These days, people just can’t stop talking about Rihanna’s controversial music video “Man Down,” (above; be warned if you view it that it includes a graphic shooting scene) which critics have slammed as too violent. However, this time, instead of a parents organization, it’s a fellow entertainer weighing in. Actress Gabrielle Union, who was raped…

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is less than thrilled about the biopic film Winnie, which will star Jennifer Hudson, but the activist says that her issue is with the people behind the camera.  “I have absolutely nothing against Jennifer, but I have everything against the movie itself,” she told CNN. “I was not consulted. I am still alive,…

If you thought your office rules were strict, think again. A Zimbabwe police officer is now awaiting his fate after being sentenced to 10 days for using a toilet reserved for President Robert Mugabe. Homicide officer Alois Mabhunu was convicted by an internal police court for using the president’s reserved bathroom during an international trade…

The White House announced Monday that President Obama’s top economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, will be stepping down this summer in order to return to teaching at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Goolsbee has worked side by side with Obama since his 2004 Senate race and served as his senior economic policy officer…

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum officially announced his decision to run for president this morning during an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America. During his interview, Santorum called President Barack Obama weak on foreign policy and accused him of doing a poor job of standing up to Iran and not speaking out against Syrian President…

Former New York Giants player Plaxico Burress was released from prison this morning after serving 20 months on weapons charges stemming from a 2008 nightclub shooting.In November 2008, the wide receiver accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .40-caliber gun he was carrying in his waistband at a Manhattan nightclub. Burress was not licensed…

For Colored Girls actress Thandie Newton said that she recently came to terms with a shocking affair she had at the tender age of 16 with a film director 23 years her senior. In an interview with InStyle magazine, Newton revealed that her six-year affair with director John Duigan started after she auditioned for his…

As if being a single mom wasn’t tough enough, a recent study suggests that it can actually be bad for your health. Researchers at Ohio State University studied nearly 4,000 mothers over a 30-year span (1979-2008) and found that the women who had children when they were single reported being less healthy when they reached…

When members of al-Qaida took to an website to download a internet tutorial on how to make a bomb, they were probably shocked and disappointed to find a recipe for cupcakes instead. Last year, British intelligence officers hacked into an English-language jihadist online magazine, Inspire, and swapped out dangerous bomb-making tutorials with cupcake recipes. The…