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NEW YORK – Dr. Melody T. Mcleod was a guest on CNN Headline News and criticized the media for giving a bad impression of Black women on television. RELATED STORIES Reality TV Paints A Picture Of The “Dysfunctional Black Woman” VH-1 Tries To Go From Trashy To Classy With Black Reality Shows

Who knew you can have people banned from your shows? Well Prince had reportedly done just that after Whitney was reportedly bombarding him with ticket requests and behaving erratically at his shows. But the “Purple One” has now spoken saying his reps banned her and not him. He released a statement saying she is always […]

An actress and plus-sized model whose claim to fame was a scene in “Road Trip” passed away yesterday after undergoing a knee surgery a day earlier. Mia Amber Davis, who was once the Editor-in-Chief of Plus Sized Magazine, died of yet to be determined causes. Below is a clip of the 36-year-old actor talking about […]

If it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it’s a duck. That’s what many are saying after another woman has come out claiming that Joe Buddens physically abused her and caused her to lose her baby in a miscarriage. Video vixen Esther Baxter claims that the rapper punched her and she leaked […]

NEW YORK-Viacom cable networks BET and MTV have banned rapper, The Game’s “Red Nation” video featuring Lil Wayne due to the graphic depiction of gang colors, and connection to the “Bloods” street gang according to WENN. Both The Game, real name Jayceon Taylor and Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter have a long history of […]

NEW YORK– Actor Clifton Powell went on a tirade about Spike Lee, admitting he didn’t like the director over his treatment of black actors, called him a punk, and said he would “whoop his a**”, while a guest on the Russ Parr Morning Show.

NEW YORK- Master P’s son Romeo Miller was shocked after he was voted off “Dancing With the Stars” last night– apparently the judges weren’t “Bout it bout it” as his father would say. On Monday night, he and his partner, Chelsie Hightower, danced the tango and the salsa, and the judges cited them for having […]

NEW YORK- Stanley Wright, 62,  jazz musician and dad of Hollywood “Blade” actress N’Bushe Wright was found dead yesterday, stuffed in a trunk in his Brooklyn basement, cops said.

CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey’s interview with author James Frey will stretch over two episodes during the final full week of her talk show. The shows will air May 16 and 17, more than five years after Winfrey accused Frey on live television of lying in one of his books. During a short promotional clip on […]

NORTH CAROLINA — A prosecutor in North Carolina is dropping charges against six men in a shootout at a store where rapper Waka Flocka Flame had been talking with fans. The Charlotte Observer reports that one man was injured in the shooting Feb. 16 at a car stereo shop. A spokesman for the rapper said […]

LOS ANGELES – A source close to Bobby Brown is claiming that Whitney Houston is struggling with an addiction with crack cocaine and fears she might not pull through, according to Radar Online. “Whitney is doing crack again,” the source said about the 47-year-old Houston, the singer of top 1990s hits like I’ll Always Love […]

LOS ANGELES– Will Smith is being sought to play a slave for Quentin Tarantino’s new screenplay “Django Unchained”.