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From Gawker.com: Retired-model-turned-Oprah-wannabe Tyra Banks is writing her first novel, Modelland. It will be part of a trilogy, since Random House signed her to a three-book deal. Oh, goodie! The details sound scary and fierce, like Tyra in a jumpsuit. The book takes place in a make-believe world called Modelland, “where ‘Intoxibellas’ are trained. Intoxibellas […]
NEW YORK – Smokey Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brownwere among the music legends being honored on the Apollo Theater’s new Walk of Fame in New York City.
From NYDailyNews.com: There was a new police camera high above 45th St. and Seventh on Sunday, southwest corner, a few yards from where Faisal Shahzad, who clearly did not graduate first in his class at bomb school, had left the Nissan Pathfinder a week ago, waiting for it to go off. The camera was at […]
From the NY Times: Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan.
From BlackVoices.com: Terrence Howard has been tapped to play opposite Jennifer Hudson as South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela in the movie titled ‘‘Winnie.’
Jon Stewart from The Daily Show had some fun with our very own Roland Martin this week. We all know Roland’s a fashion trendsetter but who knew his ascot could be so amusing?
From S2SMagazine.com: Steve Harvey held a black-tie affair last night in New York to support young men.
