Vanessa Long Breaks Her Long Silence About Not Divorcing Bishop Eddie Long
• September 8, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Bahamas, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Christian Post, Divorce, Eddie Long, IRAs, LGBT, Megachurch, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Retirement Fund, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Ted Haggard, Twitter, United States, Vanessa Long
What I’m Working On For This Weekend: Whitney, Eddie Long, BAnna Love, and Putting Together a Book Review Blog
• February 22, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Facebook, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston
Tags: Abortion, African Americans, Anna, Banna, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Book Reviews, Chris Brown, Divorce, Downton Abbey, Eddie, Eddie Long, Facebook, Funeral, Gillette, Growing Up, Hair Relaxers, John Chadima, Marriage, Mr. Bates, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Ray J, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Scott Walker, United States, Vanessa Long, Whitney Houston, Wisconsin
Eddie Long v. Vanessa Long: Divorce Case Dismissed? (w/Update)
• February 16, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptists, Bishop, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Case Dismissed, Corruption, Deal, Divorce, Drama, Eddie Long, Examiner.com, Four Young Men, Georgia, Investments, Law, Legal, Marriage, Middle Class Black Women, Money, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Paula Murray, Prejudice (legal procedure), Separation, Sex, Sex Scandal, Vanessa Long, Whitney Houston
Boy, That Was a Short Vacay: Eddie Long Back at New Birth, and a New Video Shows Vanessa in the Audience with Their Children
• January 14, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Commercials, Consumer Fraud, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Stranger in a Strange Land", Atlanta, Born again (Christianity), Divorce, Eddie Long, Elev8, Ephren Taylor, Lithonia GA, Lithonia Georgia, New Birth, New Birth Christian Academy, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, New Year, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, News One, Prosperity Gospel, Religious, Television Commercials, Valentine Michael Smith
Eddie Long’s New Birth School to Close January 4; 221 Students Affected, But That’s Not All That’s Affected
• December 29, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Academy, African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bishop Long, Blacks, Board of Education, Christian School, Deficits, DeKalb County, Disillusionment, Distrust, Divorce, Eddie Long, Eighteen Years, Enrollment, Four Young Men, Georgia, High School Students, Long, New Birth, New Birth Christian Academy, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, School, Sex Scandal, Students, Vanessa Long, WSB-TV
Why Vanessa Long, The Bishop’s Soon-to-Be Ex-Wife, May Be Seeking a Jury Trial and Why a Reconciliation Might Be Difficult, If Not Impossible
• December 6, 2011 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Adrienne Hunter-Strothers, AIDS, Alimony, Assets, Attorneys, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Woman Attorney, Custody, Discovery, Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Eddie Long, Ex-Wife, Failure, Four Young Men, Heterosexual Black Women, Investments, Lawyers, Marriage, Michael W. Tyler, Ministry, No-Fault, Pastor, Property, Repentance, Separation, Spouse, Spouses, STDs, Ted Haggard, Therapist, Therapy, Upper Hand, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife, Woman
BREAKING: Bishop Eddie Long Taking a Sabbatical; Church Insists That He Is Not Stepping Down
• December 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Children, Divorce, Divorce Attorneys, Divorce Petition, Drama, Eddie Long, Evangelical Christians, Four Young Men, Grooming, Homosexuality, Jamal Parris, Leave of Absence, Marriage, Ministers, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Preachers, Sabbatical, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Spencer LeGrande, Statement, The First Lady, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Victims
Ricochet: Now Vanessa Long IS Divorcing The Bishop (w/Update)
• December 3, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Attorneys, Begging, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Blacks, Divorce, Divorce Petition, Drama, Eddie Long, Four Young Men, Friday, God, Inducement, Karma, Lithonia GA, MSNBC, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Popcorn, Prayer, Seduction, Separation, Sex, Sexual Intimacy, The Mo'Kelly Report, United States, Vanessa, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long
The Other Shoe Drops: “The First Lady” Vanessa Griffin Long Files For Divorce From Bishop Eddie Long (w/Update)
• December 2, 2011 • 7 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Bishop Dale Bronner, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Boys, Bronner Bros., Children, Constables on Patrol, Dabara Houson, Divorce, Eddie Long, Famous, Four Young Men, Grooming, Infamous, Lithonia GA, Long, Ministry, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Settlement, Sex, Sexual Predator, The First Lady, The Nineties, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife
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
Fantasia’s Preggers
• August 8, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fantasia Barrino, Gossip, Health, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Religion, Sexuality
Tags: "American Idol", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Baby, Barack Obama, Barbados, Bio Film, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Growing Up, Illicitness, Lady Day, Life Preserver, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, National Enquirer, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Reputations, Separation, Sneaking Around, Suicide, Tasia, The YBF, U.S. Bank, Vacation, Zion Quari Barrino
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: State Senator Luther Olsen—Baby Daddy? (w/Updates)
• July 28, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Abortion, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Labor Relations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: Abortion, Babysitter, Berlin, Berlin WI, Daily Kos, Democratic, Divorce, Education, Ethics, Extramarital Affairs, Extramarital Relationships, Facebook, Fred Clark, Hush Money, Hushed Up, Illegitimate Child, Intercourse, Lesbians, Luther Olsen, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Muckraker, Muckraking, Olsen, Outside Child, Paul I. Tascoupe, Payoff, Peyton Place, Planned Parenthood, Politiscoop, Randy Hopper, Recall Election, Recalls, Remarriage, Republican, Sex, State Senator Fred Clark, State Senator Luther Olsen, Teenage Girl, Teenager, United States, Waupaca, Waupaca WI, WFA, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Republicans, Young Woman
Arnold Schwartzenegger Admits To Fathering a Child With Household Family Staffer Before He Became Governor of California
• May 17, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anne Sinclair, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Catholicism, Child Support, Divorce, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, First Lady of California, Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, Housekeeper, Illegitimate Child, Latina, Los Angeles Times, Love Child, Maidservant, Maria Shriver, National Enquirer, Radar. com, Sneaking Around, TMZ.com, Woman of Color
Christmas Songs: “Happy Xmas, War Is Over (If You Want It),” John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, and The Harlem Community Choir
• December 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Rest of the World, Women, Yoko Ono
Tags: "Stewball", African Americans, Alcoholism, Anthony Cox, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abduction, Child Stealing, Children, Christmas, Crack, Custody, Demons, Divorce, Drama, Drug War, Drugs, Growing Up, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Harlem, Harlem Community Choir, Heroin, John Lennon, John Lennon Collection, Julian Lennon, Kyoko Cox, Lost Weekend, Love, May Pang, Memories, New York City, Parental Child Abduction, Phil Spector, Record Plant Studios, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, The Plastic Ono Band, The Record Plant, The Seventies, Union Scale, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam War, Wall of Sound, Yoko Ono
Fantasia on “Wendy Williams”: The Clothes Were a Hint That She’s a Mess
• September 12, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fashion, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "God Bless the Child", "The Wendy Williams Show", Adultery, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Attention-Seeking, Black Women, Blacks, Blouse, Bossip.com, Braless, Breastesses, Cammie, Cleavage, Common Sense, Daughter, Daytime Talk Show, Divorce, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Fashion Sense, Growing Up, Interviews, Lack of Common Sense, Love, Marriage, Overdose, Paula Cook, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Scandal, Singer, Singing, Sued, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Sympathy, Talk Show Host, Television, The Queen of Soul, The Sixties, Therapist, Therapy, Trainwreck, Vest, Wendy Williams, Wig, Zion Quari Barrino
Trainwreck: Fantasia Barrino
• August 31, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music Videos, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", "The Mo'Nique Show", "The National Enquirer", Adultery, Alicia Keys, Antwaun Cook, Aspirin, Bossip.com, Creepin', Creeping, Diane Barrino, Divorce, Evangelists, Fantasia Barrino, George Lopez, Jenice Armstrong, Jodeci, Joe Barrino, Laura Trice, Love, Mo'Nique, Mt. Zion Children's Choir, North Carolina, Okey-Dokey, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Psychology, Radar Online, Rape, Rape Victim, Rapist, Secondary Victimization, Separation, Sleeping Pills, Swizz Beatz, T-Mobile Store, Tasia, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Therapy, TMZ.com, Zion Quari Barrino
Ms. Nordegren Regrets…
• August 25, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love, Memoir, People of Color, Sexuality, Sweden, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "People Magazine", "The National Enquirer", Alimony, Charlie Woods, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Elin Nordegren, Ex-Wife, Jumpoffs, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Radar Online, Sam Woods, Sex, Shared Custody, Single Mother, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com
The Ancestors Claim Singer/Actress/Songwriter Abbey Lincoln, 80
• August 15, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Abbey Lincoln, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Womanism
Tags: "Mo Better Blues", "Nothing But a Man, "The Freedom Suite", Abbey Lincoln, Acting, Activism, Actress, Africa, African Americans, Anna Marie Wooldridge, Billie Holiday, Black Nationalist, Black Women, Blacks, Braided Hair, Chicago IL, Corn Rows, Divorce, Drama, Glamour, Ivan Dixon, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Kinky Hair, Love, Marriage, Max Roach, Michael Jackson, Natural Hair, Racism, Sidney Poitier, Songwriter, Spike Lee, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, Thelonious Monk, Vitiligo
Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s Boyfriend
• July 18, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "You Light Up My LIfe", Ad, Affair, Alderman, Alderwoman, Assisted Living Aide, ATF, Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide, Bomb, Bomb Making, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, County of Dane, Craig's List, Craigslist, Dane County, Divorce, Dorothy Wheeler, Elderly, Flesh, Heather Snively, Homicide, Jansson Wheeler, Joe Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Korena Roberts, Latex, Lover, Madison, Madison Police Department, Madison WI, Marriage, Milwaukee Craig's List, Montana, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Oregon, Philip Markoff, Portland OR, Revenge Killing, Sex Lives, Sexuality, The Craigslist Killer, The Madison Police Department
Actress Lynn Redgrave (“Georgy Girl,” “Shine”) Dies at 67
• May 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Canada, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, European History, Film, Health, Holidays, Love, Lynn Redgrave, Memoir, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Desperate Housewives", "Georgy Girl", "Gods and Monsters", "House Calls", "Shine", American, Beatrice Kempson, Benjamin Clark, Breast Cancer, Cheating, Children, Comeback, Connecticut, Corin Redgrave, Dhalia Hainsworth, Divorce, Drama, Dual Citizenship, Growing Up, Infidellity, James Mason, John Clark, Love, Lynn Rachel Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Officer of the British Empire, Outside Child, Rachel Kempson, Rita Tushingham, Sir Michael Redgrave, Sophia Loren, The Nineties, Vanessa Redgrave, Weight Watchers
Oprah is So Not Believing Rielle Hunter, and I Don’t Either
• April 30, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Oprah", "The Early Show", 2008 Presidential Campaign, Affair, Breakdown, Child, Daughter, Diane Dimond, Divorce, Elizabeth Edwards, Entertainment Tonight, Full Tilt Boogie, Haiti, Humanitarian Work, Illicitness, John Edwards, John Profumo, Jumpoff, Jumpoffs, Maggie Rodriguez, Marriage, Mistress, New Orleans, Oprah Winfrey, Public Identity, Recklessness, Rielle Hunter, Separation, Terminal Illness, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Youngs
Sandra Bullock Adopts a Black Son and Files for Divorce from Jesse James
• April 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "People Magazine", Adoption, Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Pitt, Celebrity Adoptions, Divorce, Jesse James, Louis Armstrong, Louis Bardo Bullock, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Mia Farrow, New Orleans, Post-Racial, Sandra Bullock, Satchmo, Woody Allen
The “Nightline” Faceoff: Why Can’t a Successful Black Woman Find a Man, with Sherri Shepherd, Jacquie Reid, Hill Harper, and Jimi Izrael
• April 22, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Nightline Faceoff", "What Can't a Successful Black Woman Find a Man?", Atlanta GA, Black Couples, Black Families, Black Heterosexuality, Black Relationships, Black Women, Chocolate City, Discussion, Divorce, Expectations, Hill Harper, Jacquie Reid, Jimi Izrael, Marriage, Sherri Shepherd, Single Black Women, Steve Harvey, Vicki Mabrey
BREAKING: Tiger Woods Will Make a Public Statement at a Press Conference Friday
• February 17, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Extramarital Affairs, Florida, Golfing, Growing Up, Infidelity, Jumpoffs, Marital Strife, Marriage, Press Conference, Separation, Sex, Sexual Addiction, Tiger Woods, Women
Tying Tiger’s Tail to Doping
• December 20, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Buffalo News", "The Daily Mail", "The Orlando Sentinel", "The Toronto Sun", Actovegin, Adultery, Ambien, Barry Bonds, Calf's Blood, Canada, Canadian, Celebrity Doctor, Celebrity Healer, Cheater, Divorce, Dr. Anthony Galea, Eldrick Tont Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Eyewitness, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Germany, Golf, Golfer, Golfing, Infidelity, Italy, Jumpoffs, Madonna, Mark J. Mahoney, Mike Bianchi, Mistresses, Montreal, Ottawa, Paranoia, PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem, Racism, Racist, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sex, Sex Addict, Sex Addiction, Thailand, Thais, Tiger Woods, Tony Galea, Toronto, U.S.-Canada Border, Vicodin, World Anti-Doping Agency
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