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Phylicia Rashad Cast as Mother to White Family
Phylicia Rashad is returning to Broadway. She will star as the matriarch in Tracy Lett’s award-winning August: Osage County. August took Broadway by storm last year with five Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. August is a three-hour drama about a hyper-dysfunctional white family living in the heart of Oklahoma. From pill-popping, verbal abuse, and…
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Mob Rule in California
Sure, Ken Starr’s a creep who’s made a career as the right wing’s legal hatchet man. But when he told the California Supreme Court yesterday that it couldn’t throw out Proposition 8, he was probably right. Don’t get me wrong: I think Prop 8, which repeals previously granted same-sex marriage rights, is a shameful blemish…
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A Word on Oakland
Having clicked on a San Francisco front page link, The Buzz was appalled by the facts and figures and did not do a good job of cobbling puzzle pieces together regarding timeline. It seemed high but, for whatever reason, plausible, and that’s not right. Let’s be clear on the spirit of The Buzz’s opinion: It…
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Who’s Sorry Now?
The Rev. Al Sharpton doesn’t accept the New York Post’s apology, but this isn’t new—in fact, for a man of God, Sharpton is quick to take offense and slow to forgive for a state of affairs he might describe as “troubling, at best.” You don’t ask for an apology that you expect to really come…
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Coming to America
Sigh. These days, few movies that make it to the multiplex are actually about something. Few bother to explore ideas, big or small, reflecting modern day life in a way that enlightens and entertains. (And no, He’s Just Not That Into You does not count.) So at first blush, it’s tempting to applaud Crossing Over…
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Bum Rush the Show
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Gettin Buggy Wid It
Strollers are wonderful inventions—nothing beats being able to wheel your child along for several blocks when the weight of carrying him would rip your arms from their sockets. They’re definitely necessities—but when did they get so huge? I’ll admit it: my “baby” is about to graduate from high school, and when he was small enough…
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Chrihanna Police Affidavit
…Chris, if it went down like this, you should go to prison. You are currently a danger to yourself and others. Rihanna, if it went down like this, suspend reconciliation attempts. It will not be easy, but neither is a life where you will always have to wonder if your man is going to attempt…
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Blog Noir: Gossip Boys
James and Paul: A regular bunch of scamps. Afterward, they went and ding-dong ditched Michael Steele’s house.
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Michael Jackson Is BACK!
Michael Jackson just announced plans to do a series of concert dates in London, and I doubt it’s for love of the music, but I’m not mad at him. If I could pop and lock my way out of the red, I’d do it in a heartbeat. The hard truth of this revelation is that…