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More Fantasia Drama: When a Producer is Not a Producer and a Spokesman is Not a Spokesman

• October 14, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fantasia Barrino, Film, Gossip, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Page Six", Adrian Taylor, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Barrino, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Double Dutch Productions, Drama, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Film Director, Film Producer, Mahalia Jackson, Maternity, New York Post, Pregnancy, Sex, Spokesman, Spokesperson, Taylor, Trial Balloon, Wendy Williams Show, Your Black Gossip

Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of Folding

• October 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Abortion, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Distribution/Business, Fantasia Barrino, Film, Janet Jackson, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Super Bowl, Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Bad Karma, Barrino, Bedridden, Black Women, Blacks, Child Out of Wedlock, Civil Rights Activist, Common Sense, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Gail Lumet Buckley, Gambling, Growing Up, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, Missy Elliott, Motherhood, New York Post, Octavia Spencer, Pregnancy, Queen of Gospel, Secular Music, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Mother, Spending, Super Bowl 2004, Super Bowl Sunday, The Estate of Lena Horne, The Estate of Mahalia Jackson, United States, Wardrobe Malfunction

Fantasia’s Preggers

• August 8, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted 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

Fantasia Barrino To Play Mahalia Jackson?

• February 9, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Health, Mahalia Jackson, Music, New Orleans Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Spirituality, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "American Idol", Chicago IL, Civil Rights Activist, Color Purple, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia Barrino, Fish and Bread Singer, Gospel Music, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., New Orleans, The Hollywood Reporter

Aretha’s “Amazing Grace” Gospel Documentary From 1972 May Finally See General Release

• March 7, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Aretha Franklin, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Music, Race, Religion, Spirituality
Tags: "Amazing Grace", Academy Award, African Americans, Alan Elliott, Albertina Walker, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, BBC, Blacks, Carolyn Franklin, Church, Clara Ward, Columbia Records, Direct-to-DVD, Erma Franklin, Genius, Gospel, Los Angeles California, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, Muscle Shoals, New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, One Lord One Faith One Baptism, PBS, Queen of Soul, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Soul Sister No. 1, Sydney Pollack, The Seventies, Theatrical Release, Warner Bros., Young Gifted and Black

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Why G.O.P.-Led States Are Banning the Police From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws June 19, 2021
Missouri is the latest state to throw down a challenge to the enforcement of federal firearms laws as Republicans seek to thwart President Biden’s gun control proposals.
How Republican States Are Expanding Their Power Over Elections June 20, 2021
In Georgia, Republicans are removing Democrats of color from local boards. In Arkansas, they have stripped election control from county authorities. And they are expanding their election power in many other states.
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Summer Solstice Brings a Day of the Sun Working Overtime June 21, 2021
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V.A. Plans to Offer Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Transgender Veterans June 21, 2021
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In Rift With Biden, a Dramatic Show of Force by a Conservative Catholic Movement June 20, 2021
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Macron and Le Pen lose out as French voters shun local elections June 20, 2021
Abstention rate estimated at 68%, and exit polls suggest Le Pen’s National Rally failed to get expected supportEmmanuel Macron’s centrist party and Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally both failed to garner expected support in French regional elections that saw an unprecedented rate of abstention.The president and his government failed to mobilise suppor […]
Swedish PM Stefan Löfven loses no-confidence vote June 21, 2021
Social Democrat defeated in motion called over plan to ease rent controls for new-build apartmentsStefan Löfven, Sweden’s Social Democrat prime minister since 2014, has lost a no-confidence vote, making him the first Swedish leader ever to lose such a motion.The vote was initiated on Tuesday by the small Left party, an ally of the minority government that is […]
Princess Latifa: Instagram image appears to show Dubai ruler’s daughter in Spain June 21, 2021
Princess, who was seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018, has appeared in several social media posts in recent monthsA Dubai princess who has been the subject of concern from a United Nations panel after being seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018 has appeared in a social media post that described her as being in Spain on a “European holiday.”An I […]
Myanmar reports highest Covid numbers since coup as concerns over health system grow June 21, 2021
State hospitals are barely functioning as humanitarian crisis unfolds across the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMyanmar has reported what is believed to be its highest daily increase in Covid cases since the February coup, as concerns grow over the country’s collapsed health system and the junta’s continued crackdown on me […]
Tokyo 2020 will allow up to 10,000 fans into Olympic venues June 21, 2021
Olympic organisers cap fans at 50% of venue capacitySpectators could still be cut if infection situation worsensThousands of Japanese spectators will be allowed to attend events at this summer’s Olympics, organisers said on Monday, despite warnings from health experts that crowds risk fuelling a surge in coronavirus cases. Related: Uganda Olympic athlete arr […]
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily could shut at weekend unless accounts are unblocked June 21, 2021
Adviser to jailed owner Jimmy Lai says newspaper cannot pay staff after officials froze banking facilitiesHong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper and website could shut down this weekend if authorities do not agree to the board’s request to unfreeze its assets, after the arrest of its senior editors and executives last week.According to various local reports on Mo […]
Armenian PM wins snap election as rival alleges fraud June 21, 2021
Nikol Pashinyan’s party gained over 50% of the vote but the opposition contested the result, alleging fraudThe party of Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has won 53.9% of the vote in snap parliamentary polls called in an effort to defuse a political crisis after a war with Azerbaijan, official results show.An alliance led by his rival, ex-leader Rob […]
Woman to stand trial in France for killing stepfather after years of abuse June 21, 2021
Valérie Bacot, who had four children with alleged abuser, will say she believed he would kill them allOn Monday, a French woman, Valérie Bacot, will walk into a court to be tried for killing her stepfather turned husband. She has admitted shooting him dead and believes she should be punished.In her defence, she is expected to tell the the hearing at at Chalo […]

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Tokyo 2020: Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be permitted at Olympic venues June 21, 2021
Up to 10,000 Japanese fans - or 50% capacity - will be permitted at venues at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, despite warnings from health bosses.
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Abiy Ahmed is hoping to secure a popular mandate, but polls are not being held in war-torn Tigray.
France regional election: Macron and Le Pen fail to make ground - exit poll June 21, 2021
Early results indicate both parties have failed to make ground in France's regional elections.
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The US Navy conducted a 'Full Ship Shock Trial' against its aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford.
Laurel Hubbard: First transgender athlete to compete at Olympics June 21, 2021
NZ weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is headed for Tokyo but critics say she has an unfair advantage.
International Day of Yoga: Muted celebrations due to Covid-19 June 21, 2021
Ministers urge people to follow yoga but ask them to avoid big gatherings to mark the day.
Usain Bolt welcomes newborn twin sons Thunder and Saint Leo June 20, 2021
The Olympic champion and his girlfriend Kasi Bennett announced the births on Instagram.
Apple Daily: HK pro-democracy paper says it will decide closure by Friday June 21, 2021
It comes after 500 officers raided the paper and froze HK$18m worth of assets linked to the company.