in Nationwide DVD Sales

    BCNN1
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:55 pm
    The church-made film "Courageous" is once again surprising the pundits thanks to strong DVD sales that have made it the No. 1-selling DVD nationwide.
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  • Saturday Open Thread

    rikyrah
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:59 am
    Good Morning.As you spend this weekend with family and friends, don’t forget JJP.Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too.And always, have a peaceful day.

  • Afternoon Open Thread

    rikyrah
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Sharing some videos today.Rev. Al talks with Valerie Jarrett and Senator Sanders about the President’s appeal to the middle class.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyRev. Al speaks with Senator Sherrod Brown about tax fairness.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyMartin Bashir Tears Into Republican Joe Walsh For Owing Back Child SupportGood Afternoon.As you go through the rest of your day, don’t forget JJP.Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too.And continue to have a peaceful…

  • Obama speaks at U-M

    Keith Owens
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:37 am
     This morning the President spoke at the University of Michigan, which is why it made sense for him to hammer as hard as he did on the critical issue of student loan debt which, as he pointed out, is now surpassing credit card debt as the number one debt burden faced by middle class families. But another thing Obama said in the speech caught my attention just as much, namely that he and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, would never have accomplished all that they have without the assistance of a first-rate education. Never would have happened.This is supremely important for struggling…

  • Capitalism Is Dead. Newt May Not Be Feeling Too Great Either.

    Lee Haven
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 am
    Well, it’s not dead—yet. Capitalism’s sick and the prognosis isn’t that good. It’s on a kind of day-by-day, minute-by-minute world watch. This isn’t a pro-Marxist screed. Then again, I don’t know. I may be Marxist, or socialist, if there’s some decipherable distinction. I know it deals with a communalism of which I’m fond. But then again, I don’t read thick texts with equally obtuse phrases like dialectical materialism and dictatorship of the proletariat, so I’m not really sure. I never thought capitalism all bad. For one thing, at least it accumulates capital fast. Put…

  • Friday Open Thread

    rikyrah
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:56 am
    From The Plum Line Blog:Posted at 02:40 PM ET, 01/26/2012 Obama heaps mockery on Romney’s `envy’ charge By Greg SargentAt an event in Las Vegas this afternoon, Obama offered his most extensive rebuttal by far to the bogus GOP charge that the push for higher taxes on the wealthy is about “class warfare” and “envy.”The whole thing is worth a watch — the tone was not one of outrage, but one laced with a good deal of mockery and derision:Obama made what I think is his clearest case yet that the debate over whether to increase taxes on the wealthy is one that involves choices and…
 
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  • Invisible Women: Texana Hollis Isn’t The Only One

    Corynne
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:01 am
    Posted in Pop CultureWhen I read the story of 101 year-old Detroit woman Texana Hollis I just wanted to cry. She was evicted from her home a few months ago as part of foreclosure proceedings because her son failed to pay a mere $7,000 in taxes. Of course, there was a public outcry and the people in charge said she could move her back home. Four months later, however, she’s no closer to being back in the home she’s lived in for decades. What’s the hold up? According to The Detroit News HUD had her property evaluated and said it was “unsuitable for a person to live…

  • Sweet Revenge: Courtney B. Vance is Coming to the Hamptons!

    Corynne
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:38 pm
    Posted in Pop CultureConfession: I love a good nighttime soap-style drama. Back in the day I dabbled with “Dynasty” (who can forget Dominique Devereaux), “Dallas” and especially “Knots Landing” (Halle Berry was on early in her career) during their runs. So let’s just say I was hooked within the first 10 minutes of “Revenge’s” premiere. Blame the voiceover and Emily VanCamp’s stone face resolve. And because the show has yet to disappoint, my passion for the show is only getting greater. But linking my love for the show and this…

  • A New Way to Look At Your 2012 Goals

    Angie G.
    19 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Posted in RelationshipsDo better. Get more. Be better. It’s 2012 and many of us have come up with fresh goals and resolutions for the New Year. Some of us started off at full speed on January 1st and are still going strong. Others have long since fallen off the wagon. And with that falling off comes the guilt, the feelings of failure and regret, and the promises to pick ourselves back up and start over again. But, whether we are still on track or have taken a detour from our goals, our focus is on being more or better than we were last year. After all, we should be evolving. We should want…

  • Sherri Shepherd: Why I Am Going To Give Her New Movie A Chance

    Corynne
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:32 am
    Posted in Pop CultureBefore I downloaded books onto my iPad I was one of those folks who picked up a paperback to read on the plane on the way home from a business trip. My criteria: something not too heavy that I could finish in a plane ride or shortly thereafter. So Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels were an easy fit. When I heard that her first book “One For The Money,” was being turned into a movie starring Katherine Heigl I was skeptical. Then I heard that Sherri Shepherd would be playing prostitute (and in later books gun-toting sidekick) named Lula I was further…

  • Obesity Rates Are Falling: (But Not Among Us)

    Corynne
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:26 pm
    Posted in Pop CultureLast night I came upon what seemed to be an encouraging story about the fight ogainst obesity in The Los Angeles Times which was entitled “Obesity Rates in US Appear to Be Leveling Off.” In it were hopeful stats about how the number of obese adults and children in this country has only increased slightly in the last seven years. The studies from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (which had data from as recent as 2009-10) seem to argue that the hard work of programs like First Lady Michelle Obama’s…
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    Black Politics

  • South Africa and Cuba strengthen cooperation

    12 Jan 2012 | 5:56 pm
    Pretoria - South Africa and Cuba have strengthened cooperation in the defence field with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Cuban Vice President of the...

  • South Africa and Zimbabwe build social partnership

    3 Nov 2011 | 6:27 am
    Pretoria - The Governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two countries working together on social issues. The agreement, expected to be...

  • South Africa and Zimbabwe build social partnership

    3 Nov 2011 | 6:27 am
    Pretoria - The Governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two countries working together on social issues. The agreement, expected to be...

  • South Africa cautions on releasing Libyan assets

    25 Aug 2011 | 7:23 am
    Pretoria - The South African government has clarified its position on the proposed resolution at the UN Security Council to unfreeze $1.5 billion in Libyan assets for urgent humanitarian needs. Led...

  • United States has pledged full backing for South Sudan

    9 Jul 2011 | 8:24 pm
    The United States has pledged full backing for South Sudan ahead of Saturday's independence celebrations, but has warned that the situation in that country is still fragile. US Ambassador to the...
 
 
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  • Obama to target rising college tuition costs

    The Admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:02 am
    President Barack Obama has put colleges and universities on notice to control tuition costs or face losing federal dollars. Now, schools are waiting to hear how big a stick he plans to wield to enforce his message. Obama was expected to spell out his plan in a speech Friday at the University of Michigan in Ann [...]

  • Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

    The Admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:52 am
    There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according [...]

  • Davos leaders say access key to feeding hungry

    The Admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:26 pm
    While the world focuses on financial crises, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other leaders say those priorities won’t matter unless people have one basic thing: Enough food to eat. Business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum agreed Thursday that solving the problem isn’t just about producing more food — it means getting these [...]

  • Ariz. governor.: No disrespect meant toward Obama

    The Admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:07 pm
    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama while talking on an airport tarmac. But she says it was disrespectful toward her when he abruptly walked off Wednesday to shake spectators’ hands. Brewer and Obama had an intense discussion at the airport in Mesa, Arizona. Brewer was [...]

  • National Campaign Aims To Encourage Condom Use Amongst African American Teens

    The Admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:47 pm
    According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that more than 1 million adults and adolescents were living with HIV infection in the United States at the end of 2006, the most recent year for which national prevalence estimates are available. One HIV infection is estimated to occur every 9 [...]
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  • Gingrich: Adultery Makes Me More Human Than Mitt "Only Sexes Up His Wife" Romney

    Danielle Belton
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:14 am
    Can you see past a weakness so hard that it turns into a strength? Presidential wannabe Newt Gingrich tried to pull that off in an interview with CBN's David Brody where Gingrich tried to spin his "past weaknesses" as making him more "human" than everyone's favorite Republican Robot, Mitt Romney. From Brody's blog: In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Newt Gingrich says that he has “not hidden from the facts of my life, that I have confessed my weaknesses” and he believes that, in part, is a reason why evangelicals are able to get behind his candidacy. He goes on to say…

  • BP Blog: Beware of the Ego Monster

    Danielle Belton
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:09 am
    In today's post for BP Magazine's Bipolar Blog I talk about how remembering the needs of others, even when going through my worst bouts of mania and depression, helped me stay anchored to reality and not the world of negativity in my head. I wrote: "(W)hen my Bipolar Disorder became dramatically worse in my 20s, the world that began and ended inside myself returned. Only instead of the self-centeredness of a child, I had the hyper-focus of someone so in love and in hate with themselves. I could build up and destroy myself all within the same hour with the thoughts in my head, all consuming…

  • The Return of "When Obama Love Goes Wrong": OBAMA HULK SMASH

    Danielle Belton
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:53 pm
    During the 2008 campaign we were inundated in any and everything Barack Obama. From dolls (both cute and scary) to music (both good and Black Eye Peas bad), to tacky velvet paintings of Obama, MLK and Malcolm X while Jesus looks on them from Civil Rights Heaven. While Obama-mania is unlikely to strike twice, he's still an iconic and historic figure (that's what you get when you're the first of something), worth immortalizing in weird ways. In my first "When Obama Love Goes Wrong/Extreme Obama/LOL Obama" of 2012, I now announce the president's re-election campaign in full swing. I give…

  • GOP Establishment Realizes Hurricane Newt Is Coming For Landfall

    Danielle Belton
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:12 pm
    There's another GOP debate tonight! Batter the hatches!  They thought he was dead. They thought they killed him in Iowa. They thought wrong. Newt Gingrich is back, baby! And like the awful B-Movie he is, he's out for revenge. At first it was just about teaching that damn Mittens a lesson, but the Newtster messed around and race-baited his way into a South Carolina primary win. Then Mittens lost Iowa several weeks after winning it. And now it's all come up Gingrich. Even an old sex scandal couldn't stop him. He just kept swinging and won't go down. If I didn't find the man…

  • Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer's Finger Remains Unbitten In President Obama Confrontation

    Danielle Belton
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:40 am
    Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's finger found her way into President Obama's face Wednesday when he stopped in the great state of sunning seniors and low allergens to do "presidential stuff." But another day, another indignity from people who act like it's the hardest thing ever to respect the office even if you don't like the man. From The Los Angeles Times: President Obama's warm reception in sunny Arizona on Wednesday lasted about as long as it took him to step off Air Force One and greet Gov. Jan BrewerBrewer, champion of her state's controversial anti-immigration law, welcomed Obama on the…
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  • No more fetuses in our food, but we still have dial up.

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:10 pm
    When I first saw the headline I thought that it was a gag from The Onion. Honestly, these local republican elected officials are setting this country back hundreds of years with their myopic form of thinking."An Oklahoma bill that would ban the sale of food containing aborted human fetuses has some people wondering: What food currently contains aborted human fetuses?The bill, introduced Jan. 18 by State Sen. Ralph Shortey, prohibits the manufacture or sale of “food or any other product intended for human consumption which contains aborted human fetuses in the ingredients or which…

  • The Negro threat.

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:06 pm
    I swear you can't make this stuff up. Did Jan Brewer really say that she felt " a little threatened" by Obama? “I was in the middle of a sentence and he walked away. I wasn’t angry at all. I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, in the attitude that he had.” [Source]"Threatened"?!!! Let's see now, he is the President of these divided states. Those football player looking dudes with the earplugs in their ears are protecting him, not your drug addicted looking ass. Republicans no longer have any respect for the presidency because they don't respect the person currently…

  • Uppity Negroes and broke Negroes.

    25 Jan 2012 | 9:55 pm
    Memo to Jan Brewer, that Obama fellow doesn't forget s*&^. "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer came to greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival outside Phoenix Wednesday. What she got was a critique. Of her book.The two leaders could be seen engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One's steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time.Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: "He was a little disturbed about my book."Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir of her years…

  • The SOTU and Newt's racial stereotype problem.

    24 Jan 2012 | 8:27 pm
    I am settling in to watch the SOTU address with O. It should be interesting. Republicans say that it will be nothing more than a political speech, and they are already ready to go with their talking points.One republican who won't be there is Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado. I guess he is really afraid that some of that tar will fly off his Oness and get on his skin.Anyway, O is coming in now. There are hugs and kisses all around. Oh ohhh, he is approaching the supremes. ("Smiling faces, sometimes pretend to be your friend...) And now he is hugging "Gabby"…

  • "Doing the right thing?

    23 Jan 2012 | 7:07 pm
    "Field, why don't you do something about the comments section on your blog? It's full of nut jobs and racist." Field, I used to read your blog, but your comments section got to be too much."I get that a lot. And I always tell folks to just read the post and skip the comments. Although honestly, I don't know why they would want to. You can tell a lot about where A-merry-ca is heading by the comments section on blogs like mine. For instance, tonight I want to blog about Spike Lee going off on Chris Rock, but instead of starting with the article, I will…
 
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  • Most unfortunately named song ever.

    24 Jan 2012 | 4:12 am

  • A little early for Valentine's day, but...

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:43 pm
    Love is in the airBy Albert Clarence Bulls IVLt. Col. Herbert Carter and his wife Mildred, married 68 years, are pictured in a still shot from a DVD they made three years ago. They flew seperate planes over Lake Martin together during courtship.Off in the distance in the skies above Lake Martin, usually near 3,000 feet, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter Sr., who was then a cadet, would spy a yellow speck, from his military training aircraft. This is the way a unique courtship between the Tuskegee Airman and his future wife, Mildred Hemmons, would begin when they periodically…

  • The worst video ever?

    22 Jan 2012 | 7:24 pm

  • Red Tails?

    22 Jan 2012 | 2:04 am
    Did you see it? If so what did you think? My university's Black Student Union supported it. Inspiring or just another after-school special? The theater I saw it in was packed with mostly white folks and a white veteran who was sitting during the credits pretty stoically. Thoughts?

  • New Positive Role Model Coming!

    20 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am
    Meet Ms. Brown:There’s about to be a new M&M in town, and though we only know her by her silhouette, these two things are certain: It’s gonna be the brown one, and it’s gonna be a female.We’ll have to wait until the Super Bowl to see Ms. Brown up close, but parent company Mars has already teased her presence on Twitter and Facebook, and apparently she’s a force to be reckoned with.Judging from her outline, Ms. Brown will be sporting pumps (boots are Green’s thing) and some stylish glasses. According to the New York Times, the new candy will be “an intelligent woman with a sharp…
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  • Brother Cornel West Brings the Ruckus at the "Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity" Conference

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    I love a good performance. An admiration of a great performance does not take away from its meaning, weight, teaching, or importance.Brother Cornel West brings it in this keynote address at the "Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity" conference.Truly he does. Dr. West's lecture is sharp, enlightened, multi-leveled, nuanced, and entertaining. Make no mistake, Cornel's speech is well-practiced; yet, it proceeds forward by marshaling the illusion of improvisation and inspired spontaneity. Trust, his speech is practiced, deftly so, and repeated and refined (over and over and over…

  • Racism Chasing? Republican Mark Oxner's Campaign Ad Features a "Slave Ship" the USS Obamaboat

    26 Jan 2012 | 5:12 pm
    I will let you all arbitrate the semiotics of this ad.At least Mark Oxner's people had the good sense to make sure that the enslaved children on Obama's "ship of state" (with its upside down U.S. flag and crossed out "United States Constitution") were a diverse group. We can count that as a small measure of progress in the post-racial age.In a political moment where campaign commercials have featured Islamic terrorists, demon sheep, and gangster rappers who penetrate white women with their guns, this ad is par for the course.Is race an element here? I am not sure. This anti-Obama campaign…

  • Connecticut Keeps it Classy: Eat a Taco for Civil Rights; Marine Goes Free After Murdering Iraqis

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am
    It is always a pleasure to see my home state featured in the national media. There are many tragedies in America's long war. While some are upset about Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan (and of course are not asking the more important questions about the efficacy of the policy that put U.S. soldiers in harm's way, or if peeing on dead bodies is worse than incinerating innocent people with bombs), there are many other shameful moments that will eventually come to light from the long wars abroad. To date, we have seen "dead pools," assassination squads, rapes of…

  • Not All Slave Owners Were Rapine Beasts: Ron Paul's Musings on States' Rights and the "Tragedy" of the Civil War

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:17 am
    Over the last few days, I have watched this interview with Ron Paul several times. Something about his tone of voice just doesn't sit right with me, the detached indifference rubs me the wrong way.It is easy to flatten history, in doing so to generate stories of evil men, barbarous and incomprehensible deeds, and frothing at the mouth villains. This is true when the history is personal and your people would have been the vanquished, the oppressed, the conquered, or the exiled. Ironically, the need to hold on to a fiction of two-dimensional monsters and evildoers is also true of those who are…

  • Introducing Red Tails 2.0: The "Sassy Black Sistas Special Edition" Courtesy of George Lucas

    21 Jan 2012 | 3:09 am
    Red Tails, George Lucas' long awaited World War 2 love letter to the storied Tuskegee airmen of the 332nd Fighter Group has finally been released in theaters across the country. As I pointed out in my review some months back, the movie is a throwback to the golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s. For some viewers this makes for a good, old school, nostalgia heavy, and fun, movie going experience. The critics are a bit more negative, with their consensus being that Red Tails is a horrible disappointment.There has been much talk about Red Tails online, with George Lucas receiving both…
 
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  • Sanaa Lathan on Natural Hair, Hollywood, and Being the New Face of Pantene

    bella
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:11 am
    Sanaa Lathan is no ingenue. As the star of such films as Love and Basketball, The Wood, The Best Man, Brown Sugar, Out of Time and most recently, Stephen Soderbergh’s Contagion — she began her acting career at Yale, performing in Shakespearean plays while attending the Yale School of Drama. Sanaa has been in top level productions on every level of acting. She’s done stellar work on television — in the early 90′s she cut her teeth on episodes of Moesha, Family Matters, and NYPD Blue, and now she’s the voice of Donna on The Cleveland Show. Her film career…

  • Totally Loving These Tote Bags!

    bella
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:07 pm
    Right around the holidays, the New York Times published a piece titled “A Message On Every Arm,” all about how tote bags are the new it bags and status symbols amongst those in the fashionable know. It was a super cute fashion and style piece complete with a slide show featuring the most covetable totes, but I found myself side-eyeing the whole thing. Here’s why. All of the tote bags they featured either were from exclusive fashion/culture/art events, or were made by high end designers of fancy brands. As a tote bag aficionado,  I must protest. There are fancy totes only available to a…

  • RIP, Etta James

    bella
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    Last week, Etta James was heavy on my mind. I was visiting my homeland of Trinidad, soaking up the sun and sand and having a blast with my family and old friends. Even in the midst of that, there was Etta. “Hey, have you heard this Flo Rida song?” my brother asked. Good Feeling is on the radio what seems like every five minutes in Trinidad, yet not once did I hear a DJ mention that Etta James was the woman singing the hook. Tough, tender, rough and sweet. Her music became the soundtrack to so many first dances. So many magical moments in so many lives, all unified by Etta’s rendition of…

  • And The 2012 Oscar Nominees Are…

    bella
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:23 am
    How soon are the Academy Awards? In about a month! On February 26th, yours truly will be on the red carpet in Los Angeles! (!!!!!!) I promise to share the final details on what I’ll be wearing as soon as it’s all figured out. Yesterday morning bright and early, the President of the Academy and actress Jennifer Lawrence shared the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards. In case you haven’t yet heard, here they are (via Jezebel) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia…

  • Travel Beauty — Makeup That Came With Me To The Caribbean

    bella
    24 Jan 2012 | 6:03 am
    I travel a fair amount, so I am well familiar with the ins and outs of beauty on the go. When I pack my makeup bag, I tend to go for flat eye shadow palettes, multi-use products, and anything that comes in pencil form. I’ve got an always packed makeup travel bag, so at the drop of a hat I’m more or less ready to jump on a plane – often what I do is just switch out the products I haven’t used in the last few trips with something new and exciting I plan to review for the blog soon. For my latest trip to Trinidad, I made the unusual decision to completely repack my travel makeup bag. My…
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    The Liberator: Blog

  • In no particular order, the mirror in three-part discord

    achali
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} In no particular order, the mirror in three-part discord by Ruby Amanze a. so you think you’re better than me, because of longitude and latitude, and the way your tongue does those bending, clicking tricks? and surely you think, i must think, i’m better than you because of a colder longitude and latitude, and the way my tongue bounces of ‘t’s’ and drags out syllables? you’re superior because you can stomach the taste of garden eggs, rock hard fish and don’t require bottled water because you can stomach the taste of the earth? you laugh…

  • Black tea + half and half

    achali
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} Black tea + half and half by Ruby Amanze my grandmother is me, just not diluted. so i know what i’m talking about when i order the ogbono soup with special, yet ignorable instructions to make sure the goat is british-appropriate tender (my teeth are not as carnivorous as they used to be). we’re the same you know…me and her, and everyone prior. brown ish black complexion. slightly receding hairline. a tendency to neuroses, somewhat bony. with that hereditary Sika trademark that makes our lower central incisors crooked when the molars come in:…

  • The great African Land Rush has begun / Legal Lease or Stolen Soil?

    achali
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am
    Property developer Tim Ogwang says "The private sector has proved useful in boosting GDP. Years of depending on agriculture has been Africa's undoing. Consequently, more African countries are now diversifying their economies by creating an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive. Already, telecommunications is one of the main sectors driving Uganda's economy." -"Africa: Continent Begins to Rise Above Aid" "Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder. But how can rice exports from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia be justified?" -"How land grabs in Africa could herald a new…

  • "Poetry ... if it's to be about being human, it ought to be the whole story" / Farai Chideya interviews Lucille Clifton

    starshine
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:01 am
    Listen to Lucille Clifton speak. Listen, even just for a minute. You'll feel her presence as you hear the distinctive timbre in her voice, and you'll understand why news of her death in 2010 elicited the following response from Elizabeth Alexander in The New Yorker: "The living pass out of one state into another, but passing is ongoing, not finite. Those we have loved are just over there, on the other side. In my sorrow I am speaking to her now, longing to hear her say, 'You did a good job, baby.' As the old saying goes, every shut-eye ain't sleep, every goodbye ain't gone." Poet Lucille…

  • Egusi soup and jam

    achali
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:01 am
    {liberatormagazine.com exclusive feature} Egusi soup and jam by Ruby Amanze waiting, for this giant wave of ecstasy that never came. a traveler honorably returning home via the kitchen, attempting to piece together the remnants of an identity lost, a culture not quite known. the recipe was half passed down, half invented and half gleaned from ‘how to’ videos. but three halves is hardly math, and so too the recipe was far from systematic [first, you get a big pot. (the kind they sell on the top shelf of brown people super markets: heavy, yet made from metal that bangs easily)… you cannot…
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    The Insanity Report

  • IC 299: Racial Free Agent

    Kriss
    21 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Topics: Red Tails is not a good movie Black people’s fear of not supporting Kriss wants to be traded in the racial draft Nicki Minaj – Stupid Hoe Jay-Z inspires black fathers? Feminista Jones on Open Marriages and relationship advice MLK on a strip club flyer Great moments in White Privilege Using Tampons to set [...]

  • FacePalm of the Week: Mark Wahlberg

    Kriss
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    Mark Wahlberg is one of today’s biggest action movie stars, but as he sees it, his heroism doesn’t end at a film’s credits. Instead, he fancies himself a real badass off screen, too. In a new interview with Men’s Journal, Wahlberg says that world history would have been different had he not made a fortuitous [...]

  • IC 298: Nuking Bridges

    Kriss
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:10 pm
    Topics: Brian White wants you to watch shitty movies Quality over Quantity when it comes to black movies Bad movies don’t put good actors on SOPA: Why old people shouldn’t make laws Keep your kids off of social media Share with your friends:

  • IC 297: Twinkies

    Kriss
    15 Jan 2012 | 12:58 pm
    Topics: Great sports last night Fuck those kind of fans Patriots are so disrespectful MJ was an asshole Drake’s Tattoos Amber Rose, succeeding at doing nothing Companies promoting the fact that they finally got it right When trolling goes wrong Share with your friends:

  • IC 296: Shit the Pope Says

    Kriss
    11 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am
    Topics: Fan appreciation Podcast/Blogging for the fun of it George Lucas & Red Tails What Tyler Perry should be doing “Blue” Dumb celebrity children names Using slaves on math word problems Shit the Pope Says Mitt Romney will be the nominee Share with your friends:
 
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  • Friday's Fabulous Flicks

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:51 pm
    Alice Chapman-Minutello & Central New Jersey Links Chapter President Audrey WilliamsonLovely Links & guests enjoy the event Central New Jersey Chapter 2nd Vice President Alma Smith & guestThis week's flicks features attendees at the Central New Jersey Chapter of The Links, Incorporated's 2011 Holly Ball held last month in Princeton, New JerseyFab Fiance & I attended - and indeed, a good time was had by all. Many thanks to our host Alma Smith!Eastern Area Links officers in attendance included: Vice Director Natalie Fant, Recording Secretary Clara Lee, Treasurer Ethelyn Bowers,…

  • Friday's Fabulous Flick

    20 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Philanthropist Naida Rasbury is photographed in this chic ensemble attending "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" opening recently at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.I love EVERYTHING about her look in this flick!Good people have a super weekend!

  • Friday's Fabulous Flicks

    13 Jan 2012 | 3:48 pm
    This week's flicks features attendees at the 89th Annual Christmas Ball of The Comus Club, Inc . More than 1,200 attendees enjoyed the elegant affair at Terrace On The Park in Flushing Meadows, New York. This year’s chairman of the ball was Philip Berry. Thanks to Margot Jordan for supplying the photos!   Terrence Banks, Joan Johnson, Marvin & Lori LuisMr. & Mrs. Eglon and Renee Simons Sam Chisolm Mr. & Mrs. Shomari and Monique AkilDr. & Mrs. Joseph and Hon Sylvia Radix  Mr. & Mrs. Carl and Joyce Turnipseed Dr. Charles Grannum and Dr. Melvin Douglass Mr.

  • Friday's Fabulous Flick

    6 Jan 2012 | 3:59 pm
    This week's flick features the ever-fabulous Kim Heirston Evans at Art Basel Miami Beach events recently. You know that Ms. Kim is all of the rage in the art world as one of its' top dealers, right?This number that she's wearing is so hot that it makes me want to incorporate more electric pinks in my wardrobe.Anyway, enough about me. I hope your 2012 is off to a smashing start!Cheers!

  • Happy New Year!!!

    31 Dec 2011 | 10:59 am
    May God bless and keep you in this upcoming year! Thank you for supporting 'The Black Socialite!'
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    Lovebabz: A Life in Transition

  • Faith Forward Friday: I am Where I am Supposed to Be

    27 Jan 2012 | 5:50 am
    Sometimes you just have to trust that the way to go is just the way you are going.  I am less and less concerned these days about my path.  I am where I am supposed to be and even if it's painful, there is a lesson in that pain. Life's lessons always teach us what we need for the journey ahead.  And when I say the journey ahead, I don't mean far down the road.  I mean the steps just in front of us. When I find myself consumed with an issue I have a moment of understanding that if I just let it go.....  and then I do.  I release the terror that grips…

  • Weekend of Solitude...A Silent Retreat

    24 Jan 2012 | 2:10 pm
    I knew the moment the silent retreat was introduced to methat I would be drawn to it.  I knew thatsomewhere in my soul I would welcome the need for solitude…silence.  I went to bed Thursday nightthinking and believing I would ease into Friday quietly and peaceably inpreparation for Friday evening.  Boy wasI wrong!Thebest-laid plansof mice andmen oftengo awry…. Everything that could have gone wrong did!  Getting my son to his program late, because Ileft work later than I wanted to because I had a big project that needed myfull attention. So I rushed to pick up my…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. KING: Sweet Honey In The Rock - Eye On The Prize

    15 Jan 2012 | 8:21 pm
    I took my children to see Sweet Honey In The Rock this afternoon. It was Yale University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative event at Woosley Hall AND it was FREE! We were mesmerized! My children are still talking and still singing about the music and the women. They loved. I loved it.Happy Birthday Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Liebster Award... I GOT IT! Thanks Lin!

    12 Jan 2012 | 8:45 am
    Apparently the German suffix Lieb means “Beloved or Favorite”… When people find favor in what you do, and it speaks to them, that’s a very rewarding compliment.One of my favorite Brother blogger is Lin Ross, of Moanerplicities passed this award my way with one of the nicest sentiments I have heard in a very long time!  Lin is a "real" writer...a true wordsmith.  I have such a huge crush on his blog, it's all dark and jazzy and sensuous.  Hanging at his blog always makes me feel like I have fallen into a seductive universe where a snifter of cognac is the preferred…

  • Grasping

    9 Jan 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Today is one of those days that you wish you could do over.  I didn't work out this morning.  I let the chimes sound at 5:45am.  I got up and turned them off and got back into the bed.  After I dropped the kids off at school I could have worked out at 8:00am.  I got back in the bed for another 90 minutes. I felt guilty and did not enjoy the rest.I am grasping for motivation.This afternoon I picked up my daughter and her friend from school, I have a couple of hours before I have to pick up the other three beans.  Someone hits my car.  I felt all alone. …
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  • Brisk and Stars Wars Join Forces For BriskSaber Gaming App

    Corvida Raven
    13 Jan 2012 | 12:36 pm
    You can now find Brisk Iced Tea in a galaxy both far far away and as close as your iPhone or Android device. I’m talking about the BriskSaber game that is making a splash in the App Store and Android Market. In preparation for Stars Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3-D, Brisk joins forces with LucasFilms to put a modern and techie spin on classic Star Wars action and fun that’s hard to resist. Price: FreeDownload: iOS App Store | Android Marketplace Since its January 3rd debut, Brisksaber has amassed 520 reviews in the App Store rating it an incredible 4.5 star out of 5!

  • The Next Generation RAZR: Motorola Droid RAZR Review

    Corvida Raven
    13 Jan 2012 | 9:26 am
    The Motorola RAZR was a mobile icon during my early teen years. Just about everyone I knew had one. It was surprisingly thin for a phone! The screen was impressive and it could do one thing very well that all of my friends love: transfer ringtones via bluetooth. Fast forward to today and the Motorola RAZR doesn’t compare to my iPhone 4. So, I was skeptical and intrigued when Motorola announced a successor; the Motorola Droid RAZR. With the help of Verizon’s 4G LTE network, could the Droid RAZR recapture the swagger and appeal of the original RAZR? The Look & Feel Though the…

  • How To Get The New Facebook Timeline Look Right Now

    Corvida Raven
    16 Dec 2011 | 9:49 pm
    Facebook Timeline is a drastic departure from the currently tired look of your Facebook profile. Announced at Facebook’s F8 conference in October, don’t be too quick dismiss Facebook Timeline as yet another new redesign from Facebook. It’s a complete departure from Facebook’s past! If you’re not afraid of change, here’s how you can get Facebook Timeline right now. If you don’t want to wait, you can get Facebook Timeline right now by visiting: Facebook.com/Timeline. In the bottom right corner of the page, you’ll see a green button with the…

  • The Life of an Instagrapher: GE, Jet Engines, and Instagram

    Corvida Raven
    9 Dec 2011 | 3:47 pm
    Are you a frequent Instagram user? Would you like a free trip to a world-class GE jet engine facility in the UK to take pictures and send them to Instagram? If you answered yes, then great because you only have 3 days left to enter GE’s Instagrapher contest to make this wish come true! “For our next Instagram photo shoot, we’re going to a world-class GE jet engine facility in the UK to capture some amazing technology. Help us decide who the photographer should be. Because it could be you.” Get your iPhones ready and load up Instagram to begin entering the contest. But…

  • Finding Great Content on Twitter Gets Easier With #newnewTwitter Redesign

    Corvida Raven
    8 Dec 2011 | 9:00 pm
    Twitter’s got a brand new look and not just a tweak here and there. Trending as the #newnewTwitter, it’s a fresh with a simplified and streamlined design, most of the changes center around getting the best content as quickly as possible. The redesign doesn’t  stop at your desktop either. Twitter’s iPhone app, Android apps, and mobile website have received the new makeover too. Facebook, take notes! Readers, let’s take a look at what’s new, shall we? The new design may seem very different at first, but honestly it’s not. Mainly, a lot of things have…
 
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  • Michelle Obama On Jodi Kantor New “The Obamas” With Gayle King

    Princess .P.
    12 Jan 2012 | 9:30 pm
    She might be a woman, she might be African-American but that does not imply that Michelle Obama is an angry black woman. The First Lady of the United States of America did an interview with Oprah’s best pal Gayle King on “CBS This Morning” where she opened up for the very first time about the [...]Michelle Obama On Jodi Kantor New “The Obamas” With Gayle King is a post from: MWZA.com

  • Tiririca ‘Natural Hair Song’ Judged Racist

    Princess .P.
    8 Jan 2012 | 11:11 pm
    Expect the execs over at Sony to thoroughly read through the lyrics of the songs being released by their signed artist from now on. The record label was hit with a lawsuit from several organizations that deemed the song entitled “Veja os Cabelos Dela (Look at Her Hair)” which was performed by a Brazilian comedian [...]Tiririca ‘Natural Hair Song’ Judged Racist is a post from: MWZA.com

  • Beyonce Talks New Music and Tour in 2012

    Princess .P.
    2 Jan 2012 | 11:14 pm
    Beyonce who is still pregnant with her baby girl did an interview few weeks back with a Brazilian television network where she promoted her fourth studio album “4″ and give some surprising information to the host. The star who is currently on maternity leave explained that she will be coming back to Brazil in 2012 [...]Beyonce Talks New Music and Tour in 2012 is a post from: MWZA.com

  • Jamie Foxx, Tyler Perry Sued By Inmate Shamont Lyle Sapp Over ‘Skank Robbers’ Movie

    Princess .P.
    31 Dec 2011 | 2:50 am
    Jamie Fox and Martin Lawrence teamed up during the 2009 BET Awards for a hilarious skit where their crazy alter egos Sheneneh from “Martin,” and Wanda from “In Living Color,” took on the roles of bank robbers. The pair eventually revealed that they had plans to team up with Tyler Perry‘s Madea for an upcoming [...]Jamie Foxx, Tyler Perry Sued By Inmate Shamont Lyle Sapp Over ‘Skank Robbers’ Movie is a post from: MWZA.com

  • Lil’ Kim In The Studio With 50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather (Picture)

    Princess .P.
    30 Dec 2011 | 1:19 am
    Lil’ Kim who is working towards making a huge comeback in 2012 with a new CD has posted a picture of herself along with The Money Team, which include rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather enjoying the year-end festivities. Along with the photo, the female emcee tweeted that she was in the studio with [...]Lil’ Kim In The Studio With 50 Cent & Floyd Mayweather (Picture) is a post from: MWZA.com
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  • Del 5 - BWA Sunny Beach

    Havve
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:54 am

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    Havve
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    Malin
    23 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Vafaaan kattskrälle, jag försöker faktiskt kolla fotboll på arbetstid här!!

  • Stahre på stan

    Malin
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:57 am
    Mikael Stahre var ute på en rask promenad genom stan idag. Försökte hinna ta en bild, men han gömde sig bakom reklamskylten. Jag LOVAR att han är där bakom.Jag vinkade glatt, men han såg mig inte, annars hade han såklart vinkat tillbaka. Eller hur?!
 
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  • D'Angelo's Return Is Not A 'Charade'

    soulbounceonline@gmail.com (SoulBounce)
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:11 pm
    If you are anything like me, then you've no doubt been basking in the afterglow of the first bits and pieces of footage from D'Angelo's European tour opener in Stockholm, Sweden that are surfacing on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • D'Angelo Continues To Give Us 'Life'

    soulbounceonline@gmail.com (SoulBounce)
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:09 pm
    I can say with all confidence that D'Angelo fans have had the best 24 hours ever. That's certainly the case for this D'Angelo fan who can't believe that the long-standing dream of his triumphant... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Celebrate Axel F's One-Year Anniversary With This Bodyroll-Inducing Mix From DJ Stylus

    soulbounceonline@gmail.com (SoulBounce)
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:01 pm
    Just the other day, NubianEmpress was bemoaning the lack of bodyroll music in her The Game column. Leave it to SoulBounce fam DJ Stylus to come to the rescue with this very special mix whose purpose... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • NYC Bouncers: Win Tickets To See Nicolay With The Hot At Nights In Concert!

    soulbounceonline@gmail.com (SoulBounce)
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:40 pm
    This winter weather has been wacky to say the least, but I'm not the least bit mad at the rash of warm days that the Northeast states have been treated to. And although I'm no weatherman, I can... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Elle Varner Is A 'Conversational Lush'

    soulbounceonline@gmail.com (SoulBounce)
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Quirky cutie Elle Varner has worked her way into our ice cold hearts here at SBHQ. Her breakout hit "Only Wanna Give It To You" was so beloved that it made our Hot 16 Best Songs of 2011 list, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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  • Should You Stay or Leave?

    Twanna A. Hines
    7 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am
    Psychology Today’s Are You with the Right Mate? is appealing. It’s a question we all ask: Is there something better? Homebuyers wonder if they’re picking the right house. Renters who double up wonder if life would be sweeter with a different roommate. Employees wonder if they should stick with their current job’s stability or accept a new opportunity with better pay or a better work environment. I recently returned from a Chicago stay at the Hotel Felix where a friend and I overheard a 20 something dude in the lobby bar ruminating about his love life, sloppily debating…

  • Wishing You a Sexy NYE 2012!

    Twanna A. Hines
    30 Dec 2011 | 11:04 pm
    I live in New York. During my first years in the city, I spent portions of New Year’s Eve standing in Times Square, excited about watching the ball drop live with the freezing crowds. By 2010, I decided that was for tourists. I spent that year’s NYE warm and stilettoed at a private/indoor party overlooking Times Square. This year, I’ve escaped the city all together, and I’m spending a low key evening with longtime Illinois friends in Downtown Chicago. I’m either growing tired of New York, or I’m growing old. Wherever you are and whatever you’re…

  • Dating: A HowAboutWe Review

    Twanna A. Hines
    30 Dec 2011 | 6:10 am
    Online dating is like shopping at Forever 21. You have to sift through a bunch of crap before you find that one cute dress. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I recently test-drove HowAboutWe – a site that lets you suggest a date idea or tell someone you’d like to join them for their suggestion. Scanning dudes’ posts, I found a few, um, gems. HowAboutWe … “Stay in and take in a good movie while we take in each other.” “Go get stupid drunk and have blast. I only drink once a month so that one night is always fun.” “Both dress up as…

  • Good Sex Is Still Just Sex

    Twanna A. Hines
    29 Dec 2011 | 12:21 pm
    It’s been months since I’ve had contact with or enjoyed the New York dude’s penis. I miss it very much. But, not enough to have it again. Ah, if only the guy attached to it was a better person for me :(  Usually, when I don’t update my site for several weeks, I’m either enjoying a private love affair about which I don’t want to write, or I’m busy working. For much of the Autumn / Winter, I was doing both. For more regular updates, find me on Facebook and Twitter. Back to the guy. I love friendships with men because they give me: (1) a guy’s…

  • How HowAboutWe Works

    Twanna A. Hines
    29 Oct 2011 | 10:58 am
    Try online dating, if you haven’t already. You might like it. Rewind to last summer, before snow fell on the ground and grey skies clouded the heavens. I was sitting at an Italian restaurant’s white linen-clothed table in lower Manhattan with a married Brazilian woman and one of her redheaded acquaintances. We were three women having otherwise unremarkale dinner conversation until the girl with orange hair asked the Brazilian, “How did you meet your husband?” The wedded one avoided eye contact. “Through a friend.” Liars usually lie when they’re…
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  • Al Sharpton on Why Newt's Failing in Florida

    Cynthia Gordy
    28 Jan 2012 | 11:41 am
    Just a week ago, Newt Gingrich was back. Having won over Southern conservatives with surly debate performances (heavy on his "food stamp president" catchphrase, lectures on the malformed work ethic of poor children and eviscerations of the liberal news media), he handily won the South Carolina primary. But Gingrich lost steam this week in Florida after lackluster debate performances with a far more aggressive Romney. In an open letter on Thursday, former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole made a case against the former House speaker. "If Gingrich is the nominee it will have an adverse…

  • Friends: Ron Paul OK'd Racist Newsletters

    Claudio E. Cabrera
    28 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
    Racist newsletters published under Republican presidential contender Ron Paul's name were reportedly approved by him, according to the Washington Post. Paul recently said he never approved those newsletters from the 1990s before they were sent out. But close associates to Paul at the time now say that the controversial libertarian did sign off on them. "It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product ... He would proof it," said Renae Hathway, a former secretary in Paul's company and a supporter of the Texas congressman, to the Washington Post. An…

  • 4 Questions With 'Red Tails' Breakout Star at Sundance

    Julie Walker
    28 Jan 2012 | 11:06 am
    You may not immediately recognize David Oyelowo's name as you might Terrence Howard's or Cuba Gooding Jr.'s, but he plays the lead in the hit Red Tails, which opened at No. 2 at the box office this past weekend. Oyelowo also stars in Ava DuVernay's upcoming Middle of Nowhere, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival this week. The English actor, who had to adopt an American accent for both films, is no stranger to the business. With several big-time projects in the hopper -- including Lee Daniels' The Paper Boy, One Shot with Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln -- his name…

  • 4 Questions With Spike Lee at Sundance

    Julie Walker
    28 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am
    For those waiting for Spike Lee to make another feature film, your time has come. After four years he's back with Red Hook Summer, about a middle-class boy from Atlanta who is sent to Red Hook in Brooklyn, N.Y., to spend the summer with his minister grandfather in a housing project. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival to mixed reviews. Lee co-wrote, directed and self-financed the independent film for less than $1 million, he says. He also reprised his role as Mookie from Do the Right Thing but makes it clear that this film is not a sequel. Lee talked to The Root about the movie,…

  • On Being a Maid

    James McBride
    28 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    On Jan. 24 President Obama, our first African-American president, delivered his third State of the Union address. On that same day, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated two gifted African-American actresses, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, for Oscars for playing maids in The Help. This is 73 years after the first African American to win an Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, garnered the award for the same role -- as a maid, and a slave maid at that -- winning the Oscar in the best supporting actress category on Feb. 29, 1940. And here we are, in 2012. Maybe I'm getting…
 
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  • The Perfect Nude Lip

    Lauren Napier
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:29 am
    A sexy yet subtle nude stiletto can be the perfect staple to a wardrobe bursting with color ...

  • A Monument to Beyonce?

    Sista
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:07 am
    Marcus Miller and Steve White, owners of Armdeonce Ventures, a branding and development

  • Shontelle’s Shoes

    Sista
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:27 am
    Rihanna isn’t the only pop star expanding her creative wings these days. According to Women’s Wear...

  • Rihanna Spreads Her Wings

    Sista
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:35 pm
    Pop diva Rihanna is set to add the title of television producer to her ever expanding repertoire ...

  • Preview Miss Kelly’s New Video

    Sista
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:08 am
    Singer Kelly Rowland has just released a preview of the video for her next single “Keep it ...
 
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  • Gov. Brewer and Her Wagging Finger: Your Best Captions

    Jorge Rivas
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:40 pm
    That famous picture of President Barack Obama being welcomed "intensely" by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earlier this week made big headlines. And we knew Colorlines.com's clever readers would have some good caption suggestions. About 35 of you sent in submissions and below are some of the highlights. Thanks for participating! "That better be a birth certificate in your hand or I'm calling Sherriff Joe to arrest you for criminal trespass!" "Petrificus Totalus!" (Spell in Harry Potter that renders a victim completely immobile) "Put the finger down and step slowly away from the President. Keep your…

  • Get Ready for Big Freedia To Shake the U.S. with New Orleans Bounce [Video]

    Jorge Rivas
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:38 pm
    On Wednesday night Big Freedia brought bounce to national television with a performance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live late-night talk show. Freedia performed two recent songs, "Excuse" (above) and "Na Who Mad" (below). You can watch the full episode on JimmyKimmelLive.com. At a performance in Los Angeles Thursday night, Big Freedia said her phone has not stopped ringing since her television debut. And to read more about Freedia read the NY Times 2010 profile on her.

  • Joe Biden Mocks Indian Accents During Outsourcing Speech

    Jorge Rivas
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:59 pm
    During a speech in New Hampshire on Thursday, vice president Joe Biden slipped into an "Indian" accent when talking about "hundreds of thousands" of call center jobs going overseas.At the 00:11 second mark you see Biden catch himself and stop the accent. The New York Times 'India Ink' blog provides a bit more context:The accent was so badly done that some commentators immediately speculated that it was supposed to be Russian - but still it brought to mind Mr. Biden's 2006 Indian-American gaffe, when he was caught on microphone saying: "In Delaware, the largest growth in population is…

  • 'Slavery By Another Name' Director Gets 2-Min Standing Ovation at Sundance

    Jorge Rivas
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:23 pm
    The Sundance audience at Sam Pollard's documentary "Slavery By Another Name" gave the director a 2-minute standing ovation after the film premiere. Merging testimonials, reenactments, and archival footage, Pollard's film recounts the hidden existence of slavery decades after the Emancipation Proclamation when blacks were forced in to labor of because of ostensible "debts."  The Sundance Film Festival describes the film: Sam Pollard performs a remarkable act of historical reclamation in this documentary, recounting the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many…

  • Spike Lee's Co-Writer: Nothing Happens Unless White Folks Say So

    Jorge Rivas
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    The reviews for Spike Lee's film "Red Hook Summer" that premiered at Sundance earlier this week have not been good. His comments made after the premiere about Hollywood studios knowing "nothing about black people" made more headlines than the actual film.An open letter published yesterday by "Red Hook" co-writer, James McBride, is sure to make even more headlines because he takes the film community to task and says "nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens."Below is an excerpt from McBride's open letter on the 40 Acres and a Mule website: Three days ago, at the…
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  • A New Year And A Day.

    The Second Sixty-Eight
    2 Jan 2012 | 1:19 am
    Happy New Year folks!!!Not much else to add at this point.  I am just here inflating my totals for this year.And to wish you the above.And just because.I would tell you that I have stuff to share but just haven't yet decided how much.  But you probably heard that before.  So I will just share stuff without the foreshadowing...Anyway, love you all.  See you in the later!

  • And Now... None

    The Second Sixty-Eight
    30 Oct 2011 | 2:46 am
    R.I.P. Big Ma.I got the news about an hour ago...

  • And Then There Was One

    The Second Sixty-Eight
    27 Oct 2011 | 2:00 pm
    Life has ways of being interesting.  A lesser known fact about me is that I have had nine grandparents.  How do you ask?  Well... My father's parents, one and two.  My mother's parents, three and four.  This is the usual configuration for most people.  However life happens and sometimes there are additions.  In my case it happened several times. My mom's parents divorced.  Her mom remarried, five.  After a (not very long) while, he passed.  One gone, I was just a babe.  I wish I had known him, I am told he was a really good man.My…

  • I Work The Black Page...Here And There

    The Second Sixty-Eight
    17 Sep 2011 | 12:49 am
    For some reason, I am getting the urge to start or even write this whole post in song lyrics.  In the last two minutes I have fought down the urge (mostly, see title) to quote lines from Sting and Stevie Wonder as openings to this post.  But while they might speak to some thoughts in my mind, they don't speak the words needed for THIS post.See, I am here because of two things, fear and reemergence.Fear has kept me from leaping into the future.  I feel myself being TOO cautious.  I fully understand why.  I just don't want to end up back where I was before.  But…

  • Randomness Returned

    The Second Sixty-Eight
    11 Aug 2011 | 1:21 am
    Sometimes I just can't turn off.  Oftentimes it feels like I am on a ride, completely out of control.  Sometimes like that stunt that killed Indian Larry.  Just surfing the seat of a moving motorcycle.  Nobody steering.  Not sure if or when it will lose balance and fall the hell over.  Yet sometimes thrilling.Then there are times like now when I am completely bored with everything.  Not that anything is wrong.  Just...ugh!  I am finding that the things that have been occupying my time are not that occupying anymore.  I am starting to think of…
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  • President Obama’s plan to lower college cost.

    glciii
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    President Obama’s plan to lower college cost. During Tuesdays State of the Union Address President Obama said that he would tackle the issue of rising college tuition cost. Read his plan here: http://aareports.com/2012/01/president-obamas-plan-to-lower-college.html

  • White House releases excerpts of Obama State of the Union Address

    glciii
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:58 pm
    White House releases excerpts of Obama State of the Union Address President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address tonight. Check out excerpts released by the White House here: Excerpts from 2012 SOTU Address

  • Books and DVDs about the Tuskegee Airmen

    glciii
    22 Jan 2012 | 3:47 pm
    Many have gone and seen Red Tails a great action movie about the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. Now take some time to learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen with these great books and DVDs about them: Tuskegee Airmen

  • MLK’s Dream: We still have a long way to go.

    glciii
    15 Jan 2012 | 2:11 pm
    One of the great things about being the board of education president in my town is that it gives me the opportunity to address the public and more importantly our children. We hold a Martin Luther King Celebration every year and it was a great honor to be allowed to speak at that celebration. Read my speech it here MLK’s Dream: We still have a long way to go

  • TV One to debut new show on missing African Americans

    glciii
    15 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    S. Epatha Merkerson hosts a new series, Find Our Missing on TV One. The show focuses on missing African Americans and premieres January 18 at 10pm ET. Thank you TV One it’s about time someone in the media paid attention to this issue and these missing people. Learn more and watch the shows trailer here: TV One to debut new show on missing African Americans
 
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    Black Web 2.0

  • Tech Week in Review 1-27-2012

    rahsheen
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Foxconn Employee Says Next iPhone Coming 9to5 Mac reports that a source at Foxconn has information on the next iPhone. The device is not yet ready, but is likely to be launched this summer. There are a number of prototypes floating around and they all have slight differences, so it’s impossible to tell exactly what the specs for the next iPhone will be. Their source is the same one who foretold that the iPhone 5 was not coming last summer. Some of the common themes mentioned this time around: 4+ inch display (made by LG on at least one of them). No teardrop-shaped devices, as rumored…

  • SOPA and Hip-Hop’s Escalating Custody Battle

    BW 2.0 Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:43 am
    The response to Washington’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) was so swift and powerful that it can really only be called a protest in the same way that a first-round Mike Tyson knockout can be considered a fight. In a flash, Google got seven million signatures, Wikipedia staged a self-imposed blackout and countless other sites, including our small operation, followed suit. People crammed the streets in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and D.C., and many members of Congress quietly backed off. In only a few days, the web browsers of America had crushed two quickly…

  • Why Digital Media Should Be Part of Primary and Secondary Education

    Kiera A. Manison
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:06 pm
    There have been complaints about children and teens misuse of social networking sites. Typically in school when someone doesn’t know how to do something correctly, it is taught to them. Why is social media any different? Social media and multimedia have changed drastically in just a few years. Today 95% of all teens ages 12-17 are online and 80% are using social media sites. Jobs are now requiring skills in social media and other online tools – no matter the industry. Therefore a formal education on the subject is necessary. Part of the solution to kids and teens mishandling…

  • Send Evernote Emails To Appropriate Folders With Tags

    BW 2.0 Staff
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:50 am
    Have I ever told you all how much I dig Evernote? I use it everyday and constantly find new ways to implement the “remember everything” service into my everyday life. One of the things I do heavily is forward emails to Evernote from Gmail. Things like receipts that come to my inbox, I quickly forward them to Evernote by using the designated email address assigned to me when I signed up what seems like ages ago. What I then have to do is open Evernote, find the note that’s stored in my default notebook, and manually move it to the appropriate notebook and add tags to the note to…

  • Are African-Americans Taking More of an Interest in News Web Sites Than Gossip Sites?

    Kiera A. Manison
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:13 pm
    At some point or another, someone has probably asked you “Did you see… On Media Take Out today?” If not, you can replace it with any other black gossip news site. Numbers have shown that black people love their gossip news, but they are just as interested in hard news as they are gossip. Journal-isms reported according to comScore, numbers in gossip sites are declining while news sites are on the rise. One site in particular that is growing in numbers is BET.com. Their unique visitors rose from 2,531,000 in October to 3,649,000 in December. Spokesman for BET, Luis Defrank tells…
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    Black Tennis Pro's

  • THE FIRST TIME'S A CHARM: 15-Year-Old American Taylor Townsend Takes 2012 Australian Open Junior Girl's Singles And Doubles Titles

    Shelia
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:52 am
    15-year-old American Taylor Townsend takes 2012 Australian Open Junior Girl's Singles and Doubles Titles It’s not often you get to drop to the ground on Rod Laver Arena and shed tears of joy. It’s one of those once in a lifetime opportunities. But after 117 minutes in scorching heat on Rod Laver Arena, American Taylor Townsend shed those tears after becoming the 2012 junior Australian Open

  • AO 2012: James Blake Among Withdrawals, Cites "Personal Reasons"

    Shelia
    13 Jan 2012 | 1:04 am
    In December, former world No.4 American James Blake, who is now ranked 59th, cited personal reasons for his withdrawal. He will be replaced by Ricardo Mello of Brazil in the draw for the Brisbane tournament, which starts on Sunday and is a key lead-up event for the Australian Open starting on January 16. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he was sorry to hear of Blake's

  • AO 2012: (PHOTOS) Tsonga And Djokovic Practicing On Rod Laver Arena

    Shelia
    13 Jan 2012 | 12:38 am
    Source: australianopen.org Photos ©Ben Solomon

  • AO 2012: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga "In A Pretty Good Shape"

    Shelia
    13 Jan 2012 | 12:06 am
    A morning of inclement Melbourne weather couldn’t dampen the mood of Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he took to the Yarra River on Friday. Despite overcast skies and blustery winds, the smiling Frenchman looked right at home while checking out the city sights from the bow of one of the city’s many water taxis. “I like [to] spend a lot of time on water, I like [to] swim, I like fishing

  • Venus Williams Not Quite Ready For 2012 - Withdraws From Australian Open

    Shelia
    9 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pm
    As per her official website, American Venus Williams made this statement: "I regret to announce that I am withdrawing from the 2012 Australian Open. After several months of training and treatment, I am making steady progress to top competitive form. My diet and fitness regimen have allowed me to make great strides in terms of my health and I am very close to being ready to return to WTA
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    Adrienne's House

  • Santa Clara County Energy Upgrades

    Adrienne Van Houten
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Santa Clara County’s 80% Home Energy Assessment Rebate for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. A home energy assessment determines how much energy your home consumes and suggests ways you can make your home more energy efficient. An assessment will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of energy – and money – over time. During the assessment, your contractor can pinpoint where your house is losing energy. Energy assessments also determine the efficiency of your home’s heating and cooling…

  • Testing and NCLB

    Adrienne Van Houten
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:18 am
    Today I am over at Moms LA talking about teaching to the test.  I would love to have you join me over there and give your two cents.“We have all heard about visual vs. tactical learners.  Some take direction better than others and some need to be more hands on to learn.  Think of how difficult it is having 35 totally different personalities and learning styles and trying to teach them all the same thing.  It is virtually impossible.”To read more go to Testing, Testing, 1. 2. 3.

  • The Artist

    Adrienne Van Houten
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:19 am
    A silent movie in 2011?  Who’d have thunk?  Not me that’s for sure, but I am certainly glad that someone did.A silent film star faces the reality that “talkies” are coming but can’t bring himself to lower to that level.  Amazing acting, although kinda cheesy in this day and age because of the “overacting’ and “mugging” nature of silent films.It was a little hard to watch at home on DVD because you have to pay attention.  I don’t pay attention well at home with the computer and magazines, and toys needing to be picked up…

  • Finding Nemo – 3D

    Adrienne Van Houten
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:58 pm
    I have made no secret of my dislike for 3D.  But something about the way the Disney cartoons have been done make me lean the other way.  I really enjoyed the Cars 2 in 3D and when we saw Beauty and the Beast last week, Caitlyn exclaimed that she felt like she was a part of the movie.  That is how to do 3D RIGHT!A couple of weeks ago I was watching Finding Nemo with the twins and as soon as the dad went searching for Nemo with DOri I thought, now this one should be in 3D.  Lo and behold what shows up in my email inbox this week?  A press kit for Finding Nemo 3D!  I can’t wait.Part…

  • Watching Whales

    Adrienne Van Houten
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:37 pm
    The Aquarium of the Pacific here in Long Beach invited MomsLA (and other press) to go on a whale watching cruise last week.  No way was I passing up this awesome opportunity.  I bundled up in my sweater and leather coat, borrowed a scarf and gloves from my friend and off I went.Unfortunately I have a crap camera (my blackberry) for video and the good video I took (with my iPod Touch) in no way holds a candle to what my colleague Sarah Auerswald was able to capture.We saw two pods of dolphins, one of which was bottle-nosed.  And at least 11 Fin Whale. And 1 lonely sea lion.  All in all a…
 
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    kdub
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:42 am
    Yeah...she's back at it...

  • Find Our Missing-Weds at 10 pm

    kdub
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    Finally, a network is taking up the cause of finding missing BLACK FOLKS!  It is well documented that a missing black person DOES NOT garner as much attention as a missing non-black person.  TV One’s new show, Find Our Missing features the real life stories of the blacks that have gone missing.  S. Epatha  Merkerson (Law & Order) hosts of the show which airs Wednesday Nights @ 10 pm on TV One.  Also featured is the organization Black and Missing Foundation, which features alerts of recent African-Americans who have gone missing.  Just curious, has anyone heard the names…

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    kdub
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:42 am
    NOOOO...naked in front of the kid!! check out the background...

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    Clutch Magazine

  • Dear Clutchettes: Your Comments May Go Missing, Don’t Panic, We’re Improving the Site!

    Clutch
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:01 pm
    Over the next few months we will be rolling out several improvements to CLUTCH (wait till you see the new look!). Because we are growing tremendously, we have to switch servers, again, to easily accomodate all of our readers and your witty commentary. This move will not only help the site load quicker, but it will also handle some of our continuous database issues. The downside of our server switch, however, is that some of your comments may temporarily disappear. Because we love your thoughts, insights, and witty repartee, we wanted to let you know why some of your comments might end up…

  • Casting of Thandie Newton As An Igbo Woman Causes Controversy, But Is It Fair?

    Britni Danielle
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    Yesterday, it was announced that British-born actress Thandie Newton will star in the film adaptation of Ngozi Adichie’s award-winning novel Half Of A Yellow Sun. The 2006 book, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction, tells the story of of the Nigerian-Biafran War from the perspectives of several different people: a professor, a young boy, a political figure, and a British citizen. Newton is set to play  one of the main roles along side fellow Brit, Chiwetel Ejiofor. While many see this as a step in the right direction for Hollywood, which has been slow to allow films featuring…

  • Seal Wants Heidi Back? When Is It Too Late To Patch Up A Broken Relationship?

    Britni Danielle
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    After the news of Seal and Heidi Klum’s break up made news, many wondered what went wrong. By all accounts the couple seemed totally in love with each other, and many seemed to take the split personally, wondering, if Seal and Heidi couldn’t make it, maybe it couldn’t be done. Seal added to the confusion by continuing to wear his wedding ring during interviews and speaking lovingly about his soon-to-be ex-wife. Recently, he appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Show and seemed to hint at wanting to reconcile. While on the show, Seal gushed about his relationship with Heidi…

  • Ice-T Loves Hillary Clinton, Say’s She’ll Be First Female President, Do You Agree?

    Britni Danielle
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:33 am
    Fresh off of the premiere of his new documentary, ‘Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap,’ Ice-T had a few words about the upcoming presidential elections. Although he firmly believes President Obama will be reelected in the fall, the rapper turned film director already has his eyes on 2016. Speaking about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ice-T said, “She did the Secretary of State job, she was a G, she held it down, she didn’t cry. Obama will support her, and she’ll be the first woman president.” Ice-T might just be onto something. Recently…

  • Watch: Bernie Mac Documentary Coming Soon, Will You Watch?

    Thembi Ford
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:14 am
    There aren’t many comedians who could be as funny and ignorant as Bernie Mac was. Between stand-up routines like The Kings of Comedy and his softer side on the sitcom The Bernie Mac Show, he was all-around hilarious. When Bernie Mac passed away from pneumonia complicated by the lung disease sarcoidosis, he left a huge hole in the entertainment landscape. On February 19, Comedy Central will air a documentary giving tribute to his talent, featuring interviews with friends, family and colleagues. The special will also include never before seen performances and footage from his early…
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    Everyone's Blog Posts - Black Author Showcase

  • ME AND PAULA DEAN AKA GET YOU SOME BUSINESS

    ELAINE TAYLORBROWN
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
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  • Topaz Publishing, LLC is Looking For You!

    Topaz Publishing
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    Allow me to introduce Topaz Publishing, LLC. Topaz Books are now open for submissions. We’re looking for writers of Christian, or Inspirational Romance. If you’ve written a great story and can’t seem to find a home, Topaz Publishing might be the place for you. Visit topazpublishingllc.com, and read our submissions requirements. (Blush) No sex required. You’re free to focus on developing an excellent read. Come on over—bring an open mind.  Until then… Max  http://www.topazpublishingllc.com ,or if you have questions topazpublishing@aol.com  We’re looking for you! Reading…

  • Black Men and the Pain They Reveal

    Raymond Sturgis
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:21 am
    http://http://www.amazon.com/When-Black-Cries-His-Pain-ebook/dp/B006GJFVGC http://http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-a-black-man-crieshis-pain-runs-deep-raymond-sturgis/1108428373NEW BOOK : WHEN A BLACK MAN CRIES...HIS PAIN RUNS DEEP By Author Raymond Sturgis Available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Createspace, Smashwords,  Ebook or Paperback

  • Evil Walks. Featuring The Sandman.

    Barry K. Nelson
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm
    This is a new feature that I will have on both my Facebook page and my website. A new super short story series featuring one of my characters, The Sandman. Enjoy part 1 of Evil Walks. Al Hartman felt a cold chill run up along his back as he got out of his car. The young black male zippered up his black jacket all the way to the top until it covered the thin white dress shirt that he was wearing. He even felt a cold breeze blowing up the legs of his black pants. It was a most unpleasant feeling. He regret not dressing in advance to deal with this cold night air. But by his estimate he would…

  • SOMETIMES......

    Enoch Mubarak
    23 Jan 2012 | 9:18 pm
    UNDERCOVER SMART - WHEREVER NON FICTION BOOKS ARE SOLD. www.mubarakinter-prizes.com
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    Crunk + Disorderly

  • People You Should Be Paying Homage To: Big Freedia Wobbles On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

    Fresh
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:44 pm
    With beads of sweat forming on her juice in the brisk night air, the queen diva Big Freedia incited wobbling white folks to a riot pitch in her network television debut on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ this past Wednesday, making the moment only second to Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s illustrious trip to pick up food stamps in a limo as the most influential milestone in television history for residents living in the lower 9th ward in New Orleans. So, you know the hair and mug were both laid on the highest level. I’m talking lying in state tease. Catch a wall and bring in the weekend the…

  • Tweets Is Watching: The Week That ‘Twas

    Fresh
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Usher arrived at the recording studio in grand fashion, NeNe clowned around following a photo shoot, Draya partied (what else?) hard with Teairra Marie, J. Hud flashed her abs while Evelyn tried to defend hers and more memories from the week that was snatched straight from the timelines ofTwitter loving pop culture personalities after the jump.

  • In Other News: Houston Fans To Build Monument Dedicated To Beyonce

    Fresh
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pm
    With the construction of a statue or monument dedicated to Beyonce both active and retired Dirty Rice Army personnel in the Houston, Texas area will have a proper place to bring their burnt offerings (read: Keri Hilson memorabilia), and the city is reportedly behind it. The girls on ‘Got 2B Real’ are not going to be able to take! “She is the number 1 entertainer from Houston. She’s in the prime of her career, producer, actress; Houston is proud and she comes back to Houston often.” If these guys get their way, the singing, dancing, “bootylicious” diva could be right back…

  • Quick Quotes: Sanaa Lathan, Wale and Drake

    Fresh
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:33 pm
    Do you think Sanaa’s initial reaction was out of pocket or understandable? Ebony Magazine: You recently got caught up in a nasty rumor with Kobe Bryant, that you were somehow the reason for his marriage ending after you two were seen in the same VIP section at Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne concert. I have to say I absolutely loved your response to the rumor on Twitter. [Sanaa tweeted: "Anybody who pays attention knows I’m not his type… Blank stare. #blackgirlsrock #dontbelievethelies" We adore!] Sanaa Lathan: I probably shouldn’t have said that because I don’t…

  • Star Tracks: Queen Latifah, Seal, Paula Patton, Solange, Grace Jones And Chris Tucker

    Fresh
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:22 pm
    Mr. Steal Your Girl grabbed lunch (and later a parking ticket) with her mom in Los Angeles earlier this week. More pictures of celebrities out and about after the jump. Seal served face and intergalactic peen tease while making his way through LAX this week. We see you plotting to get that old thing back, Tyra. Paula Patton keeps a low profile while jogging. The actress is set to be honored at the 5th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon next month. Auntie Basement Baby was photographed outside the launch of Tiffany’s True Love In Pictures with the Sartorialist Scott Schuman…
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    The Black Gospel Blog

  • The Bishops Quartet - Heaven Is Too Far (For You To Walk)

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pm
    The Bishops Quartet Heaven Is Too Far (For You to Walk)Sharper Brothers Records (2011)http://www.sharperbrothersusa.com/By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog. From Orlando, Florida comes a group of singing church leaders called the Bishop’s Quartet. Whether soaring into falsetto, shouting, or singing flatfooted, the Bishops Quartet is rooted in traditional gospel, southern soul style. The group’s new album, Heaven Is Too Far (For You to Walk), is a respectable introduction to their music ministry.The quartet consists of Bishop Thurman Hargrove, Bishop James Coleman,…

  • William McDowell - Arise: The Live Worship Experience

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:09 pm
    William McDowellArise: The Live Worship ExperienceLight Records/eOne Entertainment (2011)www.williammcdowellmusic.comBy Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.From musician and studio "steward" to worship leader, accidental Internet sensation and Billboard charting artist, to performer on the stage of the Stellars, the last several years have been an amazing ride for William McDowell. But as Martha Munizzi told TBGB, it’s time the rest of the world knew about McDowell.Light Records has done its part to make that happen. Recorded in December 2010 at Christian Life Center in Fort Lauderdale,…

  • "Christmas in July" - Timothy

    24 Jan 2012 | 1:42 pm
    “Christmas in July”TimothyLionHearted Productions (2011)Available on iTunes, Tunecore “Whatever happened to the War on Poverty?”It’s the question that not only concludes Timothy Amukele’s “Christmas in July” but hovers over it like the voice of conscience, encouraging us to examine our own inner voices. With post-graduate lyrics that evoke Sting’s notebook and an easy-going but insistent melody and arrangement, “Christmas in July” encourages us to open our hearts and lend a helping hand to the homeless. And not just at Christmas time but throughout the year. July or…

  • New Canton Jones Video: "Hallelujah"

    24 Jan 2012 | 11:02 am
    Power-packed video featuring gospel hip hop stars Canton Jones, Deitrick Haddon, DBP, and Mr. Del.

  • TBGB Pick of the Week: January 23, 2012

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:09 pm
    “So Proud”Brian Courtney Wilson From the forthcoming Music World Gospel CD So Proudwww.musicworldgospel.comThe autobiographical title track from Brian Courtney Wilson’s forthcoming CD finds the robust crooner reflecting with humble admiration on all those individuals, especially his father, who sacrificed sun-up to sundown so he could live his dreams. The message is sufficiently general for everyone to consider who in their own lives has served such a purpose...and perhaps still do. The feel-good R&B rhythm evokes some of BeBe Winans’s best solo offerings.  Nice work from the…
 
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    Vyne World

  • THE INTERNATIONAL HAIR STRUGGLE

    thevyne
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:44 pm
    By Leila N. Throughout my many travels to Europe over the past 7 years, I’ve learned that many black women struggle with finding good hair products or a great hair stylist they can trust. Having lived in Barcelona, Spain, I personally struggled with maintaining the healthy beauty regimen I adopted in The States. I realized how hard it was to find quality beauty products, especially because there wasn’t a beauty supply store in every corner. So I put on my entrepreneurial hat and created Isabis Beauty, a social commerce website where women worldwide could “Share Beauty. Shop Beauty.” I…

  • Home Accoutrements

    thevyne
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:23 pm
    Dorothy was right…there’s no place like home, especially when you fill it comfy and beautiful accoutrements like these: 1. Vanity Trays – Why just have your jewelry, perfume or mail for that matter strewn across your dresser or table when you can place it in a beautiful tray? It pulls together your nick-nacs for a effortlessly neat and sophisticated look. 2.  Pure Beech Jersey Knit Sheets – Your guests will never want to leave once they sleep on these sheets. Heck you won’t even want to leave your bed once you try them out. In the words of Aziz Ansari,…

  • Woman to Watch: Rosalind Brewer

    thevyne
    21 Jan 2012 | 2:58 pm
    Name: Rosalind ‘Roz’ Brewer Education: B.S in Chemistry, Spelman College, Attended the Advanced Management Program, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business, graduated from Director’s College at the University of Chicago School of Business/Stanford School of Law. Current City: Atlanta, GA Occupation: CEO, Sam’s Club (owned by Walmart), effective 2/1/12. Rosalind is the first woman and the first African American to hold a CEO position in one of Walmart’s business units. Growing Up: This Michigan native is the youngest of five children. She and her siblings were the…

  • I’ve Had it with ‘Black’ Movies and TV

    thevyne
    21 Jan 2012 | 12:56 pm
    By Bethany Gardner, Vyne Contributor I have had it with “black” movies and TV. If I see one more trailer for a so-called romantic “comedy” with a bunch of black leads and a plot I’ve figured out (boy meets girl cute, boy/girl introduces other to family, drama ensues, boy/girl breakup then make up, wedding) by the end of the commercial, I think I might just lose it completely. Viewing a movie with a range of quite funny to mediocre black comedians dredging up some stereotype of black culture to give the same derivative spin on (family drama, black dating, thug life) has me reaching…

  • Trends to Carry Over into 2012

    thevyne
    15 Jan 2012 | 11:22 am
    Ever wonder how much of last years hot trends you can/should carry over into this year? Wonder no more folks, here’s a list of trends to hang on to (or pick up) for winter 2012. Side note, here’s the thing about trends, only choose the ones that work for you. For example, Kailei could probably pull off the “stiletto” nail craze…but I on the other hand would have to opt for the “navy colored” nail. 70′s Inspired Looks – Zoe Saldana looks effortlessly chic in these easy, daytime interpretations of 70′s style. Claudia Schiffer’s…
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    This Week in Blackness

  • @BlackingItUp #205 | Threatening Negro

    Elon James White
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:58 pm
    Download on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher | RSS Feed | Facebook | Twitter | [DONATE]     On Blacking It Up: There’s something about Nancy Pelosi, Apparently waving your finger in the Presidents face is whats hot in the streets and will poor black kids have to clean the floor on a moon base? All this and more coming up now on Blacking It Up.

  • @BlackingItUp #204 | The Silenced Pat Buchanan

    Elon James White
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:31 pm
    Download on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher | RSS Feed | Facebook | Twitter | [DONATE]  On Blacking It Up: Fact checking and analysis of the State of the Union, a police gang terrorizes latinos, and special guest Rashad Robinson, executive director of color of change. All this and more with Team Blackness on Blacking it up.

  • @BlackingItUp #203 | His Manner Offends

    Elon James White
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:05 pm
    Download on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher | RSS Feed | Facebook | Twitter | [DONATE]  On Blacking It Up: Killing family pets is what’s hot in the streets, catholic leaders call on #GOP to stop race baiting, black conservatives meet to discuss mobilization, and previewing tonight’s State of the Union address. All this and more with Team Blackness on Blacking it up.

  • #AfterBLACK 19 | #REDTAILS

    Elon James White
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    #TeamBlackness (Elon James White, L. Joy Williams and Aaron Rand Freeman) discusses the much hyped (in certain circles) “Red Tails.”  From the story itself to what the movie represents as a whole in America and especially in Hollywood. Check out the conversation here (Warning: SPOILERS): Download on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher | RSS Feed | Facebook | Twitter | [DONATE]   

  • #TWIBIU Segment: The NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock Interview

    Elon James White
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:22 pm
    #TeamBlackness (Elon James White, L. Joy Williams and Aaron Rand Freeman) talks with the Chairman of the NAACP Rosalyn Brock on the place of the NAACP in today’s climate, reaching a new generation of members and Ms. Brock throws down a challenge to Elon…   Download on iTunes | Listen on Stitcher | RSS Feed | Facebook | Twitter | [DONATE] 
 
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    MyBrownBaby

  • French Elle Thinks Michelle Obama Taught Black Women How To Dress—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links

    Denene@MyBrownBaby
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    If French Elle fashion writer Nathalie Dolivo is to be believed—and she is not—African-Americans weren’t stylish until the Obama family came into office. ”For the first time, the chic has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • If Terrell Owens Thinks He’s “In Hell,” Imagine How His Kids Feel

    Denene@MyBrownBaby
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    I’m no Terrell Owens fan and I have no interest in kicking a brother when he’s down, but the former NFL wide receiver known as T.O. isn’t winning any points after revealing in this month’s GQ cover... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Police Officers in School? A Recipe for Student Failure

    Denene@MyBrownBaby
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    By NICK CHILES Educators have known for a long time what kind of environment children need to learn: They need to feel safe and supported. Without these two elements, they will never perform at their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Birthing While Black: This African American Mom’s Experience Was Anything But VIP

    Denene@MyBrownBaby
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    There are a ton of things I’ll never forget about the first time I gave birth—showing up with a Donny Hathaway CD in one hand, a beautiful pink and white-striped “going home” dress and a white... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • MyBrownBaby Respect: Maya Angelou

    Denene@MyBrownBaby
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    There is, I hope, a thesis in my work: we may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody-two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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    The Rah Rah

  • Must See Web TV: Bryant Terry's Urban Organic

    25 Jan 2012 | 11:25 am
    In the premiere episode, author/chef/activist, Bryant Terry visits an aquaponics farm in Oakland, California’s Mosswood Park. Urban Organic is a three part series that features cutting-edge chefs, urban farmers and social innovators who are bringing urban agriculture to neighborhoods in America that need them most. Terry's nouveau collard green recipe Citrus Collards with Raisins Redux  from his book Vegan Soul Kitchen is a remix on what I refer to as "The Trinity" - collard greens, macaroni & cheese, and candid yams. It changed my perspective completely on how I…

  • Dope Music: Kendrick Lamar - "His Pain"

    23 Jan 2012 | 11:30 am
    His Pain F. Kendrick Lamar by Bj The Chicago Kid Listen on Posterous This joint is simultaneously jazzy, bluesy and could fit right in at your local church's praise and worship service.  I'd heard the buzz on Kendrick Lamar for a while, but mostly ignored it. On the strength of this I'm officially on the bandwagon and have gone back and started checking out some of his old stuff.  Not the first time he's delved into religion check out his joints "Faith"  & "Kush and Corinthians" - the original collabo with BJ the Chicago Kid I don't why He keeps…

  • Dope Flick: Miriam Makeba: Mama Africa

    22 Jan 2012 | 12:42 pm
    This doc traces Makeba's roots in South Africa, years in exile, rise to prominence in America and then her unceremonious dismissal because of her marriage to Stokely Carmichael, and cements her legacy as the voice of a music and a movement. This doc could have easily gone on for another hour - I would have liked to hear more about her later life and work including collaborations with her 2nd husband Hugh Masekela and others. This has definitely set me on the course to explore some of her earlier, more jazzy, yet heavily South African inflected work.Use Google Translate on the…

  • Hip Hop Inspired Art + Food @FEAST_Brooklyn on Sat 1/21

    19 Jan 2012 | 11:36 am
    COME OUT AND SUPPORT! The super-fresh, international women's printmakers collective (Grapevine INK) will present their hip-hop inspired project “Represent: I’m Shanté” at this weekend's FEAST #12 event in Brooklyn.  It's only $20 for dinner, art, and good times. You vote and they get the dough to make their project a reality.  The “Represent: I’m Shanté” project brings skilled printmakers (interdisciplinary artist, Shani Peters, interdisciplinary artist/graffiti writer Elena Stojanova, and vocalist/break-dancer Kelsey Pyro V.E., all members of the International…

  • "Hip Hop Family Tree" -The History of Hip Hop as Told Thru Comics

    18 Jan 2012 | 9:30 pm
    Ed Piskor's ongoing comic "The Hip Hop Family Tree" on boingboing is a look into the viral propagation of a culture and details hip hop's lineage from its origins. New parts are scheduled to appear every Tuesday.Is the how future generations will learn of what came before them? Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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    Mommys Hangout- Atlanta Georgia Mommy Blogger (Jen Williams)

  • Sweeping Saturday 1/28/2012

    Jen Williams
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Do you Have Giveaways? Please Share them here! Every Saturday there is new post with a Mr. Linky for you to list your giveaways. So Please Check weekly To Add yours!

  • Music Monday Etta James – At Last

    Jen Williams
    23 Jan 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Etta James Dies at 73; Voice Behind ‘At Last’.  She will be missed!

  • Sweeping Saturday 1/21/2012

    Jen Williams
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Do you Have Giveaways? Please Share them here! Every Saturday there is new post with a Mr. Linky for you to list your giveaways. So Please Check weekly To Add yours!

  • Learn more about Infant Meningitis and how you can help

    Jen Williams
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:29 pm
    As Parents, it’s a fact that we do everything in our power to protect our kids and make sure they are healthy.  However, we may not always be aware of how to protect them from some of the most dangerous diseases.  Recently I was invited to participate in a blog tour to bring awareness to [...]

  • Shopping for Garden Furniture? Use These Helpful Hints

    Jen Williams
    17 Jan 2012 | 9:27 pm
    Sitting out on your outdoor furniture during the spring and summer months is a great way to enjoy the weather in your area. If your outdoor furniture is old, outdated or if it’s just time for an upgrade, it may be time to start shopping around for a set of replacement furniture. Whether you are [...]
 
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    Brown Beauty Blog for Skin and Hair Tips

  • Beauty Obsession: Lamik Celebrity Brow Kit

    Michelle
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    When I attended the Own Your Natural Beauty Practicum and Social two weeks ago, little did I know I’d be in love with a new beauty item. I used to get my eyebrows waxed regularly at the Asian eyebrow salons until one day, a lady took a big nick out of my right brow. It [...]

  • Radiant Brown Beauty’s Had a Birthday!

    Michelle
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:20 am
    I missed it! January 16th was Radiant Brown Beauty’s 1st Blogiversary!  (also my husband’s birthday). I was so distracted by the cold weather, my son having feeding issues and both my husband and my birthdays that I totally forgot. We’ve come a long way to get to this point. While this blog is actually 3 [...]

  • 5 Lies Hairdressers Tell To Keep You Coming Back to Their Shop

    Michelle
    23 Jan 2012 | 6:23 am
    After some great hair advice back in April of 2011, I started taking responsibility for doing my own hair. I used to go to the Dominican salons here in New York and when I was feeling extra special and rambunctious (along with a pocket full of cash), I’d visit the expensive stylist at Time Salon [...]

  • HatSome – A New Way To Sport Your Hair

    Michelle
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:12 am
    In the post recapping this past weekend’s Own Your Natural Beauty event earlier this week I mentioned that I had one more beauty buy to share. This is a great one really. So while walking around the Natural Mart at the event, I met so many wonderful vendors selling all sorts of products: T-shirts like Happy to [...]

  • How to Take Charge of Your Skin Problems

    Michelle
    18 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am
    Acne. Eczema. Hyperpigmentation. All of these are skin problems that black women commonly encounter. Regardless of what your problem is, you can work to improve or correct it. One thing being a black woman and a product junkie has taught me is how important it is to be simplistic in your approach to self care. [...]
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    Christian Life Coach - Quentin McCall - Knowledge 4 Life

  • Do You Hide Behind Faith to Avoid Having a Relationship?

    Quentin McCall
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    Often people rationalize their singleness with the fact that God is not ready for them to be married or He has not yet sent “the one.” If you are someone who reads my work often, you know I champion the cause of singleness and truly believe it is the season, in which, we prepare for marriage. Thus, it is very important for us to enjoy our singleness and be “the one” we seek to have. In my article “9 Reasons Singleness is Good for You,” I discussed the beauty of being single and how important it is to be truly single and whole before God. Yet, sometimes Christian Singles find…

  • 27 Things You Need To Know About Courtship

    Quentin McCall
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:03 am
    Courting is not the same as dating. The purpose, value, or meaning of courting is often misunderstood in today’s society. Courting is step two on the road to marriage (with step one being dating). 23 Things You Need To Know About Dating Contemporary courtship is when couples decide to move into a deeper friendship and relationship, with marriage being the end goal. When courting is present, two people have agreed together as one to intentionally and deliberately say, “we are courting to get married.” They have moved past simply getting to know each other without sex, physical touch, or…

  • 23 Things You Need to Know About Dating

    Quentin McCall
    11 Jan 2012 | 5:03 pm
    There is no Biblical position on dating and many people have varying opinions about it (including Pastors, Ministers, and the like). I would like to share my thoughts on the matter. I feel dating should be approached with boundaries and in a way that helps us become better people. Dating can help you learn what you do and do not like, but only if you maintain clear and healthy boundaries. Dating is an activity for getting to know people. It’s not for sex and using people to numb your pain or aloneness. In our contemporary times, many people date for sex or companionship or a variety of…

  • 7 Types of Women Every Man Should Date (A Deeper Look Part 1)

    Quentin McCall
    20 Dec 2011 | 8:02 am
    Thank you! I am so humbled by what has happened in the Knowledge4Life Community in the last 2 weeks. You all made 2 blogs go viral! 7 Types of Women Every Man Should Date and 7 Types of Men Every Woman Should Date have been shared over 50,000 times on Facebook alone! Wow! Truly amazing! Also, I want to say “WELCOME”! We added 1,709 new members to our Knowledge4Life Community and have grown to over 5,000 members. What a blessing! So, WELCOME to all of our newest members! Thank you so much for reading and sharing the blogs. I appreciate each of you.             None of this…

  • 9 Terrible Reasons To Get Married

    Quentin McCall
    13 Dec 2011 | 11:28 am
    I get questions all the time from married people and those who have recently divorced. Additionally, after counseling 100’s over the years, once I was able to get to the root of many of their problems, I’ve noticed a common theme. It relates to the honest reason of why they got married in the first place. I think a lot of you would be surprised at how dishonest people are about the real reason they got married. In counseling sessions, people tend to lie at first and then later admit the truth as I lead them down the path of personal accountability. In my opinion, if most people invested…
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