BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 20, 2011 — The Iconic Janet Jackson’s “Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour” has sold out across North America in record time. The 35 city tour has been making headlines due to this being Janet’s largest world tour ever. Janet is the fastest selling single artist performance ticket this year. […]
It’s official folks. NBA star Shannon Brown has confirmed his November 2010 marriage to R&B singer Monica. The celebrity couple started dating in June of last year. By October they were engaged. Monica, who was previously in a relationship with Rocko, met Shannon on the video to her song “Love All Over Me” In less […]
ABC has its first “Angel” for the upcoming “Charlie’s Angels” reboot. Annie Ilonzeh – best known for her role as “General Hospital” beauty Maya Ward — has been tapped as the first of three female leads for the new pilot, according to Deadline. The reboot – from Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and Sony Pictures TV […]
Phylicia Rashad talks about a concert she remembers seeing as a child.
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman has landed a slot on a presidentially appointed board that advises the government on historic preservation policy. President Barack Obama this week appointed Coleman to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Also appointed were Horace Henry Foxall Jr., a recent retiree from the Army Corps of Engineers; and Bradford White, a […]
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest grocer, joins first lady Michelle Obama in her fight against childhood obesity. Wal-Mart says it will reformulate thousands of products to make them healthier and push its suppliers to do the same. The company plans to reduce sodium and added sugars in some items, build stores in poor areas that don’t […]
In my circle of friends growing up, more than half of our parents were divorced or separated. By the time I reached my senior year, my parents were in the minority, as they were still together. Recently I discovered that an estimated 43-50% of marriages in this country will end up in divorce. As a […]
Chuck Brown talks about the year the DC music genre go-go caught on.
VIA FLYPAPER NEWS A movie review by A. Will Hmmmm…upon first viewing of The Green Hornet’s early trailer, I was both impressed and convinced that it would be a hilarious affair from director Michael Gondry and writer Seth Rogen. I knew immediately that comic fans would be appalled by its lack of seriousness as well […]
This Can’t Be Life…Well Not Mine Anyways. — VIA FLYPAPERNEWS Written by TCole – While channel surfing between laundry loads on Sunday night, I stumbled upon a group of well-dressed black women on the TV screen. This immediately piqued my interest; so, I stalled a bit to see what program it was. The first thing […]
Lamar Odom talks to Playboy magazine for their February 2011 issue about his relationship with Khloe Kardashian. Sure, they only got married only a month after knowing each other, but when you know, you know. They’ve been married for over a year, already. On how marrying Khloe has changed him: “Men, most of the time […]
