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*In the February issue of Ebony magazine, cover girl Kerry Washington made a comment about her ABC megahit “Scandal” that was picked up by blogs and eventually stretched into something completely foreign to its original intent. The actress, who has campaigned for President Obama and is a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts [...]
*Rapper Talib Kweli on Monday weighed in on the Rick Rock controversy surrounding his verse on the song U.O.E.N.O. During a HuffPost Live segment hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, Kweli took issue with Ross’s contention that his line seeming to promote date rape, was simply a “misunderstanding.” “I don’t care if Rick Ross is 40 [...]
*(From AP via theGrio) – Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a memoir about his unusual childhood growing up Nazi Germany, has died. He was 87. His son said Massaquoi died Saturday, on his birthday, in Florida. He had been hospitalized over the Christmas holidays. “He had quite a journey [...]
Ebony magazine is a world-class magazine that can lend its success to those that have directed the vision of one of America’s favorite magazines. The managing editor for Ebony magazine, Terry Glover, died on Christmas Eve in her Chicago home after a battle with colon cancer, according to Yahoo! News. She was suffering from the [...]
*Someone should have rethought the photo shoot for this December/ January cover of Ebony, because NeNe is not looking as sexy as they intended. The “I’m very rich” woman sits in a tub full of diamonds, smiling with a glass of champagne. It’s the money and power issue, but the message doesn’t quite get conveyed [...]
*Political analyst and Washington Watch host Roland Martin has been named one of “The Speaking Elite” in the October issue of Ebony Magazine. Martin specializes in politics, media, civil rights and motivational speeches. “I am truly honored to be recognized with outstanding orators such as Donna Brazile, Ed Gordon, Boyce Watkins and Nikki Giovanni,” said [...]
*Ebony/Jet founder John H. Johnson is making history once again. The U.S. Postal Service’s black heritage stamp for 2012 is honoring the deceased publisher. After moving to Chicago with his family, the visionary started Johnson Publishing Co. in 1951 with a $500 loan using his mother’s furniture as collateral. From the beginning, Johnson understood the [...]
*Finally, someone admitted why they actually voted for President Barack Obama. In an interview with Ebony Magazine, Samuel L. Jackson admitted that he was very adamant about the getting a black man into the White House in 2008. “I voted for Barack because he was black,” Jackson revealed. “‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for [...]
*Joy Behar took a moment on “The View” this morning to clarify her role in comments that caused some folks to believe Jennifer Hudson is now referring to herself as a “size zero.” Ebony Magazine, which features the slimmed-down J-Hud on its December/January cover in a ruched blue dress, asked the Oscar winner to address [...]
*Ebony has released a promo clip for its new cover featuring a nude, pregnant Nia Long. [Click here to watch.] In the cover story, Nia said a doctor’s visit left her with little hope of having children with boyfriend Ime Udoka, leaving faith as her only alternative. “I honestly asked God for this,” Long, 40, [...]
*The hiring of former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers at Johnson Publishing, mixed with other significant changes, appears to be paying off big time. It’s now being reported that the company’s Ebony and Jet publications are seeing a rise in their circulations since her stewardship — although this news comes after the announcement that [...]
*Woo hoo! It’s almost here! Jill Scott’s next album, “The Light of the Sun” is set to debut on June 21, which is a week sooner than expected. And as a preview, she’ll be performing on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno on June 17 and later on “Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel’s” outdoor concert [...]
*Jill Scott is “in a good place” after losing more than 50 lbs., she tells Ebony Magazine. The Grammy winner and mother to 2-year-old Jett shows off her new slimmer figure on the magazine’s June cover. Ebony contributor Dream Hampton sits down with Scott, who opens up about the knock-down, drag-out battle with her former fiancé, [...]
*The February edition of Essence magazine has a “black love” theme and features three different covers of couples who represent passion, purpose and power in their own distinct ways. Passion – Actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker Purpose – President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Power – Jay-Z and Beyoncé “These couples [...]
*This month, “Desperate Housewives” actress Vanessa Williams graces the cover of Ebony magazine, accompanied with a saucy feature about how she passed up a $600,000 tell-all-book deal. She tells Ebony that the publisher wanted her to disclose some pretty intimate details about her first marriage to Ramon Hervey II and with former Laker Rick Fox. [...]
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