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Look Like First Lady Michelle Obama for Less
Girl crushes come and go, but nothing’s as enduring as America’s love for First Lady Michelle Obama. Her fashion choices and signature style often leave us drooling and lingering for more. A step by step guide on Michelle’s style has been featured in the Style Suite before, but Mission: Mimic First Lady Style just got…
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African Players Help Make March Mad
African players like Syracuse’s Baye Moussa Keita, Duke’s Rasheed Sulaimon and Wichita State’s Ehimen Orukpe, are major factors in the road to the 2013 NCAA Men’s Division I national basketball championship. Find out how at The Burton Wire. Read More: http://theburtonwire.com/2013/03/31/culture/2013-ncaa-tournament-african-players/ TheBurtonWire.com is the premiere online destination for news, informed opinion and culture of the…
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How Do The Rich and Famous End Up Broke?
It’s a familiar story: professional athletes, superstar entertainers and other famous celebrities losing their homes, filing for bankruptcy, delinquent with their child support payments, in trouble with the IRS—just plain going broke, despite having earned millions of dollars during their careers. Meanwhile, we—including evening news anchors, social media instigators, late night talk show hosts, and…
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Harlem's New Jazz Club Renaissance?
Many jazz fans and local New Yorkers were saddened when Harlem’s famous Lenox Lounge closed late last year, but the historical location may reopen. However, it’s complicated, reports the New York Times. The Lenox Lounge shut down on Dec. 31 after a bitter lease dispute between the club’s owner and his landlord. The space was supposed to…
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March Madness: Obama Visits Marquette-Syracuse Game
It’s no secret that President Obama is a basketball fan, and on Saturday night, he stopped by one of the final March Madness college basketball games, between Syracuse and Marquette, reports ABC News. The basketball-loving president didn’t pick Marquette or Syracuse to make it to the Elite 8 in his bracket, but instead, thought Miami…
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'Game of Thrones' Welcomes 2 New Black Actors
With Easter comes new beginnings and new TV shows. On March 31, HBO’s medieval fantasy drama Game of Thrones returns, and actors Jacob Anderson and Nathalie Emmanuel join the list of the series’ black faces, like past characters played by Nonso Anozie and Lucian Msamati, writes Shadow and Act. First, Nathalie Emmanuel, a British actress…
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Black NY TV Reporter Bob Teague Dies at 84
On Thursday, Bob Teague, one of the first black broadcast journalists in New York City, died in New Brunswick, N.J. He had been fighting lymphoma, and he was 84, reports the Daily News. A football star and military veteran turned newspaperman and finally TV reporter and anchorman, Teague was a fixture for years on WNBC/Ch.…
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What Don Young's Racial Slur Reveals About Republicans
This week was rough for Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska, who used the racial slur “wetback” while trying to identify with the working class, writes New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow. The question must be asked: Why do so many insensitive comments come from these Republicans? One reason may well be their proximity…
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The Bible, Hollywood Style: 10 Flicks
The recent success of the History Channel’s 10-part series, The Bible, along with the Easter holiday, got us thinking about other movies inspired by the Good Book. Here are 10 films that try to capture — to varying degrees of success — the spirit of the Scriptures. Cecil B. DeMille’s nearly four-hour epic sets the…
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2 White Gay Couples Kissing? Time to Do Better
For Huffington Post contributor Danielle Moodie-Mills, Time magazine’s recent cover, featuring two white gay couples kissing, is more than provocative; it’s regressive in the fight for legitimizing marriage equality. For decades, our allies and those of us within the gay and transgender community have tried desperately to move the conversation about LGBT equality out of…
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