May 24, 2013

Cleveland Restaurants to Serve Charles Ramsey Free Food for Life!

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*We were so happy to learn that Charles Ramsey is still being celebrated throughout the Cleveland area. And not only is he still being honored, but food is being served. Numerous restaurants in the Cleveland area, as well as one in Pennsylvania, have banded together in a sort of  ”Free Food for Ramsey” alliance. The [...]




Pilar Sanders Previews New Tell All Book (Read Excerpts)

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*Celebrity divorces can be so nasty. We often hear more of one side, leaving the former spouse out there scrambling to rebuild their public image. Pilar Sanders isn’t about to have you out there thinking she’s a crazy b*tch without sharing her side of the story. So the model and fitness queen is giving a [...]




Heavy D’s Estate Set for Daughter Xea to Inherit

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*Late hip hop great, Heavy D, who passed away November 2011, left a decent estate. While his life and death impacted so many, one could imagine how deeply it affected his daughter, Xea Myers. According to the rapper’s family, she will inherit her father’s entire estate when she is of age. TMZ reported that there [...]




Lil Scrappy Admits to His Weed Addiction

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*Lil Scrappy has no shame. After failing a urine test, the rapper plainly admitted that he’s addicted to marijuana. According to TMZ, the court has thus subjected the man to rehab. Scrappy’s lawyer, Mawuli Mel Davis, tells TMZ that the rapper will enter a facility before the next court date in June. In March, Scrappy [...]




Stage Diva Audra McDonald on Her Broadway Takeover

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  *So how does one become a Broadway superstar? While there are countless paths to New York’s Great White Way, beginning actors all cite the same three pathways to the big stage – audition, audition, audition. “I auditioned for a lot of summer stock, and then I auditioned for ‘The Secret Garden’ on Broadway, and [...]




Cee Lo and Goodie Mob Reunite for AT&T Singing Competition

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*AT&T is partnering with Cee Lo Green and the group that birthed him, the Goodie Mob, to encourage youth, and probably sell some cell phones. According to a press release, the group will be a part of the “Elevate Young Black Voices” online talent contest and sweepstakes. Aspiring singers will have a chance to win [...]




Obama to Code Pink Heckler: ‘Why Don’t You Sit Down?’ (Watch)

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*During President Obama‘s counterterrorism policy speech at National Defense University this afternoon, Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin started shouting out demands to close Guantanamo Bay, causing the commander in chief to pause until she finished, and take a rare trip off the teleprompter. “I’m about to address it, ma’am,” Obama said as Benjamin went off [...]




Morgan Freeman Nods Off During Live Interview (Watch)

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*Press junkets can be tedious – sitting in the same room, answering the same questions from journalists via dozens upon dozens of satellite interviews, all day long, for several days in a row. You have to get a nap in whenever you can. And if you’re Morgan Freeman, that means even during the middle of [...]




RG2 Wants RG3 to Throw More, Run Less

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*Robert Griffin III’s father believes that the Washington Redskins should devise an offensive game plan that has his son passing more and running less. Robert Griffin Jr. expressed his opinions to The Washington Post on Wednesday. “I just know that based on what I know Robert can do, he doesn’t have to be a runner [...]




Foxy Brown Mad at MTO Report Claiming She Called Jay-Z a ‘Tranny Chaser’

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*Foxy Brown is one pissed off woman today! So what’s got her panties in a bunch, you ask? Ms. Brown is extremely upset over a recent report that first saw life in Media Take Out that says she went to a baby shower and started dishing about Jay-Z’s sex life to one of the guests [...]




Will Smith’s Key to Parenting: Not Looking at Kids as ‘Slaves’ or ‘Property’

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One thing you have to say about the Smith family. They keep things interesting. At least to those of us on the outside looking in. There’s a new interview out in Haute Living where Will Smith explains how he and wife Jada approach parenting. Also in the article, Mr. Smith also tells how filming “After [...]




Michelle Obama Makes the Forbes Most Powerful Women List

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*First lady Michelle Obama is no doubt one of the most influential women of our time. And Forbes agrees. In the latest issue of the magazine’s “Most Powerful Women,” the presidential wife made it at no. 4, among politicians, philanthropists, celebrities, and CEOs. The top 100 women are ranked based on money, their media presence, [...]




President Obama’s 1979 Prom Photo Surfaces

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*President Obama‘s prom photo from 1979 hit the web today, thanks to Time Magazine. Obtained from his schoolmate Kelli Allman, the pic shows the president at age 17 alongside his friend and their dates in Hawaii. Obama was sporting a white suit jacket, while his date Megan Hughes is on the right in the light [...]




Report: Jennifer Hudson Approached to Judge ‘American Idol’

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*“American Idol” is considering former contestants to fill out the vacant spots on the judging panel next season, according to a new report by Vulture. Although both Fox and the companies that produce the show have yet to comment, sources tell Vulture that Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson have both been approached, and that Adam [...]




J.Cole: Kanye West is Great, But So Am I

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*J.Cole came to play with the big boys. The artist revealed in a recent interview with Billboard that he’s so confident in his new album that he’s planning to release it the same time Kanye West releases his new joint. “Born Singer,” his sophomore album was scheduled for a July release date, but he says [...]