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Add Janet Jackson’s name to the list of Jackson family members upset by Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the kids of their late brother, Michael. Even though Janet has appeared on “Oprah” several times, she didn’t think the kids should have done it,” says an insider. Jackson’s handlers did not respond to requests for comment. Her […]
From the AJC.com: The four teens accused in the beating death of Bobby Tillman all say they’re innocent, and a couple sent condolences to his family in a jailhouse interview. Three of the suspects — Tracen Lamar Franklin, 19, Horace Damon Coleman, 19, and Emmanuel Benjamin Boykins, 18 — spoke to Channel 2 Action News […]
Grammy Award-winning gospel and R&B singer BeBe Winans is praising a new medium – Sirius Radio. Winans is using his pipes as host of “The BeBe Experience,” a weekly show on Praise, SIRIUS channel 68 and XM channel 33. So what will listeners experience on Winans’ new radio gig? Besides his favorite current and classic […]
Mariah Carey’s new Christmas album, ‘Merry Christmas II You’, is set to debut at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 56,537 units sold. This will mark her 16th Top 10 debut. Only Barbra Streisand and Madonna have more top 10 premieres. Barbra has 30, Madonna 19. Carey’s first Holiday album, ‘Merry Christmas’, was released in […]
In his first news conference after his midterm losses, President Obama reminded his audience that the important battle for the U.S. is remaining on top of global competition. If he’s looking for a model, he need look no further than Spelman College in Atlanta — the private, independent, historically black school for women — and […]
President Barack Obama’s three-day India visit which concluded Monday boosted viewership for both English and Hindi news channels in the country. The non-stop coverage of President Obama and wife Michelle’s first state visit to India had been building up days before his arrival in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon. While in Mumbai at the Holy Name […]
From the AJC.com: Bobby Tillman’s heart was punctured as he was stomped to death by four teens at a Douglasville party early Sunday morning, the Douglas County coroner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “What killed him was that he had a lacerated heart,” Randy Daniel said. “The injury is consistent with a bone being broken and […]
Janet Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Janelle Monae, Beverly Johnson and more attended Glamour’s Women Of The Year 2010 ceremony at Carnegie Hall last night (November 8). Janet looked absolutely stunning in all black with her hair short and slicked to the sides. She seemed to be glowing during the arrivals. See the photos below: “For Colored […]
From the AJC.com: Responding on Monday to four lawsuits alleging that Bishop Eddie Long coerced young men into sexual relations, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church acknowledged that the accusers accompanied the pastor on trips but said it could not confirm or deny whether anything inappropriate took place. The LongFellows Youth Academy, the church’s mentoring program […]
Michael Jackson’s father Joe Jackson finally opened up to Oprah about reports of “whippings” he served up to prevent his nine kids from “going bad.” Joe Jackson has often denied his most famous son’s allegations of beatings and whippings and he attempted to avoid the subject completely when Oprah Winfrey asked him to be honest […]
Angela Burt-Murray, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, exited stage left today, resigning from her post after a five-year-run. Apparently, Burt-Murray summoned her editors late this afternoon and made the big announcement that she was moving to Atlanta with her family. Insiders say Burt-Murray had actually laid the groundwork for her resignation last July and wanted to […]
There are simple arguments for why so many black women have children without marriage. The legacy of segregation, the logic goes, means blacks are more likely to attend inferior schools. This creates a high proportion of blacks unprepared to compete for jobs in today’s economy, where middle-class industrial work for unskilled laborers has largely disappeared. […]