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Do You Know Where Your Money is Going?
Lots of folks are feeling the pinch of increases in everyday expenses when the paychecks have not increased to catch up. Food costs have increased, and now, consumers are seeing rising costs in staples such as milk, eggs, bread and meat. The cost of heating your home has increased and with the brutal winter weather…
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New iOS App Allows Users to Tap Their Inner Hater
Jake Banks has created the one option most social media users have desired since Facebook unveiled the “like” button in 2010. The Hater app , which launched at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Startup Village, is available for download in the App Store, and currently has around 40,000 downloads and 20,000 daily users. Photo…
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Intoxicake NYC's Liquor Infused Cupcakes Are Serious Business
Intoxicake NYC is the brainchild of Ashleigh Fitzwilliam, a full-time publicist who decided to turn her passion for baking into an entrepreneurial pursuit. Her line of liquor infused cupcakes is quickly gaining in popularity and can be seen on shows such as “Mob Wives” and “Hip Hop Gossip Girls.” We recently sat down with the…
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Cool Jobs: Australian Filmmaker Brings Story of Aboriginal Singers to the States
Director Wayne Blair is bringing the story of The Sapphires, based on the 2004 stage play of the same name, to the States. The film follows four Aboriginal Australian women who are discovered by a talent scout to form one of the first music groups of its kind. It details their journey as the quartet…
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Tragic 'Phil Spector' Shines Spotlight on Black Music History
This week HBO debuted ‘Phil Spector,’ a riveting film starring Al Pacino, which centers on the last trial days of the legendary “Wall of Sound” producer convicted of murder in 2009. The film highlights the eccentric music powerhouse’s career downfall and legal defense, a fictional account based on elements of reality. Though the film brings…
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On Work Environments And Well-Intentioned Ish
Men—professional men, college-aged men, men in schools, seminars, classes, and conferences—are (rightly) taught that women are just as capable, smart, resourceful, determined, and tough as men are. In a business/professional sense, you’re also taught to treat women the same way you’d treat other men. If you’re not able to do this, you face possible reprimand,…
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Like Hip Hop, Black Talking Heads Are Not Dead
The sudden fall of talking head Roland Martin from CNN grace was really never all that sudden. Speculation had been mounting for months about the fate of the cable network’s Black Pack of folks like Martin, Soledad O’Brien and Donna Brazille. Jeff Zucker, balded rage, was raising the expectations game and looking to a hard-charging…
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5 Things That Really Matter in the Grand Scheme of Things
When you’re young and just starting on your career path, there are mistakes made and triumphs celebrated. But what if you could avoid a few of the bumps on the road altogether? At Black Enterprise: a few key things writer Karen Vitale would tell her younger self, that you can learn from. Read More: http://www.blackenterprise.com/career/tips-success-young-professionals-workplace-advancement/…
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Beyonce Has To Tell B-tches To Bow Down. Lebron Doesn't
Damon Young at Very Smart Brothas writes: There is a sizable percentage of sports fans who steadfastly believe that Lebron James will never be as good as or better at basketball than Michael Jordan was. Note, I didn’t say “believe that Lebron James is currently as good as or better than Michael Jordan.” No, these people believe that Lebron…
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Confessions: Tichina Arnold Has Them
Not many fortysomething actresses can boast a career spanning four decades. Thanks to appearances in early ‘80s films and starring roles on the now classic Martin and Everybody Hates Chris, Tichina Arnold holds that distinction. And she’s still at it as Fran Drescher’s best gal pal on TV Land’s Happily Divorced. On Uptown, the 43-year-old New York born singer lets loose…