Eddie Murphy has just signed on to star in “Tower Heist,” the crime caper that he was originally going to lead when the project was first conceived in 2005 as an all-black version of “Ocean’s Eleven.” According to EW.com’s “Hollywood Insider,” the original idea of an African-American “Ocean’s Eleven” was […]
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*NBC is giving “Undercovers” four more chances to boost its ratings. While the network on Monday announced full season pickups for “The Event,” “Law & Order: Los Angeles” and “Outsourced,” and today announces full orders for “Chase” and “Chuck,” it has decided to order just four more episodes of its struggling Boris Kodjoe thriller. […]
From Michael Blake, Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement coordinating African-American outreach: Health care is very personal for me. I was born with a heart murmur, my mother is a breast cancer survivor but lost her mom at the age of 3, an aunt who lost her life due to cancer, […]
*After 10 years of owning a piece of the Los Angeles Lakers, former team member Earvin “Magic” Johnson has sold his share of the franchise to a long time season ticket holder for an undisclosed amount. Johnson, who played 13 years for the Lakers, originally paid $10 million in 1994 for a 4.5% share […]
Venus Williams isn’t satisfied with just being a Grand Slam champion, an interior designer, a clothing designer, an author and a commercial pitchwoman. As if she didn’t already make most mortal women feel like complete underachievers, Williams now has a new venture. Her computer game, “Venus: The Case of the Grand Slam Queen,” is now […]
Award-winning author Ann Petry was the first African-American woman writer to attain bestseller status in the United States. Though born to a family with privilege, she and her sisters were subjected to many incidents of discrimination while growing up black in privileged society. As a child, she remembers being forced to read the parts of […]
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Employees’ share of premiums for a family plan is up an average 14%, to $3,997, vs. just a 3% rise in the total bill, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Read More:
“Good morning, Anita Hill, it’s Ginni Thomas. I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology some time and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. So give it some thought and certainly […]
