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*As the Supreme Court is deciding the fate of same sex marriage federal marriage benefits and state marriage recognition, a discovery has been made that dates the issue of same sex marriage as far back as the 70s. The Queer Museum features a photo from circa 1970 of two African American women posed together in [...]
*Fantasia Barrino is ranting against Jet magazine over her March 2013 cover, which she says uses an old photo of her instead of new pics that she sent the magazine specifically for the occasion. Tasia took to her Instagram account to complain: Her caption with this photo read: “This saddens Me!!! It is clear that [...]
*The newsrooms throughout America make it necessary for various African American online, print, and radio news outlets like the Electronic Urban Report (EUR), The Root, The Grio, the Chicago Defender, the Afro American, Michael Baisden’s show, Tom Joyner, and many others to exist. The diversity that is necessary to tell the stories of the nation’s [...]
*Jet Magazine made a bold statement in its recent issue under the weddings section, where it features its first black male couple. Both well established men doing the dang thang are now the talk of the magazine. Ravi Perry, an assistant professor of political science at Mississippi State University, and Paris Prince, a licensed real estate broker and [...]
*It’s sometimes quite surprising that in 2012, peeking into 2013, that racial inequality is still an issue in Hollywood. Taraji P. Henson graces the latest cover of JET magazine with her classy look and welcoming smile. But on the inside, she gets raw about the constant struggle for actors of color to be treated fairly. [...]
*It must be time for the Braxtons to come back on the scene. Could that be the reason for Toni Braxton on the cover of this week’s Jet Magazine? Why of course, the answer is yes. Speaking of Madame Toni, inside the issue, she dishes on her decision to dismiss her brother-in-law as her manager, [...]
*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 [...]
*The latest issue of the venerable Jet magazine is out and it’s adorned by Producer/Manager Vince Herbert and his lovely wifey, Tamar Braxton. If you don’t have a copy, here’s some of what the twosome is talking about. Vince on their relationship: “We have fun, which is what a relationship is all about. Tamar is [...]
*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 [...]
*Raven Symone keeps it real, just in case you didn’t know already. She told Jet magazine that she’s tired of needy men, those high-maintenance guys that want a mama. “I’m tired of being a mother,” she explained. “I’m not a real mother, but you know what I mean. I don’t want to always have to [...]
*The new Jet magazine is out and now we know what Kandi Burress did with that new do she’s sportin’. And why is she the Jet cover girl? To talk about her new CD “Kandi Koated” and, of course, the real deal on “Housewives.”
*Though she still didn’t address whether or not she recently underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer (as some reports claim), Aretha Franklin talked to JET about her health troubles. “I am not going to even deal with that,” the singer said when asked about whether or not she has pancreatic cancer. “I don’t have to talk [...]
*Soul icon Aretha Franklin tells Jet magazine that she will soon reveal the details behind her recent surgery at a Detroit hospital. Franklin told the magazine that friends know she is “a lot more than the girl in the pink Cadillac on the Freeway of Love who also sings about Respect” and that they have [...]
*Jet Magazine’s Miki Turner spent the entire weekend embedded with “Precious” star Mo’Nique as she prepared for Sunday’s crowning glory at the Academy Awards. The comedian was filmed and photographed from her Saturday morning jog with friend Kym Whitley, through backstage at the Oscars, where she took over the press room and called on the journalists she wanted [...]
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Don Cheadle Does a Take 2 on His Obama ‘Gangsta’ Comment
*Social media networking is getting too many people in trouble, including award-winning actor Don Cheadle. After he told Jet Magazine (and posted by Bossip) that he doesn’t think the president has been ‘gangsta’ enough, his comments sent the blogosphere to a whole ‘nother level. RELATED: Showtime Orders Don Cheadle Comedy ‘House of Lies’ So of [...]