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Think you have an STD? There’s an app for that!!! A new test will soon enable STDs to be diagnosed via your mobile phone or computer, a move that health experts hope will slow the rising rate of infection among young people. According to bettyconfidential, mobile phones and computers will soon be able to diagnose […]

From the AJC.com: Responding on Monday to four lawsuits alleging that Bishop Eddie Long coerced young men into sexual relations, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church acknowledged that the accusers accompanied the pastor on trips but said it could not confirm or deny whether anything inappropriate took place. The LongFellows Youth Academy, the church’s mentoring program […]

Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson finally opened up to Oprah about reports of “whippings” he served up to prevent his nine kids from “going bad.” Joe Jackson has often denied his most famous son’s allegations of beatings and whippings and he attempted to avoid the subject completely when Oprah Winfrey asked him to be honest […]

Chrisette Michele has released the video for her song, “I’m A Star.” The Armen Djerrahian-directed video follows Chrisette as she pores over her tabloid headlines and makes her way to a movie premiere, all the while making time for her man, who just happens to work for her. “This is a video about a star […]

Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, exited stage left today, resigning from her post after a five-year-run. Apparently, Burt-Murray summoned her editors late this afternoon and made the big announcement that she was moving to Atlanta with her family. Insiders say Burt-Murray had actually laid the groundwork for her resignation last July and wanted to […]

There are simple arguments for why so many black women have children without marriage. The legacy of segregation, the logic goes, means blacks are more likely to attend inferior schools. This creates a high proportion of blacks unprepared to compete for jobs in today’s economy, where middle-class industrial work for unskilled laborers has largely disappeared. […]

We all knew that after Michael Jackson’s death that there would be a series of posthumous releases that would put 2pac to shame, but we didn’t think it would go down like this.

Lionsgate’s ‘For Colored Girls’ opened in the No. 3 spot with an estimated $20.1 million box office. The Tyler Perry-helmed ensemble piece boasts an outstanding cast including Loretta Devine, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad and Thandie Newton, and is Perry’s first directorial effort not based on his own material. For Colored Girls […]

More footage from Beyonce’s “I Am…” World Tour DVD has surfaced. Bey will give a sneak peek of the DVD for the first time on Thanksgiving night before it hits Walmart stores on Black Friday. “Sometimes I wonder why me? Why did God give me this life? Sometimes I wonder why did God give me […]

Brandy Norwood covers the December 2010 issue of Upscale Magazine’s upcoming December issue. Inside, she talks about how her shady baby daddy’s toned it down; why we won’t be seeing Sy’rai on “Brandy & Ray J” even if we hear her; why Twitter makes her cry; and why she goes so hard on “Dancing With […]

The official artwork has now been unveiled for Michael Jackson’s posthumous simply entitled Michael. The album artwork comes from an oil painting by Kadir Nelson, who tried to explain the collage of Michael’s various looks and moments in an e-mail to Reuters: “Michael wears a golden suit of armor and stares at the viewer as […]