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Queen Latifah Says Gay Is the New Black
From the Root: Queen Latifah, the Hollywood star born and bred in Newark, N.J., is a Renaissance woman. Brilliantly transformed from a young 1990s rapper and hip-hop artist into an Academy...
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Do White People Watch Black Movies?
From the Washington Post: White people like movies. Black people like movies. But do white people like black movies? Indiana University telecommunications professor Andrew J. Weaver investigated in...
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Sick by Association: The Dangers of Second-Hand Smoke
Filed under: Health, Lifestyle/ Health From Madame Noire I never understood what it meant to smell like cigarette smoke until I spent my first night away from home at college for undergrad. As I hung...
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What Will We Really Be Losing in the Ebony/Jet Share Buyout?
Filed under: MoneyFrom The Atlanta Post: The end of an almost 70-year legacy is upon us as the last bastion of black-owned media space known as the Johnson Publishing Company, owner of Ebony and Jet...
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First Lady's Hamburger Sends Right-Wing Sites Into a Tizzy
Filed under: News For some reason, Michelle Obama's recent trip to Shake Shack warranted a story in the Washington Post, and a poll about whether or not the First Lady, an advocate for healthy eating,...
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Something on the Side: How a Side-Hustle Can Help You Survive
Filed under: Personal Finance, The Economy From The Grio: "Don't get mad, UPS is hiring" What was once a comic line in a lyric from "Flava In Ya Ear", a song from Craig Mack, has become just one of the...
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All Tangled Up: Oprah's Hairstylist Andre Walker Clears Up 'Kinky Hair' Comments
Filed under: Hair Politics There's not too many things in this world that can rile a woman up like a negative comment on her hair. Oprah Winfrey's hairstylist Andre Walker is facing heat beyond the hot...
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Oprah Winfrey to Add CEO, Chief Creative Officer Titles at OWN
From the Hollywood Reporter: Oprah Winfrey will add the CEO title of OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, her cable network joint venture with Discovery Communications, the network said Wednesday. The...
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Why Jill Scott Gave Up On Celibacy
From US Magazine: R&B fans were pumped to discover that Philadelphia's own poetry-reading chanteuse, Jill Scott, landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart last week with her...
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"Colonial" Themed Wedding With All-Black Waitstaff Hits A Nerve
Filed under: News The thought of an African-themed wedding may bring to mind images of a huge wedding party, brightly colored prints, dance numbers and festive music. But one couple's nuptials went in...
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Tyler Perry Reveals He Almost Became A "Baby Daddy"
From the YBF: In the latest issue of EBONY Magazine, Tyler Perry opens up about the three most impactful events in his life over the past few years. Oh, and he talks about a the slip up that almost...
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Snapped: Serena Williams Goes All Out
After returning to Wimbeldon after almost a year off because of illness, the old Serena Williams is back and stepping out in more revealing outfits. For this year's ESPY Awards Williams wore a pink...
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Study: Minorities More Likely to Get Tickets, Have Vehicles Searched
From Chicago Sun-Times: After a traffic stop, minority drivers are more likely to get handed a ticket and their vehicles are more likely to get searched, according to a study released this month by...
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Beverly Hall, Former Atlanta Schools Superintendent, Denies She Knew of Cheating
From the Huffington Post: While on vacation in Hawaii, former Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Beverly Hall told WXIA TV on camera Wednesday that she "absolutely knew nothing about the cheating."...
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Only 7 Oregon High Schools Had Any African Americans in Calculus Class
From Oregon Live: Among the 50 Oregon high schools with at least 25 African American students in 2009-2010, only seven had any African American students enrolled in calculus and none had more than...
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Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba and Laurence Fishburne Nominated for Primetime...
From the Root: The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the 2011 nominees for Primetime Emmys this morning. Idris Elba is finally nominated for an Emmy, as were Taraji P. Henson and...
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Jailed for Cashing Chase Check at Chase Bank
From King 5 News: Buying his own home was a big accomplishment for construction worker, Ikenna Njoku, of Auburn. He's only 28 years old. "I was really excited. For the first time, I actually got to...
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Each One Teach One at ABFF
If you're an independent or aspiring filmmaker, it's no longer enough to be good at your craft. In the digital age, where content reigns supreme and the lines between advertiser and distributor are...
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Shaq is on the TNT Scene
Filed under: Sports From the LA Times: Shaquille O'Neal will join TNT's popular NBA studio show, which is hosted by Ernie Johnson and made fun and interesting by analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny...
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Beyonce's Big Spending Spree
Beyonce's from Texas, where everything bigger is better, and it seems like she took that mantra with her all the way across the pond spending big in London. At a couple retailers Beyonce spent 9,000...
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