Critics praised last week’s 62nd Annual Emmy Awards for finally bringing some life to the generally stiff ceremony.

One publication even said that the ceremony finally “entered the 21st century.”

In a letter posted by the Huffington Post, actress Regina King feels it was like every other ceremony.

Since the Emmy ceremony, I have been going back and forth about whether or not I should compose this letter. I try hard in my daily life not to engage in uncomfortable situations regarding race. But sometimes it’s very difficult to find other reasons that better explain why certain events play out the way they do. It is impossible for me to ignore the published statistics regarding the number of people of color mentioned, celebrated or honored in the history of the televised Emmys. Up to and including this year, there have been only 53 non-white actors nominated for Emmys out of nearly 1,000 possible nominations in the top four acting categories for drama and comedy.

We thank Regina for not limiting her outrage to just the lack of representation of black actors, but to all of the Asian, Latino, etc. actors out there working just as hard as their white counterparts!

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Another month, another grim jobs report. We lot 54,000 jobs in July. Most of those — in fact, 114,000 of them — were expiring census jobs. The private sector added jobs slowly but steadily, posting 67,000 in gains. This report doesn’t really tell a story of recovery nor of recession. It’s just stagnation: We’re not falling back into the hole, but nor are we getting out of it. No wonder the White House is looking for further stimulus measures.

The unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.6 percent, from 9.5 percent, the Labor Department said, as hundreds of thousands of people rejoined the labor force.

Private employers, meanwhile, created a net of 67,000 jobs, better than expected but below the 107,000 positions they added to payrolls in July. Overall, the nation shed 54,000 positions, but that was driven by the elimination of temporary Census jobs, which was widely anticipated.

Read more at WashPost

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One of the trapped Chilean miners is going to have some explaining to do after his wife ran into his mistress at the mine’s entrance.

Britain’s Sun newspaper reports the wife of Yonni Barrios, Marta Salinas, was stunned and upset to find his girlfriend Susana Valenzuela also conducting a vigil for him.

Salinas told the newspaper: “Barrios is my husband. He loves me and I am his devoted wife. This woman has no legitimacy.”

But The Sun reported Valenzuela as saying the 50-year-old miner was going to leave his wife for her.

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“We are in love. I’ll wait for him,” she told the paper.

Barrios has been valuable to authorities in trying to get the miners out, using his first-aid training to treat sick colleagues.

They miners were located late last month, more than two weeks after becoming trapped in a shaft collapse on August 5.

The newspaper report comes as Health Minister Jaime Manalich said all 33 miners trapped underground would soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link.

The morale-boosting technology will be made possible by lowering a fibre-optic cable to the men, who were cut off deep down in the San Jose mine by a cave-in more than four weeks ago.

“They will be able to have private conversations with their families through a TV screen,” Manalich told reporters.

Family members will most likely be restricted in what they can say, as is already the case with written notes read first by authorities to make sure there are no remarks that could create false hopes or lead to despair.

Read entire article WAToday.com

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Here’s some healthy BBQ ideas and for more tips read after the gallery:

1. Go “Kebabing”

Kebabs are a great and easy way to grill meat and veggies. You can make chicken kebabs, shrimp kebabs, veggie kebabs, pork and beef kebabs. Always stick to using lean cuts of meat and let your kebab items marinate overnight for bold flavors without adding tons of fat, sugar and calories.

2. Replace Your Meat With Fish

While pork, red meat and chicken are typical BBQ faves, you can cut calories and fat while boning up on essential vitamins and nutrients by substituting other meats with fish. You can grill fish “steaks” or also wrap a seasoned fillet in foil and throw it on the grill.

Fish facts:

• One ounce of tilapia contains 36 calories , 1 gram of fat (no saturated fat!) and 7 grams of protein.
• One ounce of salmon contains 58 calories, 3 grams of fat (1 gram of saturated fat) and 6 grams of protein.
• One ounce of swordfish contains 43 calories, 1 gram of fat and 7 grams of protein.

3. Grill Corn, Asparagus, Eggplant, Zucchini and Other Veggies

Veggies are ideal for grilling because you can’t really over grill them and if you use a marinade they will taste delicious and keep you full while cutting down on calories and fat.

4. Gorge On Salads

We’re not talking about potato salad here. Fresh green salads are a great starter option for your BBQ to help get you full before the big feast. Try a Greek salad or something more exotic. Don’t forget you can also make a fruit salad as well.

5. Skip The Ice Cream And Have A Parfait

Mixing some fruit with some yogurt and granola is a much healthier alternative to ice cream for desert. Here are some really great low-cal and low-fat recipes to try.

6. Take The Skin Off Your Chicken

Taking the skin off chicken before you cook makes it way healthier than leaving the skin on. Don’t believe us? Take a look at the nutrition facts:

• 4 ounces of roasted chicken breast with skin contains 223 calories, 8.8 grams of fat, and 2.5 grams of saturated fat
• 4 ounces of roasted chicken breast WITHOUT skin contains 187 calories, 4 grams of fat, and 1.2 grams of saturated fat

If that’s not enough reason to go skinless then we don’t know what else is!

7. Go Vegetarian

Maybe you have some vegetarians attending your BBQ, why not go veggie with them! Veggie burgers and dogs are usually soy or gluten-based and are low in saturated fats compared to hamburger meat. Hamburgers generally contain about 7 grams of saturated fat while products like Bocca and Morningstar Farms contain 0-1 grams of saturated fat.

8. If You Love The Meat, Trim The Fat!

Not only is the fat on meat artery clogging but also can increase your risk of getting cancer. Grilling contains lots of cancer risks due to the carcinogens produced. You can lower these risks by trimming the fat from your meat. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) formation is hard to get around but more are produced when smoke is produced by fat dripping from meat onto the grill.

9. Make Your Own BBQ Sauce

Commercial BBQ sauces are loaded with sugar (most likely high fructose corn syrup). To avoid this, try making your own. Here’s 30 recipes that will have you satisfied and thanking us later for not inducing a comatose sugar high.

Now that you’ve got these tips plan a menu that’s health-conscious but still delicious to make your Labor Day spectacular!

Sources: webmd.com, epicurious.com, msnbc.msn.com, nutritiondata.self.com

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Once upon a rhyme, every rhyme had passion…direction…meaning….now a days if one line makes sense in a verse you’re in awe.  So I say we take it back all weekend!!  We’re kicking it back to when every rhyme had a reason!  So listen to hear your favorite throw back hip-hop and guess some true school hip-hop lyrics to win tickets to check out Public Enemy, live at the Hat Factory, September 10th.  So this labor day weekend while you’re grilling and trying to dodge Earl we’ll keep your backyard BBQ jumping as we bring summer to a close on this “Rhyme & Reason” Weekend on 99.3 and 105.7 KISS FM!

As reported last week, Ne-Yo and Beyonce have been working together in the studio on her upcoming album. The two have put their differences, regarding “Irreplaceable’ writing credits, aside and have decided to collaborate once again. In an interview with AJC, Ne-Yo gave details as to how the relationship was going:

So how is this new collaboration with Beyonce coming?
Ne-Yo: (After a good chuckle) It’s coming along nicely. I can’t speak too much on it, but it’s another direction for her, and she’s carving out her own niche. In a minute nobody will be in Beyonce’s lane. They really can’t get in her lane now, but they really can’t get in her lane after this album.

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Acording to one of Kenyon’s buddies:

“Kenyon and Kelly have gone on a few dates, and are taking things slow . . . They want to see how things go before they officially come out to the [public].”

I just can’t see these two as a couple.  What do you think?

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