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VIA BCNN1.COM Today, a group of seven education and civil rights groups released a six-point plan for equitable and sustainable national education reform in this country. And, big surprise, the report is basically a 17-page repudiation of the Obama administration’s education reform platform. Groups including the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Urban […]
VIA NEWSONE.COM Soon after a BP wellhead exploded in the Gulf of Mexico spewing a jillion gallons in to the waters off the coast of Louisiana, the British company started the business of cleaning up the worst oil spill United States’ history. Within days, cleanup workers were spotted on beaches, wearing T-shirts with the words […]
In an historic daytime appearance, President Barack Obama will feature on Thursday’s episode of The View. The show, being filmed today, will feature the first appearance of a sitting president on The View and is bound to be a heated experience. So we want to know, if you were one of The View panelist, what […]
Comedian/actor Bruce Bruce stopped by Majic 107.5 / 97.5 earlier and spoke with Carol Blackmon about broken hearts, stand-up comedy, cleanliness, crazy relatives and going to Africa. The Atlanta-based comic also talked about his weekly Tuesday night gig across the street from Greenbriar Mall. Check it out: RELATED ARTICLES: One of The Kings Of Comedy […]
Ne-Yo’s new track “Hurt Me,” rumored to be produced by his frequent collaborators Stargate, will be featured on his upcoming concept album, Libra Scale. Ne-Yo sings about a girl hell-bent on inflicting pain on him. “What’s sad is that I deserve it all,” he sings. Also, check out his new promo shots. Ne-Yo Could Be […]
Michelle Williams poses for these stunning new promotional shots for Cancers 4 A Cause: Where Music Meets Fashion 4 A Cure.
In a Newsweek cover story titled “The Reinvention of the Reverend,” writers Allison Samuels and Jerry Adler give their perspective of ehy the “indefatigable” Sharpton still has work to do and what his evolution tells us about race and politics in Obama’s America: ——————— If the Rev. Al Sharpton didn’t exist, he would have had […]
Aretha Franklin is teaming up with PBS for a forthcoming special, titled ‘Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind. Hosted by the Queen of Soul herself, the special offers an abundance of long-lost archival material that has been recovered from film vaults across the United States, England, Germany and France yielding a massive collection of R&B and popular music […]
Halle Berry has been absent from the big screen for the last few years, but that is about to change, as she has just signed on to star in a new movie titled Shoe Addicts Anonymous.
Jazz singer Al Jarreau is in critical condition at hospital in France this morning with breathing problems after collapsing on stage the night before. The 70-year-old artist collapsed during a concert in Barcelonnette in the southeast of France, and was suffering from respiratory problems, according to multiple reports. He was rushed to the intensive care […]
Kandi was recently at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans hanging with her friend actor Malik Yoba. Kandi posed a question to Malik asking “what age does someone qualify as a cougar?”
According to the Associated Press, this fall, CBS is replacing the soap opera As the World Turns with an hour-long daily talk show with six co-hosts — all women, all mothers. Those hosting the as-yet untitled daytime show include Holly Robinson Peete (we love her!), Sharon Osbourne; Leah Remini of The King of Queens, Julie […]