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*The performer was flat and off key. I expected that. Artistic standards haven’t been what they used to be for a long time. However, there’s just something plain wrong about a multi-platinum “artist” performing onstage dressed as if they’d just traipsed in from McDonald’s. Perhaps a jazz artist, country act or somebody declaring themselves post-grunge [...]
*The National Black Touring Circuit featured Kim Brockington as Zora Neale Hurston, in a one woman play written by Laurence Holder, and directed by Wynn Handman, as part of the Black History Month Play Festival which runs through February 26th, wherein shows such as “The Good Fight: A Phillip Randolph” starring Ralph McCain, was held [...]
*Black history month is often attacked as a tool of oppression because it allows black history to be ignored the rest of the year. Nothing could be further from the truth. Eliminating black history month would not create any urgency to focus on African-American interests throughout the year, nor does having black history month prevent [...]
*Like everyone else, I am going to miss Whitney Houston. I didn’t watch the funeral because I don’t enjoy being sad. Instead, I’d rather celebrate life, telling those I care about how much I love them when they are here, rather than wishing I’d told them after they are gone. The same way it makes [...]
*Hollywood – We interrupt your regularly scheduled program,to bring you an important announcement! The line-up for the 34th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival in co-operation with the L.A.Philharmonic Association,was announced at a Press Conference on the grounds of the Playboy Mansion,February 16th,2012. The eagerly anticipated announcement is welcome news for music aficionados who attend the festival [...]
*Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all. You can’t give what you don’t have. Loving yourself is key to finding and nurturing a healthy love with someone else; platonic or romantic. As I mention often, society suggests so many ways that we should live; however, it is our choice as to [...]
*The awards season is going full blast and so, too, are the celebrity gifting suites that lavish the rich and famous with bangles, bobbles, beads and more. One of the best and highly-anticipated gifting suites is the invitation-only 4th Annual Valentine Romance Oscar Style Lounge & Party, produced by Hollywood insider Doris Bergman in association [...]
*The Late Don Cornelius, whose memorial is today at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills, lifted our spirits for decades, but saddened us by taking his life before it was his time to go. Shortly after brother Don’s suicide, many of us heard stories from his son, Tony, about poor health and misery. Don suffered [...]
*In this time of government contraction, municipal services reduction and fiscal scrutiny, the nation’s largest county, Los Angeles County, is undergoing a massive revision of its general plan. The general plan represents hundreds of BILLIONS in resource allocation based on a regional and local population growth forecast that will take place over the next three [...]
*The crisis is clear. Chronic diseases are crushing healthcare. As people live longer, chronic diseases have skyrocketed, accounting for nearly 75 percent of the nation’s annual $2 trillion health expenditures, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer and stroke account [...]
*MiMi Plange presented her autumn/winter 2012 show in a private residential penthouse suite on the 58th floor at the ritzy Setai Fifth Avenue providing an unobstructed view of New York’s famed skyline; and her new line was as close to heaven as you’ll get on earth. The idyllic show, which took place during New York [...]
*In honor of Black History Month Showtime has been highlighting every Thursday and Friday black comedians. I was invited to the red carpeted premiere event for “LAFFMOBB presents Red Grant: Caught Red Handed” on Showtime. The comedy special re-airs Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 12:30 a.m. A flow of comedians associated with LAFFMOBB came through [...]
*Idris Elba may be a British native, but he is a familiar face on the small and big screen here in the U.S. Prior to his big screen scintillating success, he could be seen on TV shows such as “Soul Food” and “The Wire.” He is also known for “Obsessed,” as Beyonce’s husband; “The Gospel,” [...]
*“Hello…HeLLOOOO? This is Whitney Houston….” That antiquated Phone-Mate answering machine of mine had hosted some illustrious voices in its time, but none bigger than Whitney Houston’s. One afternoon in October of 1998 she was calling me from somewhere back east, instructed to do so by her record company for an interview in support of her [...]
*We are now in the middle of Black History Month. Some of us are also in the middle of silly arguments over whether or not the tradition of celebrating Black history during one month each year should continue. On one side of the argument are people who realize that if not for the February celebration, [...]
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