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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…
Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…
Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:
“Each artist should be allowed to…
I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…
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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969
This week I came across…
The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…
I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…
Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…
Anika Noni Rose Talks Emmys and Hudson
Anika Noni Rose must have wished upon a star, because her dream really came true. Ms. Rose is the starring voice in Disney’s upcoming animated flick The Princess and the Frog. “It’s the most thrilling thing,” says Rose, the Tony Award winner who you’re likely to remember from her work as Lorrell opposite Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé in Dreamgirls. “It’s been a dream of mine since I was a little itty-bitty person to be a Disney voice.” It’s also a history-making flick, with Disney’s first African-American princess… It must be a pretty intense feeling knowing you’re the first African-American princess. (Continue Reading…)
Chris Brown Attorney Seeks Delay in Assault Case
An attorney for R&B singer Chris Brown has asked the California Supreme Court to delay the assault case against the pop star until it can rule on the lawyer’s attempt to get information from police. Court records showed on Tuesday that the court has not ruled on the request by attorney Mark Geragos, who is defending the 20-year-old Brown against a charge that in February he beat former girlfriend Rihanna, who is also a pop star. Geragos’ appeal with the California Supreme Court seeks to delay a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing set for Monday. (Continue Reading…)
BBC: Inside Somalia’s Pirate Town
Somali pirates are currently holding 14 ships and more than 200 sailors captive, from the more than 30,000 ships that sail the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden every year. The BBC’s Andrew Harding has had rare access to the coastal village of Eyl, notorious as the centre of what has become a very lucrative business, and speaks to one of the country’s most infamous pirate leaders. (Continue Reading…)

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