• Proenza Schouler’s Act Da Fool: Colonizing Gaze 2.0

    Proenza Schouler’s Act Da Fool just might make us act a fool. The controversial short film by Harmony Korine takes an unyielding look at young black girls living on the edge of society and life. In a place that looks like nowhere and everywhere, Korine who wrote the seminal film Kids, directed by Larry Clark,…

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  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. Domestic Violence Suspect

    UPDATE: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was arrested and charged with felony theft for an act related to a domestic violence incident. It is alleged that he took his ex-girlfriend’s iphone. He was booked and held on $3,000 bail according to Las Vegas police. Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s ex-girlfriend says the boxing champ hit her. Police sought the boxer…

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  • Ohio Senator Introduces Bill That Will Allow Ex-Convicts to Erase Online Information

    Ohio Sen. Shirley Smith has introduced a bill that would allow ex-convicts to erase online information about their arrests. The bill would give repeat offenders the ability to “delete their record” from public view, which might also require newspapers to remove all old articles about their arrests and convictions. Come again? Smith is arguing that the First…

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  • Die-Hard Saints Fans Say 'I Do' at Game

    Charlie Vanderpool and Gloria Darlene Paige tied the knot yesterday at the New Orleans Saints game. While the Saints were doing battle with Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings, Vanderpool and Paige were making their love for each other and the team official. They were dressed in Saints colors and surrounded by friends donning Saints…

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  • 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Struck Down

     The Associated Press is reporting that U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips, a federal judge in Southern California, has declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. Phillips granted a request for an injunction halting the government’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gays in the military. The judge says the policy doesn’t…

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  • Pastor Terry Jones: Quran Burning Is Off

    Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, called off his Quran burning today, claiming he had struck a deal that will move a controversial “mosque” away from a site near the location of the 9/11 terror attacks. The Muslim cleric planning to build the Islamic community center quickly denied Jones’ claim to ABC News, saying that…

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  • Tristan Walker Leads the Pack on Location-Based Phone Apps

    Tristan Walker is vice president of business development for FourSquare, the front-runner among the crop of location-based services for mobile phones. In charge of business development over at FourSquare is Queens, N.Y.-bred Tristan Walker, a recent graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and former Wall Street oil trader-turned-technology visionary. Walker leads FourSquare’s partnership development…

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  • Statute of Limitations May Impede Investigation of NOPD

    Time may be running out for federal investigators who are investigating police officers who committed crime after Hurricane Katrina. Laura Maggi reports for the Times Picayune that two of the nine ongoing federal investigations of NOPD’s alleged misconduct may run up against an understood five-year statute of limitations. Maggi also reports that the statute would likely…

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  • Madame Noire: Bare-Faced Beauties

    In this world of more is more, Madame Noire peels back the layers of celebrities who look like regular folk without makeup. Kelly Rowland, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Cristina Milian, Halle Berry and Jennifer Hudson are some of the celebrities featured. Some look the same, and some, like Kim Kardashian and Kimora Lee Simmons, actually look…

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