Tameka Raymond appears at the “Takers” premiere after party. (Photo: Getty Images) National TV and radio journalist Jacque Reid’s syndicated weekly news feature “Inside Her Story” examines the lives, loves and lessons learned by women in entertainment on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. This week, Reid spoke with Tameka Raymond, the ex-wife and former manager […]
As if throwing up mid-performance during a show in Portugal wasn’t enough, Rihanna also met her match while there when she encountered a racist man at a hotel. She tweeted about the unfortunate incident in her usual vulgar way: “I just met the most racist c**t EVER!!! This man said the craziest sh*t abt black […]
Actor Alec Baldwin issued an apology Wednesday to fellow passengers on an American Airlines flight that was delayed by his refusal to stop playing a cellphone game. The “30 Rock” actor’s note, posted to the Huffington Post, didn’t apologize to the airline or the flight attendant involved in the Tuesday incident. Instead, Baldwin said he’s […]
Contrary to a flood of tweets overnight, Ruby Dee is very much alive. Jeffrey Leavitt, representative for the 87-year-old actress and civil rights activist, corrected the false reports on Wednesday. Dee’s rumored death apparently resulted from confusion between her name and that of Heavy D, the popular rapper who died in Beverly Hills, Calif., on […]
R&B crooner Keith Sweat is finally back in action with a brand new album entitled “‘Til the Morning” released Tuesday, November 8th internationally and he’s already got the ladies nearly foaming at the mouth over his sexy sounds. Keith Sweat attends the 2009 BET Awards. (Photo: Getty Images) On today’s “Afternoon Work Out” with KISS […]
You’ve heard how some people get paid big bucks to tweet, well, here’s the story of someone who is going to be paying big bucks because of a tweet. Miami Heat owner Micky Arison was fined $500,000—that’s half a million dollars—on Monday for tweets he made about the NBA lockout. Arison posted a few tweets […]
Three weeks ago, actor Boris Kodjoe’s fingers got a little loose on Twitter. “Had nightmares thought about 300-pound women in thongs gnawing on chicken wings while grinding on me. Scary. Gotta Love North Carolina.” He did a quick save when his plus-sized followers asked what exactly he was trying to say. “Just to make it […]
Beyonce’s pregnancy helped Twitter break a record on Sunday when she made the announcement during the 2011 MTV VMAs, proving that we at the HB offices weren’t the only ones excited about the news. When Beyonce made her big reveal, rubbing her belly at the end of performing “Love On Top,” approximately 8,868 tweets were […]
Beyonce is pregnant. After years of wrong rumors, Bey announced that she & Jay-Z are expecting their first child in a very uncoventional way – at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Though she walked the red carpet cupping her belly, her arrival wasn’t televised, so when she finally hit the stage to perform “Love […]
A pretty low-key actor without a reputation of stirring the pot, Boris Kodjoe, caused quite a disturbance on Twitter when he challenged obese Black women to get their acts together. With his over 77,000 followers, who are mostly women, Kodjoe wrote: “Like a baby. Had nightmares though about 300 pound women in thongs gnawing on […]
Singer Johnny Gill is being sued for defamation over remarks he made on Twitter about the CEO of his record label. The former New Edition singer commented on the lawsuit and defended his comments, citing “freedom of speech.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday, August 11, in L.A. County Superior Court, claims that Gill defamed producer/executive Ira […]
Richmond area school systems are reviewing ways to add guidelines for social media to their policies manuals, according to the Associated Press. Communicating via Facebook status updates and Twitter feeds is as common today as email was a generation ago, but none of the Richmond area’s four largest school systems has a specific policy outlining […]