France’s Elle magazine is at the center of a firestorm after one of its writers made some racially bizarre comments in a blog about the Obamas and their fashion sense as it relates to African Americans, the Daily News reports. The blog post, “Black Fashion Power,” written by Nathalie Dolivo, included a series of comments…

MSNBC host Martin Bashir confronted Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh over his outstanding child-support payments, the Raw Story reports. The Tea Party Republican, who once said that President Obama was elected only because he was black, owes $117,437 in child support. Walsh, who has also criticized Obama in the past for overspending, once said that…

Seal, who is prepping for the release of his next studio album, Soul 2, stopped by the Tavis Smiley show to talk about the new album, but he also opened up about his recently reported split with wife Heidi Klum. The singer, who said he felt comfortable opening up on Smiley’s show because he respects…

The publisher of a Jewish newspaper in Atlanta has stepped down after he published an article suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put a hit out on President Obama. According to the Jerusalem Post, Andrew Adler relinquished all day-to-day duties immediately after saying that Obama’s assassination was one of Israel’s few options in warding…

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich’s recent controversial comments about minorities shouldn’t shock anyone, especially after a letter was uncovered on Monday that contains disrespectful comments about Latinos and African Americans, the Huffington Post reports. In 1993, at the height of his career in Congress, Gingrich wrote a speech in which he accused Latinos and African…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released his much-talked-about tax returns, the Daily News reports. With Newt Gingrich’s landslide victory in mostly blue-collar South Carolina, Romney had been facing increased pressure from Democrats and Republicans to release his tax returns. He earned $21.7 million in 2010 and paid an enviable tax rate of 14 percent,…

Aretha Franklin’s now-canceled engagement may go down in history as one of the quickest celebrity engagement cancellations ever. The legendary singer said in a statement Monday that her wedding to William “Willie” Wilkerson will not happen, according to the Associated Press. “Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast, and there…

Filmmaker and director Spike Lee went on a profanity-laced tirade this past weekend in which he said that “Hollywood knows nothing about black people.” At the Sundance Film Festival, Lee opted not to introduce his much-talked-about movie Red Hook Summer. Filmed in 19 days in Brooklyn, N.Y., it’s about a boy from Atlanta who spends…

After Newt Gingrich handily defeated Mitt Romney this weekend in the GOP primary in South Carolina, he has decided to release his much-talked-about 2010 and 2011 tax returns. Bowing to the pressure, Romney made the announcement in an interview on Fox News Sunday: “I was planning on releasing them in April, when they have been…

Civil rights leaders from across the country are criticizing South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s stance on voter-ID laws, reminding her that she’s a minority, too, according to the Associated Press. Last year Haley signed into law a controversial voter-ID law that the federal government blocked last month. She vows to fight on against the Obama…