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*First President Obama was criticized for answering a Mariah Carey/Nicki Minaj question on live radio. Now comes news that he has picked up the endorsement of national laughingstock Honey Boo Boo. During Monday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the star of TLC’s “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” (real name Alana Thompson) said that she …
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Beverly Johnson is the first African-American supermodel. Her stunning features and superstardom would eventually land her on the cover of Vogue magazine in 1974, making world history as the first black model to ever grace the acclaimed magazine’s cover, and forever changing the beauty ideal in the fashion world. Beverly’s remarkable career, which spans three …
It’s been a long uphill climb for women and an especially burdensome one for black women. The beaten that we’ve often taken blazing our own trails has left our self-esteem and self-images quite battered and bruised. Which is why we have celebrated, and continue to celebrate, those famous black female figures that we do …
Martin Lawrence‘s latest news is no laughing matter. The Big Momma’s House star and wife Shamicka Lawrence (née Gibbs) are getting divorced after making “the joint decision to part ways,” a rep for the duo confirms to E! News. Maybe marriage wasn’t the best choice for the longtime couple… MORE: Martin Lawrence Weds Longtime Love …
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Susan Adams, 12.03.08, 07:30 PM EST Hanging in Robert Johnson’s den is an oil from the 1930s by an African-American artist named Palmer Hayden. The painting depicts a black American businessman getting his shoes shined. The subject is nattily dressed in suit and spats, a little like Johnson himself, who is sporting a crisply pressed …
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Those who have overcome adversity to reach their goals often say there is nothing that can stop them but themselves. SEE ALSO: Four-Year-Old Tests Positive For Cocaine Cameroon-born designer Mason Ewing seems to have taken those words seriously. The 30-year-old fashion sensation was brutally attacked by relatives at age 15, living him blind according to …
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When Don Cornelius’ suicide became public, fans worldwide wondered why the “Soul Train” icon would take his own life. Now, his autopsy report reveals that illness pushed Cornelius over the edge, according to TMZ. RELATED: Don Cornelius Dead At 75 Since Cornelius suffered an aneurysm in 1997, seizures plagued him in later years. In …
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Looking good, Heidi Klum! The fashion icon posed for a new ad for the beauty brand Astor to celebrate its 60th anniversary, and left little to the imagination. Klum appears nude in the new ad, but is covered with an elaborate and colorful design by makeup artist Joanne Gair. The “Project Runway” host, who has …
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President Obama appeared on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” Tuesday night, where he discussed his proposal for lower-rate student loans, the secret service prostitution scandal and his impressions of likely GOP rival Mitt Romney. Obama opened the interview by arriving to “slow-jam the news,” a regular segment on Fallon’s show. “I’m President Barack Obama, and …
Dana Crum’s Poems Appear in The Innisfree Poetry Journal _The Innisfree Poetry Journal recently published two of Dana Crum’s poems: “The Gods of Darfur” and “Abandoned.” The former examines the genocide in Darfur and the lack of action that allows such atrocities to go unchecked. In the latter, Crum ponders the question of God’s existence. …
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The Huffington Post | By Brennan Williams Posted: 04/23/2012 10:41 am Updated: 04/23/2012 11:56 am Sexism in sports has been an ongoing conversation since at least the passage of Title IX in 1972, a conversation that’s joined in the most recent episode of “Out Of Bounds.” During Episode 2 of HuffPost Black Voices’ sports video …
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Posted by CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby Washington (CNN) – One thing is certain this election year: President Barack Obama will win African American voters by a colossal margin. Obama had a stunning 94-3 lead over Mitt Romney among blacks in a Quinnipiac University poll released last week. – Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker …
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Love is in the air for Hollywood’s newest and most buzzed-about couple: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. The couple, who were first spotted together earlier in April, were reunited in New York last weekend, and continued to take their budding relationship public Monday night. According to Celebuzz, Kardashian and West stepped out, hand-in-hand, in the …
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