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Fashion Week may be over, but Alisha Crutchfield is just getting started. While it’s rare and wonderful that a woman fresh out of her 20’s would be the founder of a premiere imaging firm, Alisha’s blazed a stylish trail. Everybody could be doing this, right? Maybe, but they’re not. Crutchfield completed a marketing degree from […]

I had to literally rewind my tivo during the 84th Annual Academy Awards to confirm Billy Crystal’s offensive joke about black women in Hollywood. Post Octavia Spencer’s Supporting Actress win for The Help, the Oscar host returned from commercial break: “I loved that movie (The Help)…when I saw it, I wanted to hug the first black woman that I […]

News

As of now, Whitney Houston’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey, has no public memorial planned for the fallen singer / actress. Original reports stated a public memorial would take place at the Prudential Center – an 18,000 seat venue that would have been more than befitting for a celebration of a native daughter. Instead, Houston fans have […]

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I remember watching Whitney Houston videos as a kid. I thought she was so beautiful, her caramel skin and superior vocals proving a stark contrast to the typical pop stars of the day. Alongside Madonna and Michael Jackson, Houston’s music was a slumber party staple in my formative years. She was absolutely the first female […]

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Dear Herman Cain, I write this letter with all due respect and with the utmost concern about your recent comments on African Americans in these United States. You have expressed your beliefs that “people sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse not being able to achieve what they want […]

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My mom once told me, “Don’t hit unless you expect that person to hit you back.” This very basic childhood lesson has managed to elude tea party members, who are demanding that President Obama apologize for the remarks of Teamster President, Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa called on union supporters unhappy with congressional Republicans to “take these […]

In a recent interview with MTV News, Al Pacino thanked the rap community for their longtime support of Scarface – that familiar gangsta’ favorite where Tony Montana rises from humble beginnings as a Cuban refugee to a powerful cocaine lord – only to be split open by machine gun at movie’s end. The cult classic has […]

Style

“I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.” – Alexander McQueen The Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty […]

Music

Amy Winehouse was the master of Grammy’s 2008 ceremony without even being in the country. I couldn’t help but kick around the paradox of “Rehab” bringing Amy to, and simultaneously keeping her from ― the festivities. Her substance rehabilitation treatment was in direct conflict with Grammy’s 52nd annual gala, and because she had difficulty securing a […]

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Less than thirty seconds into the “Man Down” video we learned that Rihanna’s “rum pum pum pum” had nothing to do with Christmas. Critics have attacked the singer’s latest audio / visual effort for perpetuating gun violence. It could be said that art is imitating life here, as surely Rihanna (and other victims of abuse) […]