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Whose Michael Jackson Rendition Was Better?
Miss last night’s Grammy Award nominations special? Here’s the scoop from Grammy.com: Beyoncé topped the nominations with 10, Taylor Swift garnered eight, and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West each earned six nods. David Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga received five each; and Colbie Caillat, Michael Giacchino, Kings Of Leon, John Newton, RedOne,…
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BOMB THE ROOT
Kara Walker Above: detail from Look Away! Look Away! Look Away!, 1995 Below: installation of Look Away! Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College 10 x 60′ in. From BOMB, Spring 1996, Issue 55, page 46. Used with permission. All rights reserved. © Bomb Magazine, New Art Publications, and its Contributors. Kara Walker Above: detail from…
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Reality TV Crashes in on President and Mrs. Obama’s First State Dinner
The U.S. Secret Service apologized Friday for letting reality TV wannabes Michaele and Tareq Salahi into the White House uninvited. With the help of facebook, the couple set a new low in social climbing; Michaele might not even really be a former Redskins cheerleader. Like Balloon Boy, the Salahis reportedly aimed for a reality TV gig…
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The Art of a Yoruba Trickster
Fiberglass figure, Dutch wax printed cotton, wooden table National Museum of African Art, Museum Purchase with funds given in memory of Philip L. Ravenhill, the Silvia H. Williams Memorial Fund for Acquisitions, Frieda B. Rosenthal, Barbara Croissant and Mark E. Baker NATALIE HOPKINSON: How the Empire Strikes Black Acrylic paint on wall, acrylic on 25…
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Michelle Obama Is Glamourous
In the hustle and bustle of everything else that’s going on in the world, it’s nice to take a break and realize this moment. First she’s hula-hooping and double-dutching on the White House lawn. And now this. Jezebel reports that Mrs. Obama is the only first lady thus far to grace the cover of Glamour.…
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Why I Went Black
I was the black girl at the lunch table full of Asian and white girls. The “uppity” one, some black folks said, “too good” to sit with the few other black students in the cafeteria. The only black girl in an Advanced Placement class. The quiet band nerd, one of a few marching black dots…
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Fall TV: A ROOT Guide
We’re a couple of weeks into the fall television season, and if you’re like me, you can’t focus on one show long enough to get with the program. Missed the first few episodes of what is supposed to be a cool show? Step into the world of television via the Internet. But before you explore…
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Don't Believe 'The Game' Hype
I get a lot of my celeb news from Twitter. DJ AM died? Nia Long kirked out on Beyoncé? Read about that through many retweets. Maya Angelou in the hospital in L.A.? Yeah, I found that out from Twitter, too. However, TMZ blasted that out on Twitter, and they were dead wrong. Angelou wasn’t even…
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Too Much Mo'Nique
I’m no TV show host. And I’m not an expert on public speaking by a long shot. But I watch too much TV to know what’s good and what’s bad. Mo’Nique’s show isn’t terrible. (Hey, it was only the first episode.) She engages with her guests and is a likeable host. Last night, she sat…
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Brick City: Newark's Real Reality Show
In the first few minutes of Brick City, a five-episode miniseries airing this week on the Sundance Channel, it’s easy to see the parallels to HBO’s The Wire. Young and charismatic Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, 40, is the black Tommy Carcetti. Newark’s gangbangers are Baltimore’s drug kingpins. Then there’s the police director and police…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
