Infamous Comic Book Movie Recastings by Albert Ching, Newsarama · May 11, 2010 Terrence Howard and Don Cheadle both starred in “Crash” and have both been nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. Thanks to “Iron Man 2” out domestically this past Friday, their careers are now linked even […]

        Four years ago, Mardy Gilyard(notes) had his athletic scholarship revoked, was working four jobs in order to pay a $10,000 debt to the school and spent his nights homeless in a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am. Now, he’s an NFL wide receiver. After being kicked out of the University of Cincinnati for academic reasons […]

From the NY Times: KAMPALA, Uganda — On the grounds of Uganda’s biggest AIDS clinic, Dinavance Kamukama sits under a tree and weeps. Her disease is probably quite advanced: her kidneys are failing and she is so weak she can barely walk. Leaving her young daughter with family, she rode a bus four hours to […]

// From the Chicago Tribune: Anthony Kyser didn’t have money for the tubes of toothpaste he stuffed in his jacket before he walked out of a Little Village CVS store Saturday morning. He paid with his life, instead. Chased out of the store and down a litter-strewn alley shortly before 11 a.m., the 35-year-old unemployed […]

“Fences”, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by August Wilson with an award winning ensemble cast featuring Denzel Washington is utterly amazing. Denzel Washington plays Troy Maxson, the center of this play, and incarnates his character uniquely unlike any work done in his films.

(From apartmenttherapy.com) Assuming you’re not traveling by steamship with a trunk full of your life’s possessions, you probably want to pare down and fit all the essentials into a carry-on bag.

Via Huffington Post: When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took […]

FROM RAP-UP: Robin Thicke works the morning shift, doing it in the shower, the bedroom, and the kitchen—all before noon—in the steamy video for “It’s in the Mornin’,” his Teddy Riley-produced collaboration with Snoop Dogg from Sex Therapy. Colombian hottie Manuela Arbeláez is the object of Robin’s desire in the Gil Green-directed clip, which was […]

Via LA Times: A Sunday school teacher was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing her daughter’s 8-year-old playmate, Sandra Cantu of Tracy, Calif., after admitting to police that she owned the suitcase in which Sandra’s body was found, authorities said Saturday. Melissa Chantel Huckaby, 28, the granddaughter of a pastor, was taken into custody […]

Yellow is not always the easiest color to wear, but if you balance it with a muted color like grey, it becomes much easier to pull off. Check out some of our favorite yellow and gray pieces:

When Rap-Up asked whether Kelis had heard the Internet chatter comparing her style to that of Rihanna and Lady Gaga’s, the singer responded, “Yeah. I tried not to see, but it’s noticeable.” Is Lady Gaga Jacking Kelis’ Style, Too? Although it may ruffle her fans’ feathers, the “Acapella” songstress says she’s flattered by the comparisons […]