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Our foreign neighbor Canada is known for producing unforgettable musical talent like R&B singer/songwriter/actress Deborah Cox, who swore to us…

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In the world of gossip, talk ain’t cheap…

What is it about gossip that draws us in? Better yet, how many…

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The value system that our society maintains ceases to amaze me. In this crazy world of ours people who deal…

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Sylvia Arthur sets out a few inspirational and enlightening facts to get your minds in gear to explore the big…

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Ever since Rodney Parker chased me round the playground of P.S.139, past the teeter totter, through the sandbox, all up…

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Imagine this…

You’re headed home after a long drawn out lecture in your evening college class. Cruising down the highway in…

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A celebrity is a famous person.
A famous person is one who has a widespread reputation usually of a favorable nature.
A…

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“No industry is black-owned. Actually, the (NBA) Player’s Association gets 49 percent of the revenue, since most players are black.…

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This issue of The Colorful Canvas Files is brought to you by a living legend whose contributions have led to a significant…

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Many of us set out to find that Mr. Right, but for some, he is always seemingly attached to some…

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My shrink said the strangest thing to me in therapy once. She said she was sorry she’d monopolized so much…

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Q: I am going back home for the holidays and want to wow my friends and family with a glamorous…

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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

News.Gossip.Info

November 20, 2009

PUSH, harder.

I didn’t like the book. I was underwhelmed by it even as an eighth grade student in 2002. I thought…

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Married To The Mob Holiday 2009 Lookbook

Married to the Mob recently dropped their holiday 2009 collection featuring varsity jackets, sweaters and more.

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Everything, BUT Country

An exploration of Folk music and the artists concealed within it.

Too often I have conversations with young people of…

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AIDS Created By The CIA? Whatchu Talkin’ About Bugner?

Much like a celebrity recycling dumpsite, UK reality show “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!” is rife with…

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Wearing Contact Lenses and Make-Up

Regular contact lens wearers are usually already aware of the every day health and safety procedures to follow to prevent…

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H&M Magazine Winter 2009: Favourite Things from Chanel Iman

Supermodel Chanel Iman is featured in H&M Magazine’s Winter 2009 issue featuring her “Favourite Things” from H&M.

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Uptown Literati x Clutch Weekly Reading Recommendation 11.20.09

A girl’s got to read, this all Clutchettes know. So, to help navigate the ever-expanding world of books, Uptown Literati…

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Bleach, Nip. Tuck: The White Beauty Myth Episode 2

Bleach, Nip. Tuck: The White Beauty Myth Episode 2 (Documentary On People In U.K. Wanting To Change Their Race, Body, More Whiter) *Warning* viewer Discretion Is Advised.

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Keri Hilson Attends the Vickie’s Secret Fashion Show – Fab or Drab?

Keri Hilson Attends the Vickie’s Secret Fashion Show – Fab or Drab?

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Daily News Feed 11.20.2009/Vocab: billingsgate

Oprah ending talk show in 2011, Murder, rape charges pending in Shaniya Davis case, Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams taking deal in shooting + More…

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November 19, 2009

Muhsinah “That Day (prod. Oddisee)”

One of our favorite artist Muhsinah is gearing up to launch her latest album — The Oscillations: Triangle on December 1st. The…

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Coup d’etat Brooklyn and PUMA Present “Live to Change Something Through Art”

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s Center for Arts and Culture, PUMA, and The Coup d’etat Arts Collective are honored to announce…

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Banned Books: Books that got us in trouble

I’ve had a lifelong obsession with reading material of all kinds. This, combined with my endless curiosity as a child,…

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Naomi Naomi Campbell & Vladislav Doronin Attends the “Valentino: Last Emperor” Premiere – Fab or Drab?

Naomi Naomi Campbell & Vladislav Doronin Attends the “Valentino: Last Emperor” Premiere – Fab or Drab?

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