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*Gabby Douglas, Toni Braxton and Wendy Williams helped to kick off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York last night by walking the annual Heart Truth red dress show. Olympic gold medal gymnast Douglas blew kisses and waved to the audience as she walked down the runway in a Pamela Rowland gown. “I am so honored [...]
*Mementos from the 2012 Olympics performance of gymnast Gabrielle Douglas will be displayed in the Smithsonian Institution, the museum announced. The gold medal winner’s wrist tape, uneven-bar grips and access credentials to the London games are among the keepsakes Douglas donated to the Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, and [...]
*It looks like Gabrielle Douglas did herself a favor when she revealed her secret love for “The Vampire Diaries.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, she’ll be starring in the seventh episode of the CW drama, slated to air Nov. 29. And she actually has a role. “Diaries” actress Nina Dobrev gushed the news on Twitter [...]
*In the new October issue of Vanity Fair, 16-year-old Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas again opens up about how she was treated while training at Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] According to the article, she once left her clothes by her locker, only to return and find someone had taken [...]
*Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabrielle Douglas told Oprah Winfrey that her days at a gym in Virginia Beach were uncomfortable and that she felt bullied and isolated, a claim the gym’s owner calls hurtful and her former coach and teammates flat out deny. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Douglas and her mother, Natalie Hawkins, revealed [...]
*Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber have been stars since winning the gold; touring all over the place, including the Empire State Building and the New York Stock Exchange; invited by the president over the phone. “Were enjoying every step of the way,” said Wieber, who with Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross and Aly Raisman gave [...]
The 1968 Olympics were a watershed moment for the black protest movement United States. The image of the black glove-adorned fists of Tommie Smith and John Carlos thrust skyward on the medal stand in Mexico City has been seared into my mind’s eye since I was in the 4th grade. That is when Mr. DeBrady, [...]
*They say college isn’t for everyone, but for others an education certainly pays off. One kid in a dorm somewhere at Fordham University is attempting to capitalize on the next big thing: Gabby Douglas. A.J. Rotonde filed a trademark for “Flying Squirrel” for $325 on Aug. 6. He said he decided to make his move while [...]
*The National Enquirer is reporting that the estranged family members of gold medalist, Gabrielle Douglas, are stammering over her potential millions. After winning it big in London, the 16-year-old has already scored a spot on a Corn Flakes box and will soon be on a box of Wheaties. According to reports, she could earn more [...]
*When the cast of CW’s “Vampire Diaries” heard that 16-year-old Olympian Gabby Douglas is a die-hard fan of the show, they sprung into action to make another one of her dreams come true. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Shortly after the Virginia Beach native became the first African American and fourth American period to win [...]
*Everybody just needs to stop hatin’ on our girl Gabby Douglas. She’s really outdone herself and made history, but some folks just want to talk about her hair. Yeah, her weave ain’t all the way tight, but that’s not the focus of the girl’s accomplishments. And she agrees. She’s become the first African American woman [...]
*Gabby Douglas has been the brunt of a lot of criticism lately. It’s almost as if successful African Americans can’t be successful without a fellow brother or sister tearing them down, especially that one dude no one cares to listen to. The 16-year-old gymnast was not only heckled at for her hair, but also because [...]
*NBC slipped up again when the network aired a poorly placed ad of a monkey on gymnastics rings, right after Gabrielle Douglas’s win. The young athlete has been the topic of conversation around American dinner tables, and has become the front running inspiration for many black young women. Bob Costas also took up the charge [...]
*Gabrielle Douglas told reporters via The Associated Press, “Someone mentioned that I was the first black American (to win the all-around gold), and I said, ‘Oh yeah, I forgot about that!’ I feel so honored.” Fresh off her gold medal win in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Individual All-Around final on Day 6 of the London [...]
*Gabrielle Douglas, who on Thursday became the first African American gymnast to win the all-around event at the Olympics, helped NBC draw 35.7 million viewers, according to fast affiliate numbers. That’s up eight percent from the same night at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Already a team gold medal [...]
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