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It’s a brand new day for Viola Davis.  The Oscar-nominated actress gives good face on the cover of this week’s L.A. Times Magazine–with a fierce ‘fro!  In the interview Davis discusses her long climb to fame and success:

“That really is our plight, especially as women of color,” she says. “You can have all the training in the world, come from a respectable background and yet never get that big opportunity that breaks you out—never.”

You can read the

Looks like Whitney Houston is reverting back to her cougar ways.  Last night the actress/singer was caught on camera by TMZ having dinner with former boy toy Ray J at Le Petit Four restaurant in West Hollywood.  After their meal, Ray J gallantly opened the passenger side door open for Whitney before driving away.

Whitney and Ray J’s May/December romance has been off and on for the past few years.  What say you readers–do you think this could be her knight

In a sit-down interview with The Grio’s Chris Witherspoon, actor Denzel Washington shared his views on the invisible ceiling black actors and directors hit when it comes to funding black films.

“Tyler Perry can make movies up to a certain budget, and then he hits a ceiling….it’s more they (Hollywood) don’t want to take a chance. Because this town, black or white, they’re just bean counters.  They’re just crunching the numbers.”

Washington,  who just wrapped up filming Flight with director Robert

Anthony Mackie unintentionally created a lingering story when he shared his thoughts about the state of Black cinema. Mackie said that Blacks have not done enough to get their stories told. Speaking with NPR, the New Orleans-bred actor said his statement was “blown completely out of proportion,” but did acknowledge that it “was a bad choice of words by me.” He did, however, echo a similar sentiment, citing the

On Monday, celebrated R&B singer Anita Baker called police to her home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan after she spotted a woman looking through her windows and heard sounds that suggested the person was trying to enter the house by way of the back door. Anita jotted down the woman’s license plate number and turned it into the authorities. After an investigation, it turns out the woman “sneaking around” was just a

Every few months, Twitter commits a murder and we are guessing it has been all of two seconds since Eddie Murphy was last “killed,” via the social network; so it was his time again.

Even rapper Joe Budden, tweeted “RIP” to the comedian!

TMZ reports that Eddie Murphy is still alive and kicking…

Eddie Murphy Ready To Pick Up The Crack

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No it’s not a useless number, there’s a meaning to it.  It’s not the amount of sleeveless hoodies Bill Belichick has worn in the last year.  It’s not the amount of women Tom Brady has dated in his lifetime.  There is all time history behind it.  It stands for the most wins of a quarterback and coach in NFL history.   The incredible number

Muhsinah is smarter than you. Well, at least your favorite singer.  The alumnus of Howard University had the beautiful audacity to name one of her recent projects Oscillations: Sine and Triangle.

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“I was in recording school and I wanted to be an engineer,” she says with a smile. “I was learning the inner workings of audio. ‘Oscillation’ is just another word for wave. There’s different kinds of waves; sine waves, triangle waves, sawtooth waves…I am

Drake had the internet going nuts over the summer with his hit, “Marvin’s Room.” the track might be the source of a big headache. The Canadian rapper is being sued by a woman named Ericka Lee. She claims she is the female voice on “Marvin’s Room” and hasn’t been compensated for her contribution. According to Lee, Drake acknowledged her part through text messages. The alleged messages read

Hip-Hop is an arena where homophobia is commonplace. There hasn’t been a rapper with wide mainstream success to come out as gay  or bisexual. It looks like the gay community might have a hip-hop representative in Azealia Banks. She has been hailed as The Next Big Thing and in a recent interview with The New York Times, Banks was quoted saying:
“Ms.

When you think about MCs from Queens,NY one of the first names that comes to mind is Nasir Jones.  His style and lyrics were cultivated in the famous Queens Bridge Housing projects and for years he as served as a proud ambassador of the Q-Boro. Nas even returned to his old stomping grounds to record is latest video, “Nasty.” However, Nas wasn’t actually born in Queens.

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In a game where superstars of each generation set and break new records every year, it gets pretty tough to be the first to do anything, but not impossible. After all, black athletes may dominate the field but the coaching staffs (and the owner’s boxes) of the NFL have always been pretty slim on African American representatives. So when the Indianapolis Colts met up with the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl

Nicki Minaj adds just the right sugar and spice to Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin.” Nicki, M.I.A and Madonna will be performing the catchy tune at this year’s Superbowl half-time show!

Watch Nicki throw up her pom poms!

Nicki Minaj Is Pretty In Pink For “Wonderland”

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Despite limited vocal ability, Rihanna has remained popular by reinventing her look. When she broke on the scene in 2005, she was rocking an island swag. Seven years later, she has taken to wearing blonde wigs. Rihanna posted pictures of her in the wig on Twitter and the virtual opinions were split. Some loved the look and others hated it, but you know the “You Da One”

Willow Smith will not be “whipping her hair back and fourth” for a while. The 11-year-old singer and dancer has shaved her head bald. The photos were posted to her Twitter account.

What do we think of the new look? Is it too mature for such a young lady?

Will & Jada Creating Reality Show

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