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SHARPTON LEADS ‘OUTRAGE’ AGAINST VIOLENCE: Activist joins national rally effort on Nov. 23.
November 18, 2009

      *Hip-Hop activist Erica Ford, CEO and founder of Life Camp Inc., has partnered with the Rev. Al Sharpton to lead “National Day of Outrage,” a nationwide protest against violence on Nov. 23.       

       Sharpton will lead a rally in Atlanta while other gatherings are scheduled to take place in Houston; Cleveland; Philadelphia; Boston; Syracuse; Savannah; Eunice Louisiana; Greensboro, North Carolina and Los Angeles.      

       The day was

DISNEY’S BLACK PRINCESS ALREADY A HIT: Tiana outselling other Disney Princess merchandise by double digit percentages.
November 20, 2009

      *”The Princess and the Frog” merchandise is apparently flying off the shelves despite the film being weeks away from its debut in theaters.     

       Disney announced that items linked to the studio’s first black princess have already begun out-selling other Disney Princess merchandise by double digit percentages.      

       More than 45,000 Princess Tiana dolls have sold in less than a month with 17,000 selling

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Are you in desperate need of a blessing this holiday season? Have you lost your job, your home or your hope to recover from the recession?

Are you willing to share your blessings with someone who is less fortunate? Would you like to “pay it forward” this holiday season?

If you answered yes to either of those questions listen up!

Two local men, Maurice Graves and Kareem Rogers, have teamed up and pledged to

Well, it’s all over for “Oprah.” Oprah Winfrey’s production company says she’ll announce Friday that her show will end in 2011.

If you recall, earlier this month, we reported that there was speculation that she would end her daily syndicated show on broadcast TV and move to her cable network called OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). Then on Nov. 9 her camp released a statement saying that she would make an announcement

JENNIFER HUDSON TO PLAY WINNIE MANDELA: Oscar winner takes on wife of Nelson Mandela in next movie role.
November 19, 2009

     *Jennifer Hudson is set to star in a drama that casts her as the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.

       “Winnie,” based on the Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob biography “Winnie Mandela: A Life,” begins shooting May 30 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Capt Town, Transkei and Robben Island, where the future president spent 18

Janet Jackson talks openly about her brother’s death and more…

ChartWatch for November 18, 2009

 Here is something interesting. Michael Jackson has caused SoundScan to make some changes in how they report album sales. With the renewed success of Thriller and his Greatest Hits album, older catalog release will be included in the new releases. So, as the highest selling artist of 2009, Taylor Swift can see competition from people that released albums over 20 years ago like MJ, who is the second-highest selling act this year. Normally, these older

NOW AT ‘EUR THIS N THAT’: Beautiful Baby Shaniya Davis Found Dead (Video)
November 17, 2009

    *Our fingers can barely bring you this devastating news. This story is so incredibly horrible and disgusting any decent person reading this, whether a parent or not, should feel their heart stop just from reading it.

     This beautiful “angel,” as her daddy, Bradley Lockhart, referred to her, was only on this Earth five short years.

     Her