The Houston Health Festival is a family friendly one-day outdoor festival that features 200+ exhibitors who showcase the finest in health care products that introduce cutting-edge discoveries in natural health and is free to the public. Supported by the Mayor’s Office, the HMHF has goals to unite Houston’s multicultural communities to elevate the importance of […]

The touch, the feel of…Leona Lewis. The British songstress opens her closet for the Cotton campaign. Leona, who describes her style as “feminine, romantic, and punky,” dons fashionable cotton attire by Dries Van Noten, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen, while working in a design studio, grooming a horse, and going to the opera in the […]

VIA CLICK2HOUSTON.com: Nearly 200 Fort Bend Independent School District teachers won’t be returning to the classroom next year, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday. Students and parents said they attended the district’s board meeting Monday evening because they still wanted to have their say. Last month, a memo from the district’s superintendent noted the district is […]

Via NewsOne.com: In Kitty Kelly’s new biography “Oprah,” she claims several things about Oprah’s sex life, yet comes to the conclusions that Oprah is “asexual.” Kelly’s book not only claims that Oprah had lesbian affairs, but that she also spent a good deal of money trying to conceal them. One person they claimed she was […]

According to Associated Press, Actress Dixie Carter died Saturday morning at age 70. “This has been a terrible blow to our family,” [her husband actor Hal ]Holbrook said in a written statement. “We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy.” A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing wisecracking […]

(From shine.com) Most of us forget to clean household beauty items we use every day, but a little extra elbow grease goes a long way in ensuring better hygiene and clearer skin. Read on to discover the why, how, and how often of getting your beauty tools up to code—and treat yourself to less breakouts […]

Check out new pics of singer Chrisette Michelle we found on Necole Bitchie! She looks fierce with her new hair do. Necole also interviewed Chrisette to set the record straight on why she went natural. Here’s  an excerpt from the  interview: Necole: You revealed your new hairstyle at a show at Albany State University right? […]

Maxwell’s “Fistful Of Tears”, a standout track from his Grammy-winning BLACKsummers’night album, touches on a complex question: how to move on with a romance that has hit the skids. But for the song’s luscious new video, Maxwell and director Phil Andelman focus on something simple — the power of Maxwell’s live performance. The video captures […]

From NBCChicago.com: A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame. Katie Washington, 21, is a biology major and minor in Catholic social teaching with a 4.0 GPA. “I am humbled,” said Washington to the Northwest Indiana Times. “I am in a mode of […]

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// Both Newsweek and Businessweek have stories about how Obama has restored America’s economy. Businessweek’s story is called “Why The Obama Plan Is Working.” Here is an excerpt from Businessweek’s Story: With seven months to go before midterm elections, and more than two years before Obama reaches his own reelection day, there’s still time for […]

                Ice Cube may not be an active rapper, but he’s definitely not sitting around twiddling his thumbs. The West Coast rap legend has made a new documentary about his beloved Los Angeles Raiders American football team, now known as the Oakland Raiders. He has always donned the […]