May 22, 2013

Report: Tia Norfleet ‘First African American Woman Nascar Driver’ a Fake

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*It turns out Tia Norfleet, the 20-year-old race car beauty who sold us on the idea that she was “the first African American woman to race in NASCAR,” straight up lied. The truth of the matter, according to racing officials, is the only sanctioned race she entered was some low level event last year, reports [...]




Terrence Howard Talks ‘Best Man’ Sequel (‘The Best Man Holiday’)

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*Terrence Howard gives some insight on the sequel to The Best Man and warns us to break out the Kleenex! While lavishing props on the first “Best Man” movie, according to ABC News Radio, Howard goes on to say that the sequel goes to a much deeper, darker place. “I think it’s going to be [an] amazing film [...]




Ne-Yo Gets Sued By His Almost Baby Mama, Jesseca White

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*Well, this should come as no surprise to anyone. Jesseca White, a one-time flame of entertainer Ne-Yo, has gone ahead with the lawsuit she “hinted at” months ago. White says that because the singer went on VH 1 and discredited her by painting her as ”an unchaste woman who deliberately tricked him into believing he was the [...]




Marvin Gaye Story Hits the Stage…In Spite of Ish from ‘The Other Side’ (Part 2)

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*“My sister and I ran across my mother and my fathers’ journals and the things we read, we were like, ‘whoa, these are things we didn’t know,’” Zeola Gaye tells EURweb publisher Lee Bailey, as we continue with Part 2 of the illuminating interview. As the new stage play, “My Brother Marvin,” continues its trek around [...]




Marvin Gaye Story Hits the Stage … In Spite of Ish from ‘The Other Side’ (Part I)

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*On April 1, 2013 “The Prince of Soul,” Marvin Gaye, R&B music legend extraordinaire, will have been dead for nearly 30 years. The world misses him terribly… still. As her new play, My Brother, MARVIN, hits the stage, Zeola ‘Sweetsie’ Gaye, Marvin Gaye’s younger sister at 67, gives EURweb publisher Lee Bailey an earful, in [...]




Earth, Wind & Fire, Charlie Wilson and More Head to ‘Jazz in the Gardens’

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*Earth Wind & Fire, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Najee, Mary Mary and Rachelle Ferrell are lined up to take the stage for the Miami Gardens’ 8th annual two-day “Jazz in the Gardens” music festival at Sun Life Stadium in Florida. And that’s just for starters. The two day festival happens March 16 and 17, 2013 and [...]




Two Series from Tyler Perry Coming Soon to OWN

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*It’s on y’all. Tyler Perry’s OWN deal has come into clearer view. Perry will bring two scripted series’ to the powerhouse conglomerate, one a comedy, the other a drama. “The Haves and the Have Nots,” is a drama about the dynamics of the affluent Cyrer family, the impoverished family of their housekeeper, Hanna, and the obstacles [...]




Tamera Mowry-Housley Admits She’s Sensitive … and Colorblind

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*Tamera Mowry-Housley is married to a white man, Adam Housley, and they have a child together. If you have a problem with that, get over it. The new mommy tells Sister2Sister magazine that she knows she needs thicker skin, but it still hurts her when people say ignorant things about her baby and her husband. [...]




TLC Yanks ‘Starter Wives Confidential’…Off the Air… That Is.

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*Sadly, “Starter Wives Confidential” has been yanked from the TLC lineup already following a short run. The network has decided to finish out the show on the Internet. The reality show features the ex-wives and babymamas of Funkmaster Flex, Floyd Mayweather, DMX, Lamar Odom and Maino.  Monica Taylor, ex or soon-to-be ex to Funkmaster Flex, took it [...]




MSNBC Panel Concludes: Jokes the Best Way to Talk About Race (Watch)

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*MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, an African American, made a bold move when she invited a panel of guests on her Sunday show to dissect the importance of racial jokes in society. “Maybe race jokes are the place where we can actually talk about race?” Harris-Perry asked her guests; which consisted of a mixture of social [...]




NJ Politician (Charles Mainor) ‘Likes’ Big Booty Page …Out Loud! (Watch)

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*OK  look, can’t nobody say crap about what one does in the privacy of his or her own home, but once you put it on FaceBook … GAME ON, baby! That’s what Jersey City Assemblyman Charles Mainor is learning ’cause he’s getting some serious backlash over his FaceBook “like” pages: “Big Booty Freaks” and “You Got Knocked the F**k [...]




Cree Summer from ‘A Different World’ is Pregnant with 2nd Child

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*Former “A Different World” star, Cree Summer, is having a baby. The 43-year-old was recently at a gifting event at Los Angeles’ Boom Boom Room with her 21-month-old daughter, Brave, in tow. Summer, who played “Freddie” on the NBC show that ended in 1993, has been a busy animation voice-over actor. She has voiced more [...]




Michael Starrbury to Rewrite ‘Tupac’ Biopic, Afeni Shakur is Exec. Prod.

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*According to Deadline.com screenwriter Michael Starrbury has been brought onboard by Morgan Creek Productions to rewrite the biopic on the iconic late rapper, Tupac Shakur. The film was originally penned by Steve Bagatourian, Stephen Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson. The rapper’s mother, Afeni Shakur, is set to executive producer; alongside producers James Robinson, David Robinson, and [...]




Rae Jones Selected 26th District ‘SHeroe’

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 *Los Angeles, CA  -  Great Beginnings for Black Babies Executive Director Rae Jones has been selected as one of the 2013 26th District SHeroes by Senator Curren D. Price, Jr.  Serving at the helm of  GBBB, Los Angeles’ premier nonprofit organization dedicated to the healthy development and growth of African American babies and their families [...]




Chief Keef Accused of Getting Middle Schooler Pregnant

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*Uh boy, please tell us it ain’t so. 17-year-old Chief Keef has been in the news quite a bit lately, but this time may truly take the cake. He allegedly got a MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRL pregnant and she is suing the rapper for child support. The girl filed the petition for child support in Chicago, [...]