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Celebs Out & About

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Hunky actor Todd Smith, aka LL Cool J, chases down a suspect on the set of NCIS Los Angeles in Venice Beach, CA yesterday.

Madonna’s 13-year-old daughter Lourdes is a Material Girl too. Lourdes was spotted out & about in London in yesterday.

(L-R) Media personality Star Jones, singer Robin Thicke and his lovely wife Paula Patton […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Awards/Accolades, Business women, Celeb Candids, Celeb Style, Education/Schools, Gay Pride, Oprah Winfrey | 25 Comments »


Morehouse Under Fire For Asking Black Men to Be Men

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Morehouse College has come under fire for instituting a no dress and pumps code for its all-male student body.
It’s a shame that a no dress code should even have to be revised to call for black men to put away their skirts, pumps and purses — or to pull their saggy jeans up. But unfortunately, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Controversy, Education/Schools, Gay Pride, Local news, Miscellaneous | 31 Comments »


Why Are 115 Girls Pregnant At Robeson High in Chicago?

Friday, October 16th, 2009

I remember when I was in high school in Miami, Florida and if a student got herself pregnant she was transferred to an alternative school for pregnant girls. We never ever saw a pregnant kid walking the halls in jr. high or high school. But we’re living in different times now.
In this article, a white […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Birth and babies, Education/Schools | 373 Comments »


Win Tickets To Attend Frank Ski’s Wine Tasting & Live Auction

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

It’s that time again for the annual Frank Ski Kids Foundation Wine Tasting & Live Auction held at Frank Ski’s opulent Sandy Springs mansion.
The anticipation for this year’s Sixth Annual Frank Ski Celebrity Wine Tasting & Live Auction on December 13, 2009 benefiting the Frank Ski Kids Foundation is overwhelming.

This event will be co-chaired by […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Charity Events, Education/Schools, Private parties, TV/radio, Upcoming events | 14 Comments »


Honor Student Beaten To Death in Chicago

Monday, September 28th, 2009

It was like a scene straight out of the classic book Lord of the Flies. But instead of British schoolboys descending into savagery and killing each other on a bucolic deserted island, we have Chicago area schoolboys beating 16-year old honor roll student Derrion Albert to death in the South Side Roseland neighborhood last Thursday […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crime, Dearly departed, Education/Schools, Law and Order, TV/radio, Video | 22 Comments »


School principal receives death threats after video of students praising Obama hits Internet

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The NY Education commissioner ordered an investigation into a video showing school children singing songs deifying Barack Obama.
B. Bernice Young Elementary School in New Jersey was put on temporary lock down yesterday after death threats were phoned to the school’s principal.
In a statement to FOXNews.com, Education Department spokeswoman Beth Auerswald said the commissioner would review […]

Posted in Barack Obama, Controversy, Education/Schools, Politics, TV/radio, Video | 11 Comments »


Teacher curses at student for using the ‘N’ word

Friday, September 25th, 2009

A teacher uses profanity to get through to a hardened streetwise thug who used the ‘N’ word in his classroom. This boy is a perfect example of a lost young man who doesn’t have a male role model at home.
I’m not saying the teacher was right, because respect goes both ways. But we […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Education/Schools, TV/radio, Video | 17 Comments »


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