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The Bald One Is On the Cover of Vibe
by: PatriceJohnson, Your Black World
Iconic Amber Rose on the cover of Vibe Magazine…
She is one bad, bald headed beauty!!! Amber Rose takes on Vibe Magazine and dishes about all of the rumors and speculation. She clears up everything from Kanye West to Reggie Bush, being an Icon and dating Wiz Khalifa.
She has said that she is in a new space now, she loves her life and she is happy about the position that she is in. From stripping to dating one of the biggest rappers in the world. Amber has made her own name for herself and long after she is gone her legacy will live on as the only woman that can rock a bald head and still look good.
Tyler Perry Speaks on Spike Lee…..Again
Your Black World Reports
Tyler Perry keeps answering questions about Spike Lee, who has been critical of his films as of late. After his latest film, “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” Perry had this to say about Spike:
Prepare Your Fried Chicken Bucket: Flav’s New Restaurant is Official
Your Black World reports
Flava Flav’s new restaurant is now open for business. Flavor Flav’s House Of Flavor is ready for customers. I’m not sure if this means we should jump for joy or run for cover.
Given that there are also reports that Flav has been bouncing checks to his employees, one is left wondering just how long his business is going to last.
Happy Birthday Oprah!!!!
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Mo’Nique Shaves Hairy Legs
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Your Black News – 1/18/11
Andrae Crouch: Gospel Great Readying New Music & Film Documentary
10:00 AMJan 18
Source: BV Buzz
Grammy-winning gospel legend Andrae Crouch is readying a new CD and has a documentary in the works. During a private luncheon at The Palm restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, the 68-year-old music great confessed that he had not intended to record … Read More
Anthony Mackie: Poised to Be Hollywood’s Next Black Leading Man
5:55 AMJan 18
Source: BV on Movies
Coming out next month is the sci-fi thriller ‘The Adjustment Bureau,’ which stars Matt Damon, Emily Blount and Anthony Mackie. Loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story, Damon plays David Norris, a smooth-talking congressman whose political …Read More
NeNe Leakes: Is She Leaving ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta?’
2:15 AMJan 18
Source: BV Buzz
Is ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star NeNe Leakes planning to leave the hit Bravo reality show? According to her recent interview with Zap2it.com, the 42-year-old reality TV star is uncertain about her future with the franchise. "I’m not really … Read More
Martin Luther King Facebook Page Vandalized with Disturbing Racist Images
11:11 PMJan 17
Source: BV Black Spin
A Facebook page that appears to be run by the Martin Luther King Center has been vandalized by individuals or a group of people who are determined to populate the page with disturbing racial imagery. Images using the N-word are displayed all over the … Read More
Stars Align to Celebrate Greatness at 2011 ‘BET Honors’
9:09 PMJan 17
Source: BV Newswire
"All of my moments are black history moments," the always stoic Cicely Tyson told BlackVoices.com during the fourth annual ‘BET Honors,’ which were held at Washington, D.C.’s historic Warner Theater on Jan. 15. "Every single one of them," the … Read More
20 Questions With Actor Pooch Hall
5:05 PMJan 17
Source: BV Newswire
Fans of ‘The Game’ might have grown up seeing Tia Mowry-Hardrict alongside her twin Tamera on ‘Sister, Sister’ or have enjoyed Wendy Raquel Robinson as the feisty Principal Regina Grier on ‘The Steve Harvey Show before they were cast in the dramedy, … Read More
Dr. Martin Luther King and the Dangers of ‘Hero Worship’
11:53 AMJan 17
Source: BV Black Spin
When I was a little boy, my mother used to make me put on a suit and recite the "I have a dream" speech in her bedroom. She even had me wear a burnt cross necklace around my neck to emulate Dr. King. It was an uncomfortable process for me, but I’m … Read More
Golden Globes Red Carpet Recap
9:00 AMJan 17
Source: BV on Style
The 68th annual Golden Globes aired last night, and while many tuned in to see who took home an award, we all knew the best part of the show would be the fashion. It was unusally hot in LA last night, but our favorite stars of film, TV and music were …Read More
Your Black News – 1/12/11
Company Attacks Palin, Says Obama Should Not Speak to O’Reilly
1:14 AMJan 12
Source: BV Black Spin
Credo Mobile is a wireless company that has no problem engaging in the political issues of the day. The company recently deviated from typical corporate tradition by putting out a petition against Sarah Palin’s use of bulls eye crosshairs to ID … Read More
Haiti is Still (Bad) News 1 Year After the Quake
12:08 AMJan 12
Source: BV Black Spin
Like many things in Haiti, one can find a positive note in the past year since the big earthquake – you just have to look real hard. For example, many who care about the island-nation feared the Haitian rebuilding story would swiftly slide off the … Read More
Check Out New ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Trailer With Ne-Yo, Cory Hardrict
11:24 PMJan 11
Source: BV on Movies
Columbia Pictures released a new trailer to director Jonathan Liebesman’s ‘Battle: Los Angeles,’ starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, Cory Hardrict and Michael Peña. For years, there have been …Read More
Tia Mowry Pregnant!
10:10 PMJan 11
Source: BV on Love
‘The Game’ actress Tia Mowry is pregnant with her first child, US Magazine reports. … Read More
Coby Bell Talks About ‘The Game’ Getting a ‘Second Shot’
7:34 PMJan 11
Source: BV Newswire
For Coby Bell, rumors that the sitcom ‘The Game’ would find a new network after the CW gave it the ax in 2008 weren’t enough to keep him from holding out on working. The actor who plays the hunky Jason Pitts on the Mara Brock-Akil-helmed dramedy — … Read More
Jay-Z Joins Family-Owned Chicken Wings Business
7:07 PMJan 11
Source: BV Newswire
What more could Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter add to his vast portfolio of investments? How about venturing into the fried chicken business? That’s right, the 41-year-old Brooklyn native has returned to his stomping grounds to team up alongside his mother, …Read More
CAPTION THIS: ‘Precious’ Actress Gabourey Sidibe At New Jersey Nets Game
5:23 PMJan 11
Source: BV Newswire
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Arraigned
5:00 PMJan 11
Source: BV Black Spin
Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end of Detroit’s relationship with former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick was arraigned on charges of running a criminal enterprise that used his positions of public trust to rig contracts. Kilpatrick, … Read More
Michelle Obama Gets into it with PETA
No strangers to controversy, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is up to its old tricks again. This time they’ve raised eyebrows by using an image of Michelle Obama in an anti-fur advertisement without her permission. The White House is not pleased, to say the least.
The ad in question features the image of the first lady alongside the images of Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, and Carrie Underwood underneath the slogan, "Fur-free and fabulous!" The ads, which PETA says features "a bevy of the smartest, most stylish, and most influential women in America," are being plastered all over the Washington D.C. Metro mass transit system, in addition to appearing in various magazines and websites.
While Winfrey, Banks and Underwood are all on record as publicly endorsing PETA’s anti-fur efforts, first lady Michelle Obama cannot endorse special interest groups such as PETA. Thus, the White House is mildly perturbed by the use of the first lady’s image in the campaign
Your News: Gilbert Arenas is in Serious Trouble
The investigation of Gilbert Arenas and the guns he brought to the Verizon Center took a more serious turn Friday amid a report that the Wizards guard and teammate Javaris Crittenton allegedly drew on each other during a locker-room argument over a gambling debt.
Arenas responded with a flurry of messages on Twitter, at times making light of the news but also making one tweet that read somewhat like a denial: "I understand this is serious..but if u ever met me you know i dont do serious things im a goof ball this story today dont sound goofy to me."
The NBA and the Wizards would only confirm that an investigation is taking place — and it’s being led by law enforcement, not the league. The capital has some of the most strict gun laws in the nation.
The Wizards and Arenas both have acknowledged that Arenas kept guns in his locker. Arenas has said he took his unloaded guns to the Verizon Center because he didn’t want them in his house after the birth of his latest child.
Black News: The Secret Rules of Athlete Mistresses
The woman who killed former NFL MVP Steve McNair made a fatal mistake when she got involved with him, according to athletes’ groupies—she fell in love.
As soon as I heard Steve McNair got offed by his mistress, Saleh Kazemi, I couldn’t help but wonder: Jeez, didn’t this girl know the rules? Among pro athletes and those who love them, Groupie Rules are so entrenched that legions of spandexed women manage to abide by them on a regular basis and no one ever gets killed. In fact, if you look at the statistics—as CNN solemnly reported in the wake of the McNair murder-suicide, “80 to 90 percent” of pro athletes cheat (presumably the other 10 to 20 percent are recovering from groin injuries)—and factor in the jealousy and money involved, you might be amazed no one ever got murder-suicided before. But as with any evolved society, there’s a reason for that: there are rules. And as I discovered during an extended visit into their world, the good groupies know them.
Rule # 1: You do not fall in love. EVER. Unless you are Eva Longoria. And even then….
News: Chris Henry Dead
Cincinnati Bengals’ wide receiver Chris Henry died in a Charlotte, N.C., hospital this morning, after falling out the back of a pickup truck on Wednesday.
According to police, a dispute between Henry and his fiancé occurred at his home around noon on Wednesday. The dispute then moved outside with Henry’s fiancé driving away in a truck and Henry jumping in the back of the truck. Somehow, Henry fell out of the back of the truck and was found on the side of the road "suffering from life-threatening injuries," according to police.
As Henry battled for his life on Wednesday, agent Andy Simms said:
We ask everyone to pray for Chris. We also ask that you respect the privacy of Chris’ family. Chris is indeed battling for his life tonight, and our thoughts and prayers [are]with him during this extremely difficult time.
Black News: Remember Lisa Nicole Carson?
Finally out on DVD is the first season of ‘Ally McBeal,’ which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002. The series starred Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in a fictional Boston law firm with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic.
Among the supporting cast were Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol,Vonda Shepard, and Lisa Nicole Carson.
Carson was a rising starlet in the mid-’90s, appearing in ‘Jason’s Lyric,’ ‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ and ‘Love Jones’ before settling in on two highly successful television shows.
The Brooklyn native played Ally’s friend and fellow defense attorney Renée Raddick from 1997 to 2002 (seasons 1–4) and made a guest appearance in the series finale. She also played Carla Reece, the on-again-off-again girlfriend of Eriq La Salle‘s Dr. Peter Benton, in NBC’s ‘ER’ between 1996 and 2001.
Black News: Did Serena Really Threaten to Kill the Lines Judge?
Rain gave way to bedlam tonight at the U.S. Open.
Defending champion Serena Williams was charged with a point penalty on match point after yelling at a line judge for a calling a foot fault on her previous serve. The ruling gave Kim Clijsters a 6-4, 7-5 victory in their semifinal match, which had been delayed 32 hours because of rain.
After the line judge called the foot fault with Serena serving at 5-6, 15-30 in the second set, the youngest Williams sister intimidatingly stared her down beforescreaming at the official with a jabbed finger. After a few seconds, Serena turned back around to serve, thought better of it and resumed the badgering. The chair umpire then called over the line judge to ask what Serena had said, rules officials were summoned, a brief summit occurred at the net and it was determined that Serena would be assessed a point penalty for a conduct violation. The point gave Clijsters the match.
The initial foot fault that began the fireworks was a terrible call. It was unconscionable. It cannot be made at the end of any match, let alone in the semifinals of the U.S. Open. This isn’t because a foot fault is a ridiculous call at that juncture (even though it is). It’s because it wasn’t a foot fault. The replays show that Serena’s foot was behind the line when she served. You could make the argument that it was close but not close enough to make the call.
“Hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries”
The world of athletics is reeling today after a claim that South African champion runner Caster Semenya is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries.
A Sydney newspaper claims it has a world exclusive in revealing the very private information about the sex of the 18-year-old runner.
Quoting a source closely involved with the IAAF, the Sydney Daily Telegraph said Semenya had internal testes – male sexual organs which produce testosterone and which in turn produces muscle bulk, body hair and a deep voice.
Your Black Celebrity News: Judge Puts the HAMMER down on Chris Brown!
A judge on Tuesday sentenced Chris Brown to five years’ probation and six months’ community labor for the beating of Rihanna and ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg told Brown that he could be sent to state prison if he violated any terms of his sentence, including an order to stay 100 yards away from Rihanna unless they’re attending music industry events.
A probation report prepared for Tuesday’s sentencing describes two previous violent incidents. It said the first happened about three months before the February beating while the couple was traveling in Europe; Rihanna slapped Brown during an argument, and he shoved her into a wall. In the second instance, Brown allegedly broke the front and passenger side windows on a Range Rover they were driving while visiting Barbados, Rihanna’s home country. Neither attack was reported, the probation report states.
Your Black Celebrity News: Usher Is Officially a Free Man
Singer Usher Raymond is officially back to being a bachelor.
BV Buzz has learned exclusively that the 30-year-old singer’s divorce from his wife Tameka Foster has been finalized and an agreement was reached in pre-court settlement.
The camps aren’t talking now – likely preparing to give an exclusive to a media outlet like People magazine – but I hear an official announcement should drop soon.
A rep for the singer did not answer a detailed request for comment.
Foster’s publicist refuses to issue statements to BV Buzz anymore.
"In the future please don’t bother us again for direct quotes or responses from Tameka," a one-named flack named Melody e-mailed last week.
Usher is currently in Paris, France celebrating the end to the two-year marriage.
Your Black News: Michael’s Doctor Had Major Financial Problems
AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Pool Photographer
Hmmm…maybe that’s why Dr. Conrad Murray is being so cooperative with the Los Angeles Police Department. And the Las Vegas Police Department. And the Clark County Sheriff’s Department. And the Drug Enforcement Administration.
It seems it’s not the good doctor’s first time at the rodeo.
A check of Michael Jackson‘s physician’s legal past has revealed everything from domestic violence charges (of which he was acquitted) to financial woes (which at one point included a bankruptcy filing) to his latest headache (you know, other than that whole target-of-a-manslaughter-investigation thing), the possibility that his Las Vegas home could soon be foreclosed upon.
Let’s hope the feds treaded lightly during yesterday’s search. Depreciation can be a real bitch.
Documents filed July 23 with the Clark County Recorder reveal that Murray could face foreclosure on his gated country club estate as soon as November. Though the timing on the filing may seem a bit like kicking Murray when he’s down, Jackson’s doctor reportedly fell more than $100,000 into debt on the home, with his last payment, of $15,000, being made in January of this year. (Which may be why Murray was so keen to stay in Jackson’s good graces and keep the $150,000-a-month salary that came with it.)
As for Murray’s less current troubles, here’s a rundown of his legal lowlights:
Kelis Says that 55k per month is not enough
just learned that R&B singer Kelis is claiming that she’s having a hard time making ends meet.
Remember how last month a judge ordered Nas to pay Kelis 55 thousand dollars a month in child and spousal support? Well apparently that’s not enough.
Because in a new court filing, We learned that Kelis is asking to have her support INCREASED … to 72,000 a month … plus another 18,000 a month in child support!!!
here’s the list of things that Kelis is asking for:
–child support totaling $17,225 a month
– spousal support totaling $72,728
– retroactive child support totaling $29,522
– retroactive spousal support totaling $281,571
Black News: Michael Vick’s Interesting Words
In his first interview since being released from federal prison and conditionally reinstated in the NFL, former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick admitted he didn’t stand up to his peers, talked about disappointing team owner Arthur Blank, and said he’d earned his fall from grace.
“I deserved to lose the $130 million,” Vick told CBS commentator James Brown during the interview that aired on the Sunday night TV news journal 60 Minutes.
“Why would a guy who was making a $130 million … on the flip side … killing dogs … he don’t deserve it.”
Just two years ago, Vick was the highest paid player in pro football, with the $130 million deal from the Falcons and endorsement contracts with Nike and Atlanta-based AirTran Airways, among others.
But he lost it all when he admitted to bankrolling and participating in an interstate dog-fighting ring.
Instead, Vick faced a 23-month prison sentence — 18 months of it served in a federal penitentiary in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas — and millions of dollars in debt.
Bobby Brown Has a Warrant Issued for His Arrest
An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint.
Norfolk Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time the singer is in Massachusetts. He failed to appear at a June 29 hearing.
Register of Probate Patrick McDermott said Friday that by June, Brown had fallen $45,000 behind in child support payments for the two teenage children he had with former girlfriend Kim Ward.
Black News: Donte Stallworth Won’t be Playing This Year
Many have felt that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth may have got off easy after killing a pedestrian while driving drunk, but the NFL aren’t so lenient. While Stallworth was sentenced to 30 days in prison and is on probation for awhile, the NFL suspended Stall worth for the entire upcoming season without pay.
"Your conduct endangered yourself and others, leading to the death of an innocent man," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a letter to Stallworth released by the league according to NFL.com. "The NFL and NFL players must live with the stain that you have placed on their reputations. As you recognized both at and following the hearing, guilt or innocence as a matter of criminal law is not the same as a violation of NFL policies."
Black news: Remember Tempestt Bledsoe? She’s going into Reality
While audiences across the nation are glued to their television sets for Bravo’s hit series ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ FOX Reality TV has decided to garner some attention of its own.
Beginning Aug. 15, former ‘Cosby Show’ and ‘A Different World’ stars Tempestt Bledsoe and Darryl M. Bell will be featured in the network’s all-new reality series, ‘Househusbands of Hollywood.’
The show will highlight husbands juggling the household duties of cooking dinner, planning parties and chauffeuring kids around Los Angeles. The men, who also have career aspirations of their own, will share stories with each other about their money-making wives.
