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Nike Sued for $100,000,000 After Portland Pimp Delivers Beat Down With Jordans
Twenty-six-year-old Portland, Ore., pimp Sirgiorgiro Clardy says Nike should have placed a label in his Jordan shoes warning consumers that they could be used as a dangerous weapon, the Oregonian reports. That is why he filed a $100 million lawsuit this week against the athletic brand, charging that the shoe manufacturer is partially responsible for…
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Teleka Patrick: Police Expect to Release Details in Case of Missing Michigan Doctor
Updated: Sunday, Jan. 12, 1:28 p.m. ET: The social media world continues to raise questions about just what was going in the life of a missing Michigan doctor before she disappeared early last month. Wood TV reports that it has uncovered thousands of tweets apparently posted by Teleka Patrick, Kalamazoo, Mich., doctor, in the weeks leading…
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Texas Man Pays Child Support Debt Yet Still Heads to Prison
Updated Saturday, Jan. 11, 1:08 p.m. EST: A bizarre case involving a Texas man who was jailed for paying too much child support has the social media world abuzz. Change.org is urging people to sign a petition asking Gov. Rick Perry to lift all charges against Clifford Hall, who earlier this month was sentenced to six…
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, Nick Gordon ‘Happily Married’
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon may have secretly married, the Daily News reports. The 20-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston on Thursday tweeted a photo of the couple’s wedding bands. “@nickdgordon #HappilyMarried SO#Inlove if you didn’t get it the first time that is,” she wrote in the picture of the couple’s hands. The…
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Detroit Councilman Apologizes for ‘Driving While Black’ Incident
Detroit Councilman George Cushingberry was back at work Friday and apologized to his colleagues for what he called a “driving while black incident,” the Detroit Free Press reports. He issued the apology after news broke Thursday that he was involved in a traffic stop involving alcohol and marijuana, the report says. “I wanted to say…
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Lee Daniels in Talks to Direct Richard Pryor Biopic
Lee Daniels is said to be in talks with the Weinstein Company to direct an as yet untitled Richard Pryor biopic, as a follow-up to last year’s box-office hit, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Weinstein Company, which produced and distributed Lee Daniels’ The Butler, reportedly will finance the project. Actors…
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Black Parents Forced to Fight for Justice For Their Sons
A year ago today in the small town of Valdosta, Ga., Kendrick Johnson, a 17-year-old junior at Lowndes High School, was found dead, and three stories emerged. The first was told by the police about a teenager trying to retrieve a shoe out of a rolled-up mat in the high school gym. He fell in,…
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Mother of ‘Thug Cycle’ Toddler Speaks Out
The mother of the Omaha, Neb., toddler who was seen cursing at adults in the so-called Thug Cycle video is defending her son, saying he is no different from any other child, according to CNN. “He had a clean diaper, the house was clean and like they said, kids curse; every kid does it,” the…
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Q-Tip Developing Series With Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill
What do Q-Tip, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill have in common? At first glance, probably not much, but now the unlikely trio is said to be working together to develop a TV series about the rapper’s experiences with hip-hop collective Native Tongues, Rolling Stone reports. According to the article, the show will focus on the…
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Calm Down, Gabrielle Union Didn’t ‘Blame Herself’ for Anything
In a recent interview with Glamour, actress Gabrielle Union opened up about the lead-up to the split during which she says her now-fiance, Dwyane Wade, impregnated his ex-girlfriend, Aja Metoyer. “[When Dwyane and I broke up briefly in 2013], it was because of distance and scheduling,” she told the magazine. ”I finished filming the show…