LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela
• December 13, 2013 • Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson MandelaPosted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Graca Machel, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, South Africa, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Women, World History
Tags: African National Congress, Africans, ANC, Bill Clinton, Children, eNCA, Funeral, Graça Machel, Hillary Clinton, Last Rites, Mandela, Marriage, Mthatha Airport, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, Pretoria, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Qunu, SABC, South Africa, South African National Defence Force, South Africans, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa
Whitney Houston: The Daughter, The Singer, Her Life and Her Lover(s)
• March 11, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: "Oprah's Next Chapter", Accident, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Brandy Norwood, Forbes, Gary Houston, Homicide, Houston, L.A. County Coroner, Oprah Winfrey, OWN Network, Pat Houston, Ray J, TMZ, Whitney, Whitney Houston
James Arthur Ray, Leader of Deadly Sweat Lodge Retreat, Found Guilty of Three Counts of Negligent Homicide
• June 23, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Altered States, Arizona, Death, Food, Hawaii, Huna, Indigenous People, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Kirby Brown, Larry King, Law of Attraction, Liz Neuman, Manslaughter, Mind Control, Negligent Homicide, New Age, Oprah Winfrey, Peru, Psychology, Q'eros, Ray, Rituals, Samurai Game, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sedona AZ, Self-Help Gurus, Stanislav Grof, Success, Sweat Box, Sweat Lodge, The Samurai Game, Thinking, United Indians of All Tribes, United States, Verdict, Water, Yavapai County Arizona
“The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The Immortal
• June 5, 2011 • Comments Off on “The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The ImmortalPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Cancer, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Henrietta Lacks/HeLa, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Oprah", "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Cell, Cell Line, Consent, Death, Disease, Exploitation, Feature Film, Harpo Productions, HBO, HeLa, Henrietta Lack, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Informed Consent, Life, Medicine, Oprah Winfrey, Racism, Rebecca Skloot, Stealing, The Fifties, The Lack Family, United States
Bobbi Kristina, Daughter of Whitney and Bobby Brown, Photographed Allegedly Snorting Coke
• March 4, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: Addict, Addicted, Addiction, African Americans, Beer, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Brown, Budweiser, Career, Children, Common Sense, Conspiracy Theories, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drugs, Enabling, Everclear, Family, Growing Up, Hard Partying, Home, Intervention, Karma, Marijuana, Mothers, Music, National Enquirer, Oprah Winfrey, Parenting, Recreational Drug Use, Relapse, Sex, Snorting Coke, Talent, Twitter, Wake Up Call, Weed, Whitney Houston
No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?
• January 24, 2011 • Comments Off on No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Overdoses, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Oprah Winfrey, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "It's a Hard Knock Life", "Katherine the Great", "The National Enquirer", "Tricky Dick", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Beauty Queen, Black Women, Blacks, Brand, Brand Name, Branding, Celebrities, Child Out of Wedlock, Children, Deborah Davis, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Drama, Drugs, Gayle King, Harcourt, Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, Health, John Tesh, Katherine Graham, Kitty Kelley, Middle-Class, Milwaukee WI, Narrative, National Enquirer, Non-Disclosure Statements, Oprah Winfrey, Outside Child, Pancreatic Cancer, Patricia, Ray Charles, Rich, Richard M. Nixon, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Grio, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rich, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Vernita Lee, Vernon Winfrey, WaPo, Washington Post, Watergate, Wisconsin, Woodward and Bernstein
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
One Suspect in Derrion Albert’s Killing ‘Fesses Up
• September 29, 2009 • Comments Off on One Suspect in Derrion Albert’s Killing ‘Fesses UpPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Television
Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, African Americans, Ameena Matthews, Anjanette Albert, Barack Obama, Beating Death, Blacks, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger High School, Cook County, Derrion Albert, Eunice Cross, Extended Family, Fenger High School, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Gangs, Growing Up, Michelle Obama, Murder, Oprah Winfrey, Roseland, Silvanus Shannon, Southside Chicago, Thugs
Mackenzie Phillips’ Disclosures: Believable Until Proven Wrong
• September 23, 2009 • Comments Off on Mackenzie Phillips’ Disclosures: Believable Until Proven WrongPosted in Anais Nin, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Health, History, Kathryn Harrison, Love, Mackenzie Phillips, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "One Day at a Time", "Oprah", "The Kiss A Memoir", Anais Nin, Cass, Cass Elliot, Children, Chynna Phillips, Denial, Dr. Otto Rank, Drama, Freudian, Genevieve Waite, Incest, Joaquin Nin, John Phillips, Kathryn Harrison, Mackenzie Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Oprah Winfrey, Psychology, Robert Downey Jr., Sadi Ranson-Polizotti, Sex, The Eighties, The Mamas and The Papas, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women
Trailer for “Precious”
• May 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Trailer for “Precious”Posted in Black People, Books, Film, Health, Love, Race, Sexuality
Tags: "Precious", "Push", Forced Impregnation, Gabourey Sidibe, Grand Jury Prize, Incest, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Obesity, Oprah Winfrey, Oscars, Paula Patton, Sapphire, Sarah and Gary Magness, Sherri Shepherd, Smokewood Entertainment Group, Sundance Festival, Teenagers, Tyler Perry