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RICHMOND, Va (KISS) The wait is finally over, Festival of the Arts at Dogwood Dell in Byrd Park kicks off Sunday June 10 with Orquesta nTropikimba w/The Salsa Orchestra, 8pm. Other highlights include the 4th of July Independence Day Celebration, starting at 5:30;  Plunky & Oneness July 7, 8pm and the 3rd annual Gospel Fest with […]

“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, Kandi Burruss hosted the SKYY Infusions Coconut Launch Party at Havana Club in Atlanta earlier this week and hit the…

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I enjoy ending my day with a soothing, hot cup of tea. Perhaps, my mother had something to do with my love of tea, since I remember that she was always steeping a cup when I was growing up. I bet you didn’t know… Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as […]

“The View” co-host/ comedianne Sherri Shepherd was hit by a barrage of cyber bullying today, from simple name calling to death threats, and the actress has plans of filing a police report to make sure that at least one of her tormentors faces consequences for their actions, reports ET. The sequence of events was documented […]

Nadya “Octomom” Suleman will not be stripping in a Florida gentlemen’s club after all — because the employees at T’s Lounge made fun of her to the local news station. After the news broke on Monday that the single mom of 14 was going to dance topless at the nightclub, CBS affiliate WPEC-TV went to […]

Singing legend Aretha Franklin was awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University on Tuesday, in recognition of her outstanding career, reports eurweb.com. “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin wore the traditional cap and gown as she was made a doctor of music by the Ivy League school. Referring to Frankin’s biggest hit songs, school trustee Stephen […]

The reason Jada Pinkett Smith has maintained her slim body for more than 20 years: “I don’t eat for pleasure,” she tells Essence. Pinkett Smith, 40, explains that she “had the only West Indian grandmother that could not cook. She was an awful cook, and she taught me that you don’t eat for taste, you […]

First Lady Michelle Obama took a turn on David Letterman’s “Late Show” on Tuesday to give us a few Top 10 “fun facts” about gardening. The list includes: “No. 7: In his lifetime, the average American will eat half a radish.” “No. 6: The largest zucchini ever grown contained a Starbucks.” “No. 5: Later this […]

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Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald admitted that an inner rage brewed long before an exchange of words that ended with the deadly stabbing of Dean Schmitz outside a bar in south Minneapolis last year. The pressures of being transgendered — namely, fear of rejection and of hostile reactions from others — resulted in spite and hatefulness, said […]

June 05, 2012 – Style Network personality Kimora Lee Simmons and her actor-model hubby Djimon Hounsou have supposedly decided to end their four year marriage. E! News reports, sources claim the couple told the New York Daily News that Lee Simmons and Hounsou got into a “big fight over money,” which prompted the split. “Djimon […]

National Radio Host and Best-Selling Author Michael Baisden launches his new book “Maintenance Man ll: Money, Politics and Sex: Everyone Has A Price” Baisden will host a seminar, book signing and business mixer at the Trinity Family Life Center in Richmond tonight starting at 7. Michael Baisden is a Best-Selling Author, Film maker, Activist and […]

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Fly Ty At Verizon for Black Music Month. Don’t forget to register for our Essence Music Festival contest. Tweet for  a chance to win.