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There’s never a better time to make music than during heartbreak. R&B singer Kenny Lattimore is getting ready to head back to the studio following a divorce from his wife of 9 years, Chante Moore. His new album already titled, “Back to Cool,” is expected to release in 2012. The project will be guided by […]

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The disheartening news about women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields just keeps coming. Following on the heels of the Department of Commerce’s report showing that only 25% of STEM jobs are held by women and that women with STEM degrees are much more likely to work outside their fields than are […]

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Jet magazine is undergoing a makeover. Johnson Publishing Co., the publisher of Jet and Ebony magazine, recently announced that Jet magazine will begin adding opinion and perspective pieces to the magazine.  In addition to opinion pieces, Johnson also plans a cover-to-cover redesign of the magazine in the future. While Jet’s presence is less dominant in […]

Should black music incorporate politics or are artists allowed to create art simply for art’s sake? We’ve all had this discussion at one point or…

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A Florida woman beat her son with a computer cable for using Facebook, police said. Althea Ricketts, 62, struck her son several times at their home in Apopka, a city just north of Orlando, causing welts on the child’s arms, according to The Orlando Sentinel newspaper. Ricketts was arrested after the boy, whose name and […]

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Most people have a list of dream destinations they would like to visit in their lifetime. The Egyptian Pyramids often appear on that list. However, to see a record setting pyramid, you will have to travel elsewhere. The world’s biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.

Skin care brand Nivea is currently pushing its line of men’s grooming products with ads telling men to step their appearance game up. That’s great but, um, unfortunately they’ve decided to take a shot at our afroed brothers: Post-Racial America, ladies and gents! Unsurprisingly, the internet uproar got back to the folks at the company […]

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Actress Kirstie Alley claims people keep asking her to pay child support. Alley, 60, who has two adopted children , William, 17, and 16-year-old Lillie, from her second marriage to Parker Stevenson – has urged those trying to dodge their responsibilities to “man up” and do the right thing. She tweeted: “For any of u […]

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In recent weeks, so-called flash mobs have taken a criminal turn in several states, flooding stores with young people who overwhelm the businesses, then help themselves to the merchandise. There’s definitely a troubling mob mentality behind the crimes orchestrated by cell phones and social networking. The flash mob robberies and attacks have occurred in Washington […]

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Actress Betty White has been voted ‘America’s Most Trusted Celebrity’ in a Reuters marketing poll. White scored an 86% favorable ranking, taking the first place spot and beating out Denzel Washington who came in second place; Sandra Bullock in third; Clint Eastwood in fourth; and Tom Hanks in fifth place. The same poll rated Paris […]

The 2nd season of “Braxton Family Values” is coming-up fast, and producers are going all out to make sure everyone is watching. WeTV has confirmed they have ordered 19 new episodes of “Braxton Family Values” and all of the fun kicks-off this fall. The series follows Toni Braxton and her four sisters, as they navigate […]

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Last night was the third episode of Tocarra’s quest for love on TV One’s “The Ultimate Merger” starring the beautiful Tocarra. After a drama filled episode, with the guys jumping on Ron and Ron talking to himself, she piled the eligible bachelors into the elimination room to decide who would go home. During the elimination […]