May 24, 2013

Kid President Sends Salute to Moms for Mother’s Day (Video)

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*Mother’s day weekend is here and all the kids from all over the world have made cards, are buying flowers with Dad, and going through their fifth speech on how they better not act up on Sunday. But in case your kid needs a little help with expressing everything they want to say to Mom, [...]




Jada Pinkett Smith Taken to Task in a Therapist’s Open Letter

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*Jada Pinkett Smith got kicked to the reality curb by a fellow mother. After the actress went on another one of her rants, this time telling step-mothers to “woman up,” another woman had to tell her something real in an open letter. Dear Ms. Smith, You don’t know me, so let me introduce myself. I’m a [...]




Jesse Jackson’s Open Letter to Christopher Dorner Urging Him to Surrender

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*Reverend Jesse Jackson has written an open letter to Christopher Dorner urging him to turn himself in to several LA community leaders. Dorner is the subject of a massive manhunt in Los Angeles’ Big Bear Lake area that has officers from multiple agencies searching through snowy mountains in 12-hour shifts. He is wanted in connection [...]




Scathing Open Letter Laments Casting and Covert Tactics for Nina Simone Film

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*Damn, some people are really upset Zoe Saldana is about to play Nina Simone. Aaron Overfield, website content manager for ninasimone.com composed a scathing open letter to the actress and the film’s director, Cynthia Mort, for the yet to be seen “disrespectful portrayal of Nina Simone.” Yikes, he’s not playing either. First of all, he [...]




Frank Ocean Writes Another Open Letter

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*It’s probably safe to say that Frank Ocean is an open book. The singer, who made waves when he revealed his bisexuality, is at it again. This time he’s sharing his not-so-secret anymore desires in an open letter. He wrote, “I wanna write a novel about twins, some type of nature versus nurture tale… I’ve [...]




Bow-Wow’s Dad in Open Letter to Rapper/Actor Son: Stop Doggin’ Me

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*The crap just keeps hittin’ the fan for Bow Wow. First he’s sued for stealing some porn star’s moves. Now, just one day after revelations and accusations surfaced accusing the rapper of being a deadbeat dad, his own dad shows up. We don’t know if Bow Wow’s dad, Alfonso Moss, is a deadbeat or not; [...]




Open Letter to Taffi Dollar About Creflo, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

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*Blogger Deborrah Cooper has written an open letter to Taffi Dollar, the wife of Creflo Dollar, in the wake of news of the pastor’s arrest for assaulting his 15-year-old daughter. In it, Cooper talks about child abuse and domestic violence in the black community and how black women always defend the pastor or any man, [...]




The Bridge: An Open Letter To The Gay Mafia — GLAAD

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*Dear GLAAD; As a heterosexual man, I’ve been a supporter of gay rights for a long time. Frankly, I believe that the rights of all are as important as the rights of any. I also believe that the sexual activities between two consenting adults is solely the business of those two consenting adults. But lately, [...]




Tyler Perry Pens Letter to 11-Year-Old Penn State Victim

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*Since becoming a household name in the entertainment industry, Tyler Perry has been quite vocal about his horrific childhood that included sexual assault and molestation. Now he  has taken the time to reach out to the 11-year old victim of the sick pedophile and former assistant coach of Penn State’s football team, Jerry Sandusky. He wrote an [...]




Open Letter to Tyler Perry – ‘Dear Tyler Perry, You Don’t Get It’

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*Morris O’Kelly, better know to EUR partisans as Mo’Kelly, has written an open letter to Tyler Perry in response to Perry’s statement on why he cast Kim Kardashian in his new film, “The Marriage Counselor.” Obviously Mo’Kelly doesn’t agree with Mr. Perry’s stance at all and is letting him and several million other readers know [...]




Rev. Al Sharpton Responds to Sharon Song Byrd

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*Dear Ms. Byrd (C/o Lee Bailey): I am in receipt of an open letter stating that it came from you. If in fact it did come from you let me say that this is the first communication we have received from you personally. In fact, the first knowledge we had of this matter at all [...]




Bow Wow Writes Open Letter: Admits that He’s a Father

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*Well, whaddaya know. Bow Wow, AKA Shad Moss, is a daddy. It had been rumored online that Bow Weezy had fathered a child, but until now he hadn’t publicly acknowledged it. On Wednesday, Bow Wow took to his blog to write an open letter to his fans, in which he reveals that he does indeed [...]




In Open Letter TV Host says Image Awards PR Firm ‘Not Negro Friendly’

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*As you know, the NAACP Image Awards were held last Friday, March 4, in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium. Unfortunately Eric Chambers (pictured), host of Jazzspel on the Word Television Network, along with numerous other black media outlets, feel they were slighted by not being invited to cover or were denied press credentials altogether. [...]




Steve Stoute Meets with Grammy Prez After Open Letter Dis

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*Nearly two weeks after marketing and music executive Steve Stoute took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to blast the Grammy Awards as a “show [that] has become a series of hypocrisies and contradictions,” he and Neil Portnow, head of the Grammys’ parent organization NARAS, issued a statement Thursday saying that they [...]




Michael Vick is Number One in Pro Bowl Balloting

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*Old school rocker Nils Lofgren isn’t gonna like this one bit, but a year and a half after being released from prison for dog fighting charges, Michael Vick is leading the vote getter for the upcoming NFL Pro Bowl. As of Wednesday morning the the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback had 729,838 fan votes, nearly 39,000 more [...]