Via: NewsOne.com // From Newsweek: When did everybody start hating on Black History Month? I have yet to find a person, black or white or anything else, looking forward to the February festivities. At one point, when speaking to a well-known black intellectual about participating in a video NEWSWEEK is putting together, I was stunned […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // Miss Jackson is covering Wonderland magazine this month and next (March). The photo shoot was helmed by Aitken Jolly with styling by Anthony Unwin. In the story, Jackson tells of her respect and adoration for Alicia Keys, speaks on her upcoming memoir and dishes on the follow up to “Why Did I […]
Twitter has taken the world by storm, and all of the hottest celebrities are using it. Check out our list of the hottest African Americans to follow on twitter.
Morgan Freeman has some very strong opinions on Black History month, and made them very clear in his interview with 60 Minutes. Check out the video below:
As we celebrate Black History Month, we will pay tribute to some outstanding african americans of our time. In this installment we take a look at some of the wealthiest african americans:
Via: NewsOne.com // From USA Today Next month, Bob Dylan, who is still cranking out great songs, performs at the White House as part of a music series sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama. The theme of the Feb. 10 concert is very personal for both Obamas: “A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // Nine-time GRAMMY® winner Mary J. Blige and world-renowned pop tenor Andrea Bocelli will join forces and perform live together in a special fund-raising segment for Haiti relief on the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. This once-in-a-lifetime performance (audio and video) of the Simon & Garfunkel classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” will be made […]
Via: NewsOne.com // NEW YORK — Madame Tussauds’ in New York has unveiled a wax figure of Michelle Obama in a one-shouldered white gown inspired by the one she wore to the inaugural ball. The first lady’s likeness joined a wax tuxedo-clad President Barack Obama on Tuesday. His figure was unveiled at the museum last […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From HuffingtonPost.com: Two days before President Obama’s State of the Union speech, the president sat down with ABC’s Diane Sawyer for a lengthy and ranging conversation on health care, the economy, and whether “one term is enough.” “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” Obama told […]
Via: NewsOne.com // From The Chicago Sun-Times Robert “Squirrel” Lester was a troubadour of slow dances and long kisses whose fans told him he was partly responsible for the births of their children. The silky-voiced singer with the internationally renowned Chicago vocal group the Chi-Lites died Thursday of cancer at Roseland Hospital. He was 67. […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // Whether Oprah likes it or not, her unauthorized biography,”Oprah,” is coming to shelves this April. According to cnn.com, Kitty Kelley, biographer of the rich and famous, is getting ready to release an unauthorized biography on talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. The 544-page book, “Oprah: A Biography,” will be released on April 13, […]
Via: HelloBeautiful.com // I am one of the biggest Prince fans EVER, but I have to say this may well be the worst song of his career. The purple wonder just released a new song about his hometown Minnesota Vikings after going to see them play against the Dallas Cowboys last week. “I saw the […]