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The 2011 Council of Fashion Designer's of America Awards
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet At this year's annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards (CFDA) fashion rebel Lady Gaga picked up the Fashion Icon Award, beautiful models...
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Jennifer Hudson Inks Deal With Dutton to Write Weight Loss Memoir
Filed under: Health From the Hollywood Reporter: Add author to Jennifer Hudson's resume. The Academy Award-winning actress and singer has inked a deal with Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Group, to pen a...
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Tiger Woods to Miss U.S. Open
Filed under: Golf & Tennis From the New York Times: Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he will not play in the United States Open next week at the Congressional Country Club near Washington. Woods,...
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Philly 9-year-old Develops iPad App
Filed under: News From The Grio: Some may have called Dr. Andy Kirschner of Bala Cynwyd crazy last summer for putting his faith in a 9-year-old self-taught computer wiz. Kirschner handed a stack of...
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Happy Birthday, Prince
Filed under: Black Music Month Today Prince turns 53-years-old, which is as good a reason as any to go back to one of my favorite moments in his very long and illustrious career. Anyone who has...
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10 Highest Paying Jobs for African-Americans
Filed under: News From the Root: Black Enterprise is highlighting a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce which asks whether getting a college education is...
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Will Jackie Lacey Be the First Female and Black District Attorney in L.A....
Filed under: News From BET: In the television show 'Law and Order: L.A'., the county's top law enforcement officer is a white man. If Jackie Lacey, the current second-in-command in the Los Angeles...
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Obama On Economic Fears: 'Not Concerned About A Double-Dip Recession'
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday that the country is not at risk of slipping into a double-dip recession, but he conceded he does not know whether a...
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Laurence Fishburne Leaves 'CSI'
Filed under: Television From Deadline Hollywood: After two-and-a-half seasons, Laurence Fishburne is leaving CSI. The Oscar-nominated actor's deal on the show was up and he opted not to renew it. He is...
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Notable/Quotable: Wanda Sykes on Equality in the Gay Community
Filed under: Star Quotes "I'm not talking about the history of black people, of African Americans. I'm talking about at this point right now... I don't know of organizations and groups like Focus on...
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Blacks Do Yoga Too! Famous Black Yogis
Filed under: Fitness, Health, Lifestyle/ Health From The Root: From headstands to "Namaste," these yogis have taken the ancient discipline and made it an integral part of their lives. Russell Simmons:...
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Ellis Cose And Others On 'The End of Anger'
Filed under: Interviews, Profiles, Race and Civil Rights Have you heard the news? Black people are not that angry anymore. Best-selling author Ellis Cose posits a strong argument in his new book, 'The...
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My Unconventional Crush on Queen Latifah
Filed under: Black Music Month There was a message in "U.N.I.T.Y." - the first single on Queen Latifah's 1993 album, 'Black Reign' - and it was loud and clear: No one was going to be calling Latifah or...
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'Going Natural' Requires Lots of Help
Filed under: Natural Hair, Hair Care From The New York Times: Maeling Tapp remembers the moment three years ago when she saw her mother and sisters wearing their coil-prone hair in its natural state...
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Raven Symone's Adorable Afro
Filed under: Celebrity Hairstyles, Hair and Beauty At Simon G. Jewelry's Exclusive "Summer Soiree" this weekend, Raven Symone was track-free and showed off her natural hair. Her pink frilly...
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Obama Hints U.S. Might Tap Petroleum Reserves to Combat Libya Oil Disruption
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: President Obama on Wednesday appeared to raise the possibility that the administration would release oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve to...
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Kanye West's Odd Fashion Obsessions
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Men's Style Kanye West never shies away from the limelight and his ostentatious style follows suit with his extroverted personality. Today (June 8), West celebrates his...
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Sherri Shepherd Lied About Wedding Dress Size, Working Out to Fit In
Earlier this year, comedienne and co-host on 'The View' Sherri Shepherd announced that she had become engaged to writer Lamar Sally. Her engagement came months after an appearance on "Faceoff,", an...
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UNICEF Peace-Building Program Helps Timor-Leste Teens Shape Their Futures
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: For adolescents growing up in a Timor-Leste neighborhood notorious for gang fights and youth violence, hitting the books and shooting some hoops can go a...
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Filed under: Movies From the New York Times: Last weekend, like seemingly half the country, I took my son to see "X-Men: First Class," the latest, and best, big-screen incarnation of the popular comic...
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