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Live Stream of The 2013 White House Correspondents Dinner with President Obama and Conan O’Brien
• April 27, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Acting, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Food, Gossip, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien, Dinner, FLOTUS, Gayle King, Geraldo Rivera, James Brolin, Kerry Washington, Kevin Spacey, Live Streaming, Meryl Streep, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, President of the United States, Scandal, The Media, Tony Goldwyn, White House, White House Correspondent, White House Correspondents Association
Magic Johnson’s Gay Son E.J. Goes Public
• April 2, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, History, Love, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, California, California Proposition 8, Coming Out, Cookie Johnson, Earvin Johnson, Earvin Johnson III, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Love, Magic, Magic Johnson, Marriage, New York University, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sunset Strip, Tisch School of the Arts, TMZ, United States
Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
• March 7, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
• February 2, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Arabs, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, European History, Fashion, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Love, Nigeria, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Gone Too Far", "Off the Endz", Albany Theatre, Berbers, Blacks, Bola Agbaje, Britain, Christian Louis de Massy, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Drama, Eurovision Song Contest, Guadeloupe, Immigrants, Laurence Olivier Award, London, Loreen, Lorine Zeinab Nora Talhaoui, Metropolitan Police, Monaco, Morrocco, Murder, Nigeria, Order of the British Empire, Playwright, Racism, Royal Court Theatre, Sweden
The Democratic Convention, September 4, 2012: The First Lady Hits It Way Out of The Park
• September 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Abortion, Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Bill Maher, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Fashion, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Immigration, Labor Relations, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, Black Women, Blacks, Charlotte North Carolina, Children, Concrete Loop, Democratic National Convention, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Love, Malia, Malia Obama, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Motherhood, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sasha, Sasha Obama, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Big Dog, The First Lady, United States, White House
Some Sunday Love: Hazel Scott with a Medley of Gershwin and “Taking a Chance on Love”
• July 22, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adam Clayton Powell, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cafe Society, Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt, France, Growing Up, Hazel Scott, Lena Horne, Leslie Uggams, Love, Mike Douglas Show, People, Rhapsody in Blue, The Great American Songbook, The Sixties, United States
The President and The First Lady at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Saturday, April 28, 2012
• April 29, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Fashion, Food, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Republicans in Name Only, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Billy Crystal, Black Women, Dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republican, Seth Meyers, United States, Washington DC, White House Correspondents Association
Some Sunday Love: “Pinky,” Elton John, 1974
• February 26, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Elton John, Fashion, Japan, Love, Music, Sexuality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Caribou", Bernie Taupin, Clydie King, Daryl Dragon, Davey Johnstone, Dusty Springfield, Elton, Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Gus Dudgeon, Nederland CO, Nigel Olssen, The Seventies, Toni Tennille, United States
Some Wednesday Love: “I Am The Black Gold of The Sun,” Nuyorican Soul and Rotary Connection
• November 2, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Nuyorican Soul, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Rotary Connection, Spirituality, The Economy, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Spirituality, Black Women, Blacks, Chess Records, Donyale Luna, Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn Brown, Love, Madison WI, Minnie Riperton, Music, Naomi Sims, New York City, Nikki Giovanni, Nuyorican, Puerto Rico, Racism, Richard Rudolph, Rotary Connection, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shopping, Spirituality, Sun, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
Prince Albert Reportedly Banned By New Bride From Contact with Nicole Coste and Other Former Lovers
• August 15, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Love, Monaco, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Daily Mail", "The Daily Telegraph", "The Independent", Adoption, Alexandre Coste, Banishment, Charlene Wittstock, Divorce, Ex-Lovers, France, Gareth Wittstock, Heirs, Hereditary Princess Caroline of Monaco, Hereditary Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Illegitimate Child, Mansions, Mistress, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Coste, On Approval, Paris Match, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Ernst of Hanover, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, South Africa, South African, Stefano Casiraghi, Succession, The Grimaldis, The Ocean Necklace, The Red Cross Ball, Togo, Van Cleef & Arpels, Villas, Vineyards
News From That Other Royal Family, The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Almost Runaway Bride and The Groom Just Going Through The Motions
• July 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Fashion, Race, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Love, Sexuality, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, The Catholic Church, European History, Celebrity Children, Monaco
Tags: South Africa, United States, Paris, Marriage Vows, Duke of Cambridge, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince William of Wales, Monaco, Charlene Wittstock, Prince William, House of Grimaldi, Nicole Coste, Alexandre Coste, Jazmin Grace Rotolo, Grace Kelly, Albert II Prince of Monaco, Catherine Middleton, The Windsors, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Diana Princess of Wales, Annulment, Zimbabwe formerly Rhodesia, Olympic, Monte Carlo, The Grimaldis, Principality of Monaco, Princess Caroline, Andrea Casiraghi, Passport Confiscated, Marriage Ended Before It Starts, Fashions, Competitive Swimmer, Tamara Rotolo, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
FOUND: Actress-Model Mia Amber Davis Died From a Blood Clot in Her Lungs
• July 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Sexuality, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Actress, African American Women, Big Beautiful Women, Black Women, Blacks, Blood Clot, Clots, E!Online, Knee Surgery, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lung, Lungs, Mia Amber Davis, Michael Yard, Plus Size Model, Plus Size Women, Post-Surgery, Road Trip, Surgery, Thrombo-embolism, Thrombus, TMZ.com
Aretha Is Back
• May 10, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Respect", "Sunday Morning", Anthony Mason, Carolyn Franklin, CBS, Civil Rights, Dennis Edwards, Detroit, Good Friday, James Brown, Lady Soul, Michigan, Mystery, Privacy, Queen of Soul, Reticence, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Sam Cooke, Singer, Songwriter, Ted White, West Detroit
Saturday Night Music, March 26, 2011: En Vogue, “(My Lovin’) You’re Never Gonna Get It,” 1992
• March 26, 2011 • 7 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, En Vogue, Fashion, Jody Watley, Love, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "(My Lovin') Never Gonna Get It", "Funky Divas", African Americans, Alameda County, American Music Award, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore, Billboard (magazine), California, Children, Dawn Robinson, EnVogue, Foster & McElroy, Girl Group, Jody Watley, Love, MTV Video Music Awards, Music, New York, Oakland, Oakland CA, Rufftown Records, The Nineties, United States
Serena Williams Shows What She’s Got in An “Unauthorized” Top Spin 4 Ad (w/Update)
• March 24, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Fashion, Sexuality, Sports, Venus and Serena Williams, Women
Tags: 2K Sports, Anna Kournikova, Ass-ets, Clot, Lung, Maria Sharapova, Marketing, Reverse Psychology, Rileah Vanderbilt, Serena Williams, Tennis, Top Spin 4, Viral, YouTube
Iman “Not a Great Beauty” Either, Especially Without Her Make-Up
• March 8, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Michelle Obama, People of Color, Women
Tags: "The National Enquirer", African Americans, Age, Ambush, Ambushed, Attractiveness, Beauty, Black Women, Bossip, David Bowie, Fashion, Fashion Model, Fashion Sense, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS, Iman, Looksism, Michelle Obama, New York, Older Black Women, Older Women, Self Image, Supermodel, The First Lady, United States
Tea Time with Wendy Williams and Aretha Franklin
• March 3, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Fashion, Food, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Television, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wendy Williams, Women
Tags: "Dancing with the Stars", African American Cooking, African American Cuisine, African American Women, African Americans, Age, Alec Mapa, Aretha Franklin, Birmingham MI, Channel 3-2, DWTS, Fantasia Barrino, Gastric Bypass Surgery, Grammy Award, Late Night Eating, Loni Love, Madison WI, Miss Re, Natural Food, Pork, Queen of All Media, Rapid Weight Loss, Salt, The Pig, The Queen of All Media, The Queen of Soul, The Townsend Hotel, TV-W, Weight Loss, Wendy Williams, Wendy Williams Show, Wild Animal Print Clothes
Beyoncé: White Face, Black Face? Whose Face?
• February 23, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Music, Music Videos, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "At Last", "Crazy in Love", "The James Brown of Nigeria", Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Black Creoles, Black Panthers, Blacking Up, Cosmetic Alteration, Entertainer, Etta James, Fela Kuti, Jay Z, L'Officiel, L'Oréal, Michael Jackson, Nigeria, Nigerian Nationalism, Pallor, Passing, Pink, Popularity, Sammy Sosa, Singer, Skin Whitening, Skin-Lightening Treatments, The Black Panthers, Vitiligo, Whitening Up, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Yoruba, Yoruba Religion
More Grammy Highlights: Wins for Carolina Chocolate Drops, Esperanza Spalding, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples and Fantasia Barrino
• February 14, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Barbra Streisand, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Esperanza Spalding, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Health, Herbie Hancock, Love, Mavis Staples, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, People of Color, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Chamber Music Society", "Reencontro", 53rd Grammy Awards, African Americans, Barbra Streisand, Black Women, Blacks, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Drake, Esperanza Spalding, Fantasia Barrino, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Growing Up, Herbie Hancock, Indie, Jeff Tweedy, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Mavis Staples, Questlove, Twitter, United States, Wilco
The President’s 2011 State of the Union Address
• January 25, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, Health Care/The Public Option, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, C-Span, Children, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Hulu, PBS, President Barack Obama, Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, SOTU, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Tucson Arizona, United States, United States Marine Corps, West Philadelphia High School, White House, You Tube
Comedian Joan Rivers Calls The First Lady “Blackie O”
• January 25, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Love, Michelle Obama, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Joan and Melissa Know Best", African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Executive Mansion, Faux Noise, FLOTUS, Fox News Channel, Howard Stern, Huffington Post, Iman, Insult, Joan Rivers, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Watch, Mrs. O, Oscar de la Renta, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racial Slur, Robin Quivers, Sarah Palin, Schwartze, Second Thoughts, Slur, The First Lady, The President, The White House, United States, White House, Womanist Musings
Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue
• December 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, People of Color
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Vanity Fair", Actors and Actresses, African Americans, Age, Angela Lansbury, Anne Meara, Beauty, Black Women, Blacks, Breck Girls, Carl Reiner, Color, Gena Rowlands, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Hollywood Reporter, James Earl Jones, Jerry Stiller, Larry Hagman, Legends, Oscars, PC, Phyllis Diller, Politically Correct, Racism, Racism by Omission, Sex, Sidney Poitier, Youth
That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot
• December 9, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II
The Queen of Soul Has Incurable Pancreatic Cancer
• December 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cooking, Cultural History, Democrats, Diabetes, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Dr. Feelgood", "Freeway of Love, "Live at the Fillmore West", "Respect", "The National Enquirer", "Who's Zoomin' Who?", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Carolyn Franklin, Coma, Condoleezza Rice, Depression, Detroit Free Press, Diabetes, Diabetic, Diabetics, Drug Abuse, Edward Franklin, Erma Franklin, Exercise, Growing Up, Incurable, Junkie, King Curtis, King Curtis and The Kingpins, Knives, Lady Soul, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Murder, National Enquirer, New York, Pancreatic Cancer, Patrick Swayze, Queen of the Blues, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Smoker, Smoking, The Eighties, The Kingpins, The Queen of Soul, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010
• December 6, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fashion, Film, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Immigration, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Activists, African American, African American History, African Americans, Afro-British, Afro-French, Afro-German, Afro-Greek, Afro-Russian, Afro-Swedish, Athletes, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dounne Alexander, Educators, Europe, Grace Bumbry, History, Liechtenstein, Models, Norway, Politicians, Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Singers, Spain, Sweden, Trisha Goddard, United States, Yvette Jarvis
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