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'Sesame Street' Heads to Africa
Filed under: Television From iafrica.com: A yam-loving muppet and another who's HIV positive romp about a set filled with an old drum of oil, a raffia basket and a heap of ubiquitous hot red peppers....
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Casino and Cable Entrepreneur Don Barden Dies
Filed under: News From the Root: Don Barden, the first African American to own a Las Vegas casino and the first to own a major cable TV franchise, has died. Barden built homes in Detroit and a business...
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A Former Basketball Prodigy, Bereft of All but His Memories
Filed under: News From the New York Times: When Stephen Turner pulled his silver Mercedes into the Mobil station on a gritty stretch of Hollywood near Vine Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, he did not...
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Charlie's New Black Angel: Ass Kicker
This fall ABC will premiere the remake of the popular 1970's series 'Charlie's Angels,' and the buzz is on about Nigerian-American actress Annie IIonzeh, who has been cast as one of the remake's three...
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Middle East Speech: A Tall Order for the President
Filed under: News From the Atlantic: With his long-awaited policy address on the Middle East on Thursday, President Obama is facing a difficult rhetorical assignment. Share Tweet In the Arab world, his...
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Gallery: The Week's Best Celebrity Style
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet This week celebrities came out to honor Oprah Winfrey, support charitable causes and take in screenings of films at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Check...
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Jumping the Broom: Dead on or Dead off?
These days, a lot of people are asking me about the recently released movie 'Jumping the Broom.' It's a hit at the box office and with critics, so it's got people talking about urban movies and...
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Fostering Care in the Lives of Teens
The theme song from the Broadway musical 'Annie' appropriately describes life in the orphanage as "hard-knock." For many of the nearly half million youth in foster care throughout the country, that...
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Sylvia Rhone Expected to Exit Universal Music Group
Filed under: Music From Billboard: The drumbeat is getting louder that Sylvia Rhone will exit Universal Motown Friday (May 20) or within the next few days, depending on which source you listen to. But...
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VIDEO: Al Roker Joins The Wiggles For 'Today'
Filed under: Television, Video From the Huffington Post: Al Roker can now add "Wiggle" to his long and varied resume. Roker journeyed down to Australia for a "Today" show series, where the anchors of...
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What to do This Weekend: Take in the Sounds of Miles Davis
Filed under: Around the Web For nearly six decades Miles Davis has embodied cool - in his music, art and fashion, as well as in his international, intergalactic presence that looms as strong today as...
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Jayson Williams' Estranged Wife Calls Foul On South Carolina Police After...
Filed under: News From the New York Daily News: Tanya Young Williams is calling a foul on South Carolina police. The estranged wife of disgraced former New Jersey Nets All-Star Jayson Williams charges...
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Racist Psychologist May Lose Job Over 'Least Attractive' Article
Filed under: NewsFrom Clutch Magazine: Monday, the Internet erupted after evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa posted an article on Psychology Today that asserted that Black women were the least...
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Can Tia Norfleet Become The First African-American Woman In NASCAR?
From The Huffington Post: Tia Norfleet is used to breaking barriers. She's used to being overlooked, and she well knows the low odds and risks involved. None of this matters though.Share Tweet...
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SPOTLIGHT: Ghana's Journalist of the Year Samuel Agyeman
Filed under: News, Interviews, Profiles As a young man growing up in Ghana, Samuel Agyeman observed the media from afar. He admired the work of Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (Ghana's Anderson Cooper equivalent),...
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Tornadoes Hit Midwest: Missouri Tornado Kills At Least 89
Filed under: Around the Web From the Huffington Post: A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping...
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Cannes 2011 Review: 'Play'
Filed under: Reviews From the indieWire: I watched Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's film, 'Play,' twice. My first viewing was a really surreal moment, not just for the fascinating absurdness of the...
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Wonya Lucas to Join TV One as President and CEO
Filed under: News Wonya Lucas has been named President and CEO of TV One, effective Monday, August 8. The cable industry programming veteran succeeds Johnathan Rodgers, who has announced his retirement...
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DSK Replacement Should Come From Developing World
Filed under: News By Peter S. Goodman for The Huffington Post: Nothing against French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who by all indications seems qualified to oversee the International Monetary...
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Snapped: Kelly Rowland is Pretty in Hot Pink
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Hot or Not , Red Carpet Kelly Rowland has come a long way from singing backup for Beyonce in Destiny's Child, now she's a star in her own right and has signed to be a...
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