Ebony/Jet founder John H. Johnson is a history maker once again. The U.S. Postal Service’s black heritage stamp for 2012 is honoring the deceased publisher. After moving to Chicago with his family, Johnson started Johnson Publishing Co. in 1951 with a $500 loan using his mother’s furniture as collateral. The Johnson stamp joins the ranks […]

Oprah Winfrey was the latest celebrity to join Jimmy Kimmel’s seventh post-Oscar special. ABC had previously announced that Oscar host Billy Crystal would help kick off “Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards.” The show also included Meryl Streep, George Clooney and Martin Scorsese. Oprah made a rare late-night appearance at a time when her […]

The statement – “I’m addicted to ice cream” – might actually be true. There are people who say that for them, food is like a drug, and a new study suggests that high-calorie foods like ice cream can affect the brain in some of the ways drugs do. “Over consumption of these foods down regulates […]

African American women are the fastest growing population of Americans inflicted with heart disease. It is our pleasure, our duty & our honor along with Bon Secours clinicians and Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille to visit Richmond’s East End hair salons to promote heart health awareness with free screenings and on-site information about how to prevent heart […]

Kevin Frazier co-anchor of “The Insider” and contributor on the Tom Joyner Morning Show takes us behind the scenes of Oscar Week. The Oscar’s ceremony is more than just the showing on Sunday night. Kevin Frazier is the first African American male to host a daily entertainment news show on a major television network. Frazier was invited to peep on […]

It’s tight but it’s right …Beware of those joysnatchers on the loose to try and still your joy today. They didn’t create you so don’t let them undo you. Live life on purpose. Celebrate the Creator and not the hater today! This is my “Clo-ism” and I’m sticking to it.   Miss Community Clooovia

Singer Whitney Houston’s grave is under security watch to prevent robbers from stealing mementos from her coffin or even, Whitney herself, according to The UK Telegraph. Houston has a bodyguard in death just as she had in the film which included her chart topping rendition of the song, “I Will Always Love You.” Houston is […]