May 25, 2013

Soulja Boy’s ‘Red Bentley’ Gets Impounded by LAPD

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*Soulja Boy could be in some big trouble. The bad a** rapper got the car he once rapped about impounded by the LAPD after some incriminating videos and pictures of a car like his fleeing a hit and run were discovered. He drives a hot “Red Bentley.” According to TMZ reports, the red car collided [...]




Zeola Gaye On ‘My Brother Marvin’ – Playing LA This Weekend (Listen)

Keith Washington stars as the post Motown Marvin Gaye in My Brother Marvin

*This weekend, the curtain will rise at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles (Hollywood) for the highly anticipated stage play “My Brother Marvin.” The eagerly anticipated production was written by renown director and producer Angela Dunlap, and inspired entirely by Zeola Gaye, sister to the late music icon Marvin Gaye. Zeola once again gave another [...]




Chris Brown, R. Kelly to Perform at 2013 BET Awards; Noms Announced

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*Since Drake wanted to go ahead with his Aaliyah project, Chris Brown is jumping on the band wagon with something of his own. During a press conference at L.A.’s Icon Ultra Lounge in Los Angeles for the BET awards, the nominees were announced along with a few surprises. Tamar Braxton and Kendrick Lamar are among [...]




Chris Brown Has 99 Problems and His Neighbor is One

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*Chris Brown is an artist and he wants everyone to know it, especially his neighbors. The singer and visual artist is beefing with his neighbors. According to the Associated Press, he’s upsetting the friendly Hollywood Hills folks with his ‘scary’ wall art (see photo above). A neighborhood group said the grimacing, sharp-toothed, red-eyed goblins painted [...]




L.A. Hospital to Stop Conducting Abortions

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*In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital because of the low number of procedures done annually reports the Los Angeles Times. The decision was based on a review of clinical services performed at the facility that began [...]




The Los Angeles Urban League to Honor Larenz Tate this Friday

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*The Los Angeles Urban League of Young Professionals/LAULYP is celebrating other professionals, including actor Larenz Tate as one of the “Divine 9.” The honor will happen at its 3rd Annual To the Nines Affair. Set to take place this Friday at the Beverly Hilton, the event will be a party and a time of honor. [...]




Buffalo Wild Wings® Franchise Owners Join SoCal Efforts to Help Victims of Boston Bombing

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LOS ANGELES – Buffalo Wild Wings® franchise owners Karim Webb and Ed Barnett have announced that their Torrance and Baldwin Hills locations in Southern California will donate $1 from each chocolate fudge cake purchased between April 16 through April 23 to the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts in response to yesterday’s bombings at the [...]




Larenz Tate and Buffalo Wild Wings Franchise Owners Partner to Support Jobs for Young Black Men

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*LOS ANGELES – Actor Larenz Tate and Buffalo Wild Wings franchise owner Karim Webb share a laugh at an April 11 media roundtable. The event was hosted by the California Community Foundation (CCF) for its BLOOM program—Building a Lifetime of Opportunities and Options for Men—in Los Angeles. BLOOM is centered in South Los Angeles and [...]




L.A. Hotel Guests Used and Drank Water from Tank with Corpse In it

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*A lot of us have stayed in hotels and have had horrible experiences that range from dirty bed sheets and/or bed bugs to non-existent or thieving housekeepers. Whatever your experience has been, it’s going to be hard to top this one. British tourists Michael Baugh and his wife were staying at the Cecil Hotel in [...]




Ex-LA Cop Brian Bentley on Dorner Manifesto: ‘Not Only do I Believe it, but I Lived it’

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*Brian Bentley, 49, doesn’t agree with what Christopher Dorner — the ex-cop at center of a massive manhunt for the killings of three people—has done, but he certainly understands it. As a former LAPD officer, Bentley, who is now an author, says that a Dorner-like situation was just a matter of time. “It took longer [...]




Video: L.A. Mayoral Candidates on Christopher Dorner’s Allegations Against LAPD

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*Racism and the Los Angeles Police Department became the issue of conversation earlier Sat. Feb. 9 at a Los Angeles mayoral candidate’s forum held at Crenshaw High School. Hosted by a coalition of African-American organizations with popular television and film personality Judge Mablean Ephriam, political commentator and EURweb columnist Jasmyne Cannick asked each of the [...]




Whitney Houston’s Life to be Celebrated Before the Grammys

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*Whitney Houston’s memory still lives on a year later. The Grammy committee has decided to celebrate the life and legacy of the beloved diva, who unexpectedly passed away last year in a hotel in Beverly Hills. The event will include an hour-long special called “The Grammys Will Go On: A Death in the Family,” and [...]




Marketing in The 21st Century
 with Travis Cloyd on MoneyTV

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*Last week, Marketing and International Business Expert, Travis Cloyd, appeared on MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon. Sharing his groundbreaking perspectives on marketing in the 21st Century with 180 million viewers in seventy-five countries worldwide! To view Travis Cloyd’s informative segment on MoneyTV: CLICK MoneyTV with Donald Baillargeon is the “internationally syndicated television program all about money [...]




Frank Ocean Decides Not to Press Charges Against Chris Brown

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*Frank Ocean is letting Chris Brown off the hook, at least legally, for allegedly assaulting him last Sunday. He won’t file charges and explained that he’s going for the peace role. RELATED: Chris Brown’s Fight with Frank Ocean Could Impact His Probation “As a child I thought if someone jumped me it would result in [...]




Candlelight Vigil for Andre Lowe – South L.A. Teen Killed in Front of Hollywood Nightclub

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*LOS ANGELES, CA – Family, friends, community activists and a coalition of clergy will hold a candlelight vigil in remembrance of slain teen Andre Lowe,19, tonight, Friday, January 18 at 5:30 p.m. outside of the Empire Nightclub in Hollywood (1716 Cahuenga Boulevard). In addition to the vigil, family and friends will make a plea for [...]