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Heidi Klum is just the latest sexy star to shill burgers in a commercial for Carl’s Jr. and Hardees. The 39-year-old model and mother of four children hawks the new Jim Beam …
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At her sold out show in New York City, Marsha Ambrosius greeted the room with a captivating question nuzzled warmly in her cozy English accent. “Can you truly be friends …
The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson We’ve all heard and seen shining examples of the age-old adage, “black don’t crack.” Thanks to good genes, lots of ultraviolet ray-shielding melanin, …
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PARIS — Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather’s prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, …
This has gotta hurt …Â R. Kelly‘s Illinois mansion was auctioned off Monday for $950,000 — waaaay less than the $3.5-million-mortgage the singer took out to the build the place. Kelly …
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by Monte Zucker Introduction There is probably no question in portraiture that is more confusing to beginning photographers than how to photograph people with black skin. What exposure to …
by Thomas Allen Harris Please consider supporting Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a PBS documentary that explores how African Americans have used photography …
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Joe Satran On a recent afternoon at Julius Lowy Frame and Restoration Co., a three-by-four frame sat on a work table, shining with freshly-applied gold leaf. The craftsmen at Lowy, …
The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson We’ve been patiently waiting for Angela Simmons to launch her clothing line and now we have the first sneak peek at the signature …
ORLANDO, Fla. — A former lead singer of the soul music group “The Spinners” has died in Orlando. A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues …
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Nearly twenty five years after one of the world’s most expensive art heists the FBI has announced that they have identified the individuals who stole $500 million worth of masterpieces. …
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Southwest Michigan Second Wave  | By Zinta Aistars This article originally appeared in Southwest Michigan Second Wave. A kid who would give up recess to make time for another lesson? …
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By JENNY BARCHFIELD RIO DE JANEIRO — Many Brazilians cast their country as racial democracy where people of different groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But …
In their latest special exhibition, the Chicago History Museum is paying homage to the Ebony Fashion Fair. The traveling show began in 1958 and, thanks to the leadership of its …