MISSISSIPPI – Former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick is suing SkyTel for releasing text messages he sent to his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty. These text messages, on city issued Skytel pagers, were sexually explicit and revealed that the two used city funds for their romantic trips, and planned to fire police chief Gary Brown. […]
DALLAS, Texas — Over 50 years after being one of 11 Black students to integrate the University of North Texas, Dallas mother Burlyce Logan returned to the school to earn her bachelor’s degree. NBC Dallas reports: In 1997, Logan told her husband she wanted to get her degree and she wanted it from UNT, but […]
Los Angeles has been blessed with an intimate musical display from one of the world’s premiere artists as Prince reportedly continues his staggering “21 Nite Stand” residency at the L.A. Forum. For nearly a month, other parts of the country have watched as the music legend announces random strings of live performances in support of […]
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 […]
NEW YORK – In an interview with Fox News, former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, said that President, Barack Obama made a bad decision by inviting rapper Common to a poetry reading at the White House because of a song he did about Asaata Shakur, who was accused of killing a police officer. Yahoo reports: “You […]
The voice has finally returned! This week’s In-Studio Jam on the Tom Joyner Morning Show featured R&B singer/songwriter Kelly Price performing some of her most memorable tunes plus a special live preview of the brand new album “Kelly,” which hit stores May 3rd. Listen as Kelly Price talks about the making of the album with […]
The entertainment industry’s latest update from loud mouth TV personality NeNe Leakes called into The Tom Joyner Morning Show today to discuss the outcome of her departure from the hit reality series “Celebrity Apprentice.” Of course, NeNe couldn’t come on the show and not talk about her tense relationship with former contestant Star Jones and […]
The fashion world is mourning the death of plus size model, Mia Amber Davis. Mia not only modeled but as an active blogger and actress who was featured in the movie Road trip. Mia was recently chosen as one of the Fat Community’s most beautiful icons. This message was posted to her Facebook page: “It […]
Famed TV actress Mary Tyler Moore is reportedly scheduled to have a surgical procedure soon to remove a meningioma (a benign tumor found on the lining of the brain). The veteran star, now 73, is known for her iconic role from the 1970s on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her appearance in the 60s […]
WASHINGTON D.C. – Rand Paul, the Freshman Senator, from Kentucky compared universal health care to slavery to a congressional committee on health and labor. Raw Story reports: “With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies,” the senator said. “It’s not an abstraction. I’m […]
WASHINGTON — Despite acknowledging a legacy of discrimination, the Department of Agriculture is still plagued by civil rights problems that have in the past led to unequal treatment of minorities seeking loans and other help, according to a government-commissioned report Wednesday.
