Within 24 hours, Juan Williams lost his job as an analyst at NPR, only to sign a lucrative $2 million contract with Fox News. Fox News Chief Executive Roger Ailes took a jab at NPR in his statement announcing the three-year deal. “He’s an honest man whose freedom of speech is […]
Ron Artest(notes) was on Jimmy Kimmel’s chat show Wednesday night and, yeah, he’s still quite the character. Ron Ron showed up wearing shorts, athletic socks, slippers, a goofball cowboy hat, an appropriate fake beard, and a T-shirt bearing his picture and a “Let’s do it!” tagline that ostensibly was in place […]
Our good friends over at Bossip.com posted an interesting story gaining huge attention relating to recent bullying and acceptance. Check out it out and let us know what you think! As the debate over bullying continues, we were drawn to this story of a black family whose youngest son likes to express himself a little […]
*Gabourey Sidibe has joined the cast of Eddie Murphy’s upcoming film “Tower Heist,” Deadline.com reports. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=59277
By Mike Capetillo Texas Southern University becomes the first Historically Black University ever to receive its own channel on Comcast on Demand. The partnership is a great opportunity for students to experience hands-on training and create highly professional and entertaining programs. The channel will consist of various shows ranging from news and current events to […]
TV Guide’s popular Cheers & Jeers section gave pop star Jason Derulo a big ol’ “Jeer” for his performance of “Georgia on My Mind” this week on “Dancing With the Stars.” He’s no Ray Charles, but TV Guide’s Bruce Fretts expected a better take on the classic than what Derulo delivered. He wrote in Thursday’s […]
Via Newsone.com: Last week, a YouTube video called “Black Marriage Negotiations” spread like a forest fire among the African-American middle class set. With posts on Facebook, Essence.com and many sites in between, the 3-minute-plus animated video, where a professional black woman dictates what she requires in a mate to a professional black man, has elicited […]
Instead of balling all out in the club, for her 41st birthday Nia Long threw an intimate get-together in the famed neighborhood West Village in New York. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=59118
The African Grove Theater was founded in lower Manhattan in 1821. Other black theaters were attempted, but the African Grove would become the most mainstream black theater in its time. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/22918
Usher took his sons to a pumpkin patch last week and tweeted this pics of his sons Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond carving them!
Naomi Campbell, dressed in fur, is fronting the Fall/Winter 2010 campaign for Dennis Basso. She donned the animal accessories this past summer on a 90-degree afternoon, while posing at a gas station in New York’s Meatpacking District. It was during this shoot that paparazzi snapped photos of Naomi (and her horrible hairline). The photos later […]
