Congats to 22-year-old Caressa Cameron of Fredericksburg, Virginia, who won the Miss America Crown Saturday Night. She is a student at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’re proud of you girl!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Beyonce, Madonna Add to Haiti Relief Effort
Beyonce and Madonna have been added as performers to Friday's multi-network "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, and Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and former President Bill Clinton are among the participants.
A statement released Thursday said Beyonce would perform from London, and Madonna from New York City. The list of musical performers already includes such heavyweights as Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Keith Urban.
People can start donating even before the start of the 8 p.m. EST concert via phone and text.
The two-hour telethon will be shown on all the major networks and a host of other channels. It will be broadcast from New York, London, Los Angeles and Haiti.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Black Politics: Facebook Plagued by Fake Haiti Fundraisers
Fake fundraising efforts for the Haiti disaster are spreading like wildfire on Facebook. Dozens of fan pages have been set up, urging users to join and promising a $1 donation for each member. One group this weekend attracted 1.5 million members before it was disabled.
Meanwhile, during the weekend, Facebook officials had to beat back a rumor that the firm had promised a $1 donation for every member that changed their status to include a message about Haiti.
"This status is being tracked, the owners of facebook have confirmed they will send $1 to the rescue fund for the Haiti earthquake disaster for everytime this is cut and paste as a status," read one form of the bogus claim. "You only have to leave it for a minimum of 1 hour. Lets all do our bit to help."
Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said the firm took aggressive steps to quell the rumor. It posted a note on its blog on Saturday warning about the bogus message.
"Beware of scams and hoaxes and ensure that your donations for Haiti get to the right places," the social networking company wrote on its blog. Contrary to a current meme, Facebook is not donating $1 for statuses, however we are sharing reputable resources via the "Other Pages" tab on the Global Disaster Relief on Facebook Page."
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Black Celebrity Gossip – 1/14/10
Legendary R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59
By theGrio
7:55 AM on 01/14/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Pendergrass, who had been one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years ago left him in a wheelchair, has died of colon cancer...
Eagles fan slaps a woman wearing Romo jersey
By theGrio
8:58 AM on 01/13/2010
VIDEO - Jamie Wert allegedly received a slap to the face simply for walking down the street wearing her beloved Cowboys sweatshirt on the eve of the bitter rivals' Wild Card showdown...
Usher burned by thieves: $1M in jewels, clothes stolen from star's SUV
By theGrio
2:58 PM on 01/12/2010
Atlanta police say a thief stole $1 million in jewelry, clothing and other belongings from R&B singer Usher's SUV while he shopped last month...
Dungy questions if the NFL is benching diversity
By theGrio
9:45 AM on 01/12/2010
Recent minority interviews for NFL coaching jobs in Washington and Seattle under the Rooney Rule have raised questions whether the spirit of the rule has been violated...
The NBA's top 10 ugliest moments
By Glenn Minnis
8:10 AM on 01/12/2010
SLIDESHOW - Ostracized as he may now be, Gilbert Arenas is not alone. All the harebrained moves perpetrated by the All-Star guard over the last several days that have left him squarely in the crosshairs of NBA execs...
Tiger Woods Gatorade bottles found "mislabeled"
By theGrio
12:11 PM on 01/11/2010
VIDEO - Shoppers at some Denver-area stores are finding Tiger Woods showing up on fake drink labels...
Does 'Avatar' have racist undertones?
By theGrio
9:22 AM on 01/11/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Near the end of the hit film "Avatar," the villain snarls at the hero, "How does it feel to betray your own race?" Both men are white...
Mississippi Blues Trail honors jazz vocalist
By theGrio
7:15 AM on 01/09/2010
Jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson can easily explain why the Mississippi Blues Trail would embrace jazz artists...
KFC feels global heat over Australian ad
11:28 AM on 01/08/2010
OPINION - Some black folks are upset by a controversial KFC ad that has many claiming the company is perpetuating racist stereotypes...
'Diff'rent Strokes' star Gary Coleman hospitalized
By theGrio
8:51 AM on 01/07/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Diff'rent Strokes" actor Gary Coleman is in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering what he believes was a slight seizure..
Monday, January 11, 2010
Black News: Lloyd Banks Gets Locked Up
G-Unit's Lloyd Banks is being held by police in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on assault and robbery charges after an incident involving a local promoter on Friday night. Authorities say that Banks and three others assaulted the promoter after the G-Unit member performed at Club NV in nearby Brantford late Friday night.
Sergeant Brad Finucan of the Waterloo Regional Police's Criminal Investigations branch told MTV News on Sunday (January 10) that Banks (real name: Christopher Lloyd) and three associates got into a dispute with the promoter at a local hotel over payment for performance and an appearance fee. The promoter's name was withheld by police.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
News: Tiger’s latest Chick Says He’s Gay
One of Tiger's many mistresses, Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, is penning a tell-all book about the golf ace and claims that she witnessed him in gay encounters.
PHOTOS: Sexy Pictures Of Tiger's Mistresses
RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Loredana has claimed she saw Tiger having sexual relationshipswith other men. That shocking twist is something no other mistress has claimed and there has been no proof.
But Loredana recently attempted to sell her story for $1 million and graphically described group sex that included incidents of Tiger with other men, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
Loredana says she is planning to spill all about how she and Tiger "came about, his healthy appetite for arranged sex, threesomes, girls next door, girl-girl, and an answer to all the rumors surrounding Woods' sexuality."
News:Can You say “Crazy Chick?”
Looks like Shaq’s accuser has an interesting history of chasing down NBA players and harassing them. Kenyon Martin and Delonte West have both had to call the police on Vanessa Lopez. Shaq might be her latest victim.
Michelle Obama Gets Angry at PETA
No strangers to controversy, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is up to its old tricks again. This time they've raised eyebrows by using an image of Michelle Obama in an anti-fur advertisement without her permission. The White House is not pleased, to say the least.
The ad in question features the image of the first lady alongside the images of Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, and Carrie Underwood underneath the slogan, "Fur-free and fabulous!" The ads, which PETA says features "a bevy of the smartest, most stylish, and most influential women in America," are being plastered all over the Washington D.C. Metro mass transit system, in addition to appearing in various magazines and websites.
While Winfrey, Banks and Underwood are all on record as publicly endorsing PETA's anti-fur efforts, first lady Michelle Obama cannot endorse special interest groups such as PETA. Thus, the White House is mildly perturbed by the use of the first lady's image in the campaign
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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