Ananda Lewis, Television Host and Model, Dies Following a Long Breast Cancer Fight
Two Days Before Trial, Crucial Evidence is Lost in Decade-Old Cold Case
A Famous Supermodel Just Endorsed Blue Ivy’s On-Stage Catwalk
What’s Happening In Rockland, NY Could Be the Beginning of the End Of Trump’s Reign, Many Americans Believe
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HuffPo Gets Best of Massa and Beck Interview
Found this hilarity over on HuffPo. It’s a nice summation of the weirdness that took place on The Glenn Beck Show While watching Eric Massa on Glenn Beck’s show today we couldn’t help but think “he’s a little bonkers.” Normally, if you’re watching Beck’s show, anything bonkers becomes comparatively normal—even safe—so we knew that something…
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Howard Stern Goes In On Gabourey Sidibe
This is from satellite radio, so some of the language is NSFW (not safe for work).
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Tomorrow's Crop of Black Women Leaders
In 2010, black politics is often written in male faces. Tomorrow, women may be the torchbearers of black political power. Today’s pantheon of African-American political talent begins with President Barack Obama, who rode into office on the strength of organized communities and an overwhelming black turnout. Add to the shining roster: Cory Booker, Rhodes Scholar…
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Basketball's Forgotten (Black) History
There’s a good 50-year gap in the story of basketball’s evolution. We go from the game’s invention late in the 19th century and fast forward to the NBA’s late-1940s inception. In the interim, though, there were the Black Fives (teams were called “fives” in reference to their five starters). They were amateur, semi-pro and professional…
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FBI Shuts Down Civil Rights Era Investigations
With little fanfare, the FBI announced in an article in the Washington Post last week that it was closing its investigations into all but a handful of unsolved civil rights era murders. The head of the FBI team assigned to investigate these cold cases stated that “there’s maybe five to seven cases where we don’t…
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A Biggest Loser Challenge? Absolutely
Confession: I have not been to the gym since Friday. I know, I know. Please don’t yell at me; I have been so incredibly busy, every time I plan to go, I seem to run out of time. I have plenty of excuses, including too many responsibilities, not enough time. Today, though, everything is all…
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Gabourey Sidibe's Next Role
Gabourey Sidibe’s star continues to rise Oscar® nominee Gabourey Sidibe will make her way from the mean streets of ‘80s Harlem in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire to the cushy, modern-day Connecticut suburbs in the new SHOWTIME dark comedy series, THE BIG C. Sidibe, who guest starred in the pilot episode, just…
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Ed Gordon Returns to BET News
Ed Gordon returns to the news desk at BET Award-winning broadcast journalist Ed Gordon will make his return to BET Networks’ news division. Gordon, a well seasoned anchor, reporter, interviewer, radio host and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster will join the network for a variety of news programs and specials. Gordon’s return bolsters the news division’s roaster…
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Nearly Half of Black Women Have Herpes
The latest news out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is very troubling, to say the least. A jaw-dropping 48 percent of black women between ages 14 and 49 have the virus which causes genital herpes, says the federal agency. Blacks in general are more than three times as likely as whites to…
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Obama's Fighting Weight
A little humor from the rascals at the New York Times One oddity of the report: Mr. Obama weighed 179.9 pounds with his shoes and workout attire on, which is not the usual way to measure a patient’s weight. — The Times, March 1 KATIE COURIC (in studio): “What’s the president hiding?” This question from…