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May 20, 2011
OPINION - Are industry pressures (and perhaps personal insecurities) forcing Beyoncé to go light, bright, and damn near white?...
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May 13, 2011
OPINION - The guy who was once the definition of cool has been diminished to working with TMZ stars...
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May 6, 2011
REVIEW - 'Jumping the Broom' is in the tradition of 'The Best Man', 'Love and Basketball', 'Why Did I Get…
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May 5, 2011
OPINION - In a not-so-surprising turn of events, the latest trend in celebrity parenting drama turns famous fathers against their…
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April 28, 2011
SLIDESHOW - This is for the millions of living, breathing, and thinking people who couldn't care less about Kate Middle-whatever…
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April 26, 2011
OPINION - 'Why Did I Get Married?' was the olive branch of civility Perry offered to the upper-middle class blacks…
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April 22, 2011
REVIEW - You don't go to Madea movies for complex character driven narratives, you go for the laughs...
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April 15, 2011
OPINION - Another black sibling would give Zahara a mirror in which to see her own beauty, and even be…
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April 8, 2011
OPINION - Those who use this incident to stir up the pot of down low men fears and homophobia just…
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March 15, 2011
OPINION - VH1's current shows may not be as bad as 'Flavor of Love' but they haven't progressed much beyond…
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March 11, 2011
OPINION - Targeting black people to stop wearing fur makes sense for PETA, but the question is: will it work?...
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March 9, 2011
OPINION - It feels like a marketing gimmick that only a middle-aged, out-of-touch white man could dream up: Magnum condoms…
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March 3, 2011
OPINION - If Kim is in fact exploring a music career, this song has "no" written all over it, and…
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March 2, 2011
OPINION - It appears that when it comes to her body, Jennifer has yet to find that magic number to…
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February 16, 2011
OPINION - There is a level of exotic voyeurism that goes into touching a black person's hair...
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February 14, 2011
OPINION - Hopefully Spalding's win will encourage execs to take risks and promote artists who have talent, not just star…
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February 8, 2011
OPINION - This time she's taking notes from Madonna and Janet Jackson's book of success -- sing about some sexual…
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February 3, 2011
OPINION - A bad break up just makes her human, not abnormal...
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January 27, 2011
OPINION - Kudos to the Smiths for supporting their kids, but at what point does a parent's enthusiasm for their…
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January 24, 2011
OPINION - Oprah has made an art of making her past personal life public, all while still maintaining a firm…