Cassie is still determined to have a flourishing music career despite her less-than-legendary voice, and taking a page straight out of fellow femme fatale Rihanna’s book, she’s using the “sex sells” method. Wearing what can (very loosely) be described as a halter top in her new video “King Of Hearts,” Cassie uses her history as […]
African-Americans frequently look towards race and economic factors as our biggest challenges, but there are self-inflicted problems that are literally killing us. The recent and untimely deaths of Heavy D and Patrice O’Neal has made the health issues that arise from being overweight very hard to ignore. According to HuffPost, obesity is a “full-blown crisis […]
VIA: eurweb.com Eddie Murphy has been tapped play former Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry and HBO Films is developing the as yet untitled television biopic. Also Spike Lee will be directing the movie. Murphy, and Lee are the executive producers of the project and for those of you that don’t know. Marion Barry served as […]
via: royalcomedytour.com As the New Year approaches, Sommore is bringing big laughs and big star power to cities across the country once again with her 2011 installment of The Royal Comedy Tour. The multi-city tour will kick off February 4th in Philadelphia at the Liacouras Center. Tickets and information on the tour are available via Ticketmaster.com and via the tour’s website […]
TMZ is reporting that rapper/filmmaker Ice Cube is bringing his Friday film franchise back to the big screen. Jackson confirmed on today that the entire original cast, including Chris Tucker, will be in his latest installment. ‘Friday’ is a film classic, following the comedic life and times of Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) […]
Congratulations to Pharrell Williams, who will be working on the 2012 Academy Awards! He’s been hired to work as a music consultant along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. This is the first time either Pharrell or Hans has worked on the Academy Awards, but Pharrell has worked in the film arena when he wrote the […]
VIA: thegrio.com Chris Bridges, better known as the rapper Ludacris is an actor, rapper, and philanthropist. But Ludacris says he is a father first. In a partnership with his 10 year- old daughter Karma, Ludacris has created Karmasworld.com, an educational website that utilizes hip-hop to teach elementary students math, english and etiquette. In a more […]
Strawberry Letter: Threesome Dear Shirley & Steve, I am married to a very good man but he is boring. When we were dating we did everything. I got flowers for no reason cards, walks on the boardwalk…just fun. After a discussion about a fantasy, I told him I wanted a threesome. He agreed because he said […]
The cast of VH1’s original “Basketball Wives” recently took the promo photos for season 4, and many of the women have upgraded their look. The new season kicks off in Miami in 2012. Check out the new cast members and the familiar faces in the photo gallery below. Who do you think is the prettiest? […]
Here are some astonishing statistics: Among pregnant women, 1 in 450 doesn’t know her status until week 20 or later (more than halfway through the pregnancy), and 1 in 2,500 is oblivious until she actually goes into labor. How Hair Weaves Could Cause You To Die! I know what you’re thinking because I’ve thought it […]
Ex-NFL player Charles Grant — who appeared on Monday’s episode of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” — has been arrested for writing bad checks. The charge is a felony because the amount of the check was over $500. This is not his first brush with the law. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2008, […]
It seems the executives at OWN have a new bright idea about how to save the ailing network: “target the black audience.” Sources say that new OWN executives are taking cues from a show called “Sweetie Pies,” which scored very well with the African-American audience. According to OWN president Erik Logan tells the Hollywood Reporter: […]