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via halles: Six years ago today, iconic singer Whitney Houston passed away. In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. Houston is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, with 200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of […]
via huffingtonpost: A Change.org petition is calling on Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company to invest 25 percent of the profits for the hot new film “Black Panther” into the black community. Created by a user named Chaz Gormley, the petition’s description said that Marvel and Walt Disney Co. have “targeted the black community with their advertisements” […]
Don’t write off the roses you may receive this Valentine’s Day as unoriginal. There may be more to those roses than meets the eye – each color the romantic flower comes in, has a special meaning. According to the dedicated flower site ProFlowers.com, the following colors hold significant representation: Red – The most traditional color […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Sorry ladies, but we’ve got some bad news for ya regarding actor Idris Elba. Actually you already know what the news is since you read the headline, but here are the deets. Saturday morning in London, before a screening of “Yardie,” his directorial debut, the 45-year-old actor literally got down on bended knee and asked […]
via Newsone: When it comes to Omarosa, you never know if she is being sincere. Whether it was The Apprentice or the White House, there doesn’t appear to be a real bone in her body. Therefore, news that the reality star was hospitalized over the weekend didn’t seem to have too many people worried. According to TMZ, “Omarosa went to […]
Another one of our favorite chocolate cuties is off the market! Apparently, Idris Elba is engaged to his beautiful girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre. And how he proposed was amazing! Idris got down on one knee during a Friday night screening of his upcoming film, “Yardi” and asked her to marry him in front of everybody! Not being a […]
Boston University hockey player, Jordan Greenway is making history this Black History Month as the first Black hockey player competing for Team USA in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Go Jordan, we will be rooting for you!
Tragedy has struck what is usually a quiet area of town. Around noon a 911 call was placed and hung up in Westerville, Ohio. Police officers were dispatched to the scene just minutes after the call was placed. Officers where fired at upon arrival at the scene at Crosswind Drive. Two officers were shot and […]
via FirstLadyB: Laila Ali celebrated the release of her new cookbook, Food For Life with some of our favorite celebs earlier this week in L.A. Laila invited some of her celebrity friends out for a “Launch Luncheon” where they dined on dishes from her new cookbook. Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Major, Tina Lawson, Flex Alexander, Shanice, Joe […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Heart healer Iyanla Vanzant is back on TV for an all new season of her hit OWN show, Iyanla, Fix My Life. This season, Vanzant will work through this issues of some of your favorite controversial reality stars, along with Black women who have been victim to traumatic circumstances. ‘Love & Hip Hop’s’ Hazel E will get to […]