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The P.S. 22 Chorus Closes The Oscars

• February 28, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Music, People of Color, Television, The PS 22 Chorus
Tags: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "The Wizard of Oz", 1939, Academy Award, African American Children, Anne Hathaway, Asian American Children, Children, Colin Firth, Dreams, European American Children, Fifth Graders, Glee Club, Growing Up, James Franco, Kirk Douglas, Kodak Theater, Kodak Theatre, Latino American Children, Love, New York, Oscars, P.S. 22 Chorus, Singers, Staten Island, The Future, The Thirties, United States, YouTube

Hey, “Vanity Fair”! This Is How You Do a Hollywood Issue

• December 15, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted 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

The Grandchildren of Lena Horne

• May 12, 2010 • 14 Comments

Posted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Rachel Got Married", "Stormy Weather", "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne", African Americans, Alex Weinstein, Amy Lumet, Black Women, Blacks, Bobby Cannavale, Breast Enhancement, Breastesses, Children, Cindy McCain, Civil Rights, Community Volunteer, Con Artist, Craziness, Culinary Arts, Drama, Drugs, Family, Florida, French Culinary Institute, Gail Lumet Buckley, Growing Up, Guardian, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Jacob Cannavale, Jenny Lumet, John McCain, Latinos, Lena Horne, Lena Jones, Lena Mary Horne, Lifetime Achievement Award, London, Los Angeles CA, Louis Jordan Jones, Manhattan Country School, Multiracial, National Enquirer, Native American, Needy, New York City, Oscars, P.J. O'Rourke, Party Girl, Pastry Chef-Instructor, People of Color, Playboy, Race, Rachel Uchitel, Racism, Samadhi Jones, Sasha Weinstein, Screenwriter, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sidney Lumet, Singer, Socialite, Sound Editor, Spitting Image, Striving, Teddy Jones, The Eighties, The French Culinary Institute, The Marines, The Nineties, The Oscars, The Seventies, The Sixties, Thomas Jones, Tony Peck, William Jones, Women of Color, Writer, Youth

As Predicted, Mo’Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress Oscar (w/Update)

• March 7, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", "Skinny Women Are Evil", "The Mo'Nique Show", Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, BET, KTLA, Mary Jones, Mo'Nique, Monique Imes, Nikki Parker, Oscars, Queen Latifah, Red Carpet, Typecasting

Mo’Nique Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Film; Becomes Automatic Front Runner to Win the Oscar

• January 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Mo'Nique, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Precious", "Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire", Acceptance Speech, Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Comedienne, Favorite, Front Runner, Golden Globes, Live and in Color, Mo'Nique, Oscars, Real, Sidney Hicks, The Oscars

Trailer for “Precious”

• May 18, 2009 • Comments Off

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

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