NY Jets Player Braylon Edwards Sends 100 Students To College
Filed under: News/ Sports New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards is easing the burden of 100 Cleveland, OH high school students and fulfilling his promise to pay for their way through college, a...
View ArticleBeautifying Your Home Office
Filed under: Beautiful Home Your home office, whether a desk in your living room or a separate space altogether, should provide some comfort and pizazz while also serving to help organize your work and...
View ArticlePatti LaBelle Sued Over Airport Attack
Filed under: News Rule of thumb. If you're ever lucky enough to run into Patti LaBelle at the airport, make sure you give her enough space or be prepared to face her 'New Attitude.' The latter appears...
View ArticleSnapped: Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson At The MTV Movie Awards
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet 39-year-old 'Access Hollywood' anchor Shaun Robinson looks as good as most starlets half her age. At this year's 2011 MTV Movie Awards Robinson looked amazing...
View ArticleTax Lawyer Sues Gucci, Claims Racist Practices Against Rihanna
Filed under: Gossip, News, Entertainment From The Huffington Post: Josephine Robinson, a former tax lawyer for Gucci, is suing the fashion house for $5 million in damages after supposedly being...
View ArticleOver 70K Federal Workers Make More Than Their State Governor: Study
Filed under: News From Huffington Post: Despite the political power, governors aren't always the most well-paid government employees in their state. In fact, a recent report from the Congressional...
View ArticleA Prom for Students Who Don't Want One
Filed under: News From the New York Times: Dijon James, 17, and Jo Doodle, 17, showed up for their prom on Friday night looking as if they had just come from a skate park. Both teenagers, who attend...
View ArticleBlack Unemployment Crisis: Loss of Government Jobs Hurts African Americans...
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: Kenneth Mathis is the kind of man who values stability. More than three decades ago, when he was 19, Mathis was hired by the Federal Deposit Insurance...
View ArticleThe Black Man Behind Lady Gaga
Filed under: Music From the Root: While Lady Gaga herself (real name: Stefani Joanne Germanotta) is the artist and creative mind behind Lady Gaga Inc., her lesser-known manager, Troy Carter, is leading...
View ArticleNew TV Hit Hums Along Online, Too
Filed under: Television From the New York Times: At home here on Saturday afternoon, Paul Telegdy, who heads up reality programming for NBC, directed his Web browser to a real-time search engine of...
View ArticleThe NAACP vs. Black Schoolchildren
Filed under: News From the Wall Street Journal: There are two ways to look at our big city public schools. The first way is to see them as institutions that give our children the tools they need to...
View ArticleWise Investments: Financial Realities Face Black Boomers
From New America Media: Is retirement a boom or bust proposition for African American baby boomers? As the 78 million boomers-over 9 million of them black--continue to make a gradual, but highly...
View ArticleGabrielle Union Defends Rihanna Video: "I Tried to Shoot My Rapist"
Filed under: Celeb Updates, Entertainment From E! Online: For anyone who thinks that Rihanna's "Man Down" music video is over-the-top and simply out to grab headlines, Gabrielle Union has a message for...
View ArticleIs Naomie Harris the New Bond Girl?
Filed under: Movies, News From The Huffington Post: The name's Harris. Naomie Harris. With the next James Bond film, for now titled "Bond 23," getting its pre-production wheels in motion, word is...
View ArticleBlack Genealogists Are Researching in the Bluegrass
Filed under: News From Kentucky.com: Whenever I can, I like to write about African-Americans with ties to Kentucky who have made a mark in American history. Had I been given pieces of that kind of...
View ArticleOn College Campuses, Obama's Not Cool Anymore
Filed under: News From the Atlantic: President Obama poll numbers are nearing the levels he enjoyed in 2008, with one glaring exception: young people. Especially young white people. His approval rating...
View ArticleKobe Bryant Aims to Reduce Homelessness in Los Angeles
Filed under: News From the Los Angeles Times: Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has formed the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to reduce homelessness in Los Angeles. Bryant will...
View ArticleSnapped: Garcelle Beauvais Does Purple With A Pop of Pink
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet Garcelle Beauvais arrived in a purple jersey dress to the Surreal4Real Charity Event Benefiting The Little Princess. The actress was a stunner from the front,...
View Article25 Songs That Moved Black America
Filed under: Black Music MonthFrom The Grio: Perhaps there has been no greater cultural export from African-American culture than its music. If, as Chuck D once announced, rap is black America's CNN,...
View ArticleAntoine Fuqua and Eminem Look to Pair Up for Boxing Drama
Filed under: Movies From The Los Angeles Times As recently as last month, 'Training Day' director Antoine Fuqua was slated to direct a biopic about the life of Tupac Shakur. Now 24 Frames has learned...
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