Via J.C. Brooks at EurThisNThat: Lady Gaga is making me “gag gag” with the raw meat dress she wore to MTV’s Video Music Awards last night. The singer usually has some sort of method to her madness, but the reasoning she came up with for this one is a little far fetched. She went to Ellen […]
Former City Councilwoman Monica Conyers has both entertained and shamed Detroit with her antics for years. Now, after a number of delays, she’s finally scheduled to report to federal prison. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/deadline-for-conyers-to-report-to-prison-is-friday-20100909-mr
Drake came out for his “boo” Taraji P. Henson’s 40th birthday celebration in L.A. over the weekend.
Via Houston’s KHOU.com: Texas is home to some of the most amorous people in the country, according to Men’s Health. In the magazine’s list of the most “sex-happy cities,” Austin comes in at number one: tops in condom sales, 15th in birth rates and 23rd in sexually-transmitted diseases. Dallas is close behind, ranked second in […]
First lady Michelle Obama is prodding the nation’s restaurants to add more healthy options to menus, label those items more prominently and market nutritious foods to kids. Speaking to the National Restaurant Association on Monday, Mrs. Obama pleaded with restaurants small and large to take a little butter […]
ISTANBUL – They tried to cut Kevin Durant(notes) a path in the corridor, the mass of FIBA officials and credentialed clowns pawing on the world championships’ MVP to pose for pictures destined for Facebook pages. The USA Basketball official tried to urge him out of the pack and into the locker […]
Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 pickup trucks are being investigated by U.S. regulators because straps attaching fuel tanks may rust and break, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. Read more:
This past Friday, longtime political activist and beloved college professor Dr. Ronald Walters died of lung cancer. In his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, Walters led one of the nation’s first lunch counter sit-in protests of the civil rights movement. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/21887
Here’s a list of the top Black models who broke color barriers and made a name of themselves in the fashion industry.
Via Eurweb.com: If negotiations work out, Halle Berry will take on the role of a young Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic based on the Queen of Soul’s New York Times best-selling autobiography, “Aretha: From These Roots.” Franklin today revealed the all-star lineup she has chosen to take on starring roles in the film, pending […]
TV One’s “UnSung” begins a new season Monday that features a distinctly Philadelphia flavor with an international flair mixed in between. The hour-long, documentary-style program starts with a look at Teddy Pendergrass, the Philadelphia sex-symbol soul singer who was on the cusp of superstardom before a tragic automobile accident left him paralyzed from the neck […]