Tippi Shorter knows hair. Her client roster includes Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Jennifer Hudson, to name a few. Tippi’s clients may be able to spend top dollars to maintain healthy hair, but Shorter realized that the everyday woman also had a need for high-quality products at affordable prices. To fill the void in the market, […]
The smokey cat-eye. Whenever we attempt this we, more often than not, end up with smudgy raccoon eyes. So Allure asked Estée Lauder’s creative makeup director Tom Pecheux what the trick is to getting precise lines and a clean shape. Turns out you can go about it one of two ways: FILL IN THE BLANK: This […]
The Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread from New York City to other cities has finally hit Atlanta. An Occupy Atlanta event was held on Friday evening in Woodruff Park, where many protesters remain today camped out in tents. U.S. Congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis may have had something profound to say […]
Former Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that they profited from featuring his likeness in commercially sold videos without seeking his permission or offering compensation. Russell alleges that NCAA and Electronic Arts have improperly used his images in the NCAA video game. Russell’s complaint may be combined with […]
Rapper Kanye West and Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons made surprise appearances at the Occupy Wall Street protests, Monday afternoon. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons tweeted photos of himself and West, writing that the performer was “on his way to #occupywallstreet” moments before the rapper was spotted at Zuccotti Park. “I just walked @kanyewest thru the #occupywallstreet. I love […]
The Associated Press has obtained an audio recording of Troy Davis’ last words before he was put to death on September 21. After a long day of emotional goodbyes, the AP reports that Davis knelt in his prison cell and began to pray 15 minutes before he was scheduled to die. Davis’ execution for the […]
After months of failing to live up to the success of her extraordinarily popular television talk show, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is undergoing a makeover. According to Forbes, Winfrey and Discovery Communications are upping the network’s advertising push as well as featuring two of the network’s biggest stars, Winfrey herself and Rosie O’Donnell. Adding to a […]
NEW YORK-Supporters of President Barack Obama have taken a page from the right wing and started a tea party of their own. The group, “Harlem 4 Obama” staged the tea party in order to garner support for Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. The New York Daily News reports: Members of Harlem 4 Obama, which helped register […]
A 96-year-old woman who has been voting for more than 70 years, even through the Jim Crow era, said the new voting ID laws in Tennessee have made voting more of a hassle than its ever been. Dorothy Cooper spoke about the difficulties she experienced trying to vote appearing on Rev. Al Sharpton’s Politics Nation show. […]
Mathew Knowles’ Music World Music presents The Ultimate Gospel Volume 1, the first in a series of CDs that feature collections of songs from some of the nation’s most popular contemporary gospel artists. The series’ first CD features Music World Gospel artists: Brian Courtney Wilson, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Juanita Bynum, Micah Stampley, Pastor Rudy, and Michelle […]
Mel B is the new face of Jenny Craig in Australia and New Zealand. Though she only gave birth a month ago, she’s enlisted the help of the weight loss company to help her lose 33 pounds of “baby fat,” according to Daily Mail UK. At a breakfast launch in Sydney, the 36-year-old, mother of […]
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell asked if GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain regretted “sitting on the sidelines during the civil rights movement,” on his show last week. Cain rejected the notion and later would call the questions “absurd.” Cain also said during the interview that he did not participate in the civil rights movement because he […]
