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*The new albums from Michael Jackson and the Black Keys are both in the running for the No. 1 slot on next week’s Billboard 200 chart. As of May 14, the Black Keys’ eighth album, “Turn Blue”, has the edge over Jackson’s “Xscape”, but not by much, Billboard reports. Industry forecasters suggest the former may […]

*The hotel where someone recorded security video appearing to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles, attacking Jay Z inside an elevator said Wednesday it had identified and fired the person, reports the AP. The Standard Hotel said the person had been let go for “breaching the security polices of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV […]

*Robin Thicke will debut a new song on Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards, and TMZ claims it was written for the purpose of getting his estranged wife, Paula Patton, to come back. In fact, the reported title of the song is “Get Her Back.” The website says it has obtained a copy of the lyrics, and […]

*I love me some Donald Sterling. There is nothing more emboldened than a racist  white man old enough to remember when black people were slaves and rich enough to not give a damn what anyone thinks about what he says. With Sterling, you get to hear firsthand  and largely  unfiltered what many white people truly […]

*(Via Journal-isms) - Dean Baquet, managing editor of the New York Times and former top editor at the Los Angeles Times, was named executive editor on Wednesday after Jill Abramson stepped down  from the New York newspaper’s top editorial job. “Baquet, 57, becomes the first African American in the job. “It is an honor to […]

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Greatness is not measured by what a man […]

*”The Fabulous Miss Marie,” an Ed Bullins’ play directed by Woodie King, Jr., is being featured at the Castillo Theatre, located at 543 West 42nd Street in Manhattan and will run until May 18th. “The Fabulous Miss Marie” stars Drama Desk Award winner Tonya Pinkins, as Miss Marie, a former show girl and Roscoe Orman […]

*In the 1980’s and 90s, Amma Asante was a teen star, appearing as a series regular on high-profile British TV shows like “Grange Hill,” “Desmond” and “Birds of a Feather.” However, after experiencing challenges transitioning into adult roles, she made the wise detour into directing where her talents have continued to shine with great aplomb. […]

*Nope, you’re not seeing things, the title does read African American and Undercover Klansman in the same sentence. And the black man who went uncover in the most notoriously hateful organization in history still lives to tell the story. It was1979 when Colorado Springs police investigator Ron Stallworth made the phone call that would change […]

*At the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City, the city last visited by the stomping “Godzilla” in 1998, Aaron Taylor-Johnson said he did not see that disappointing film, or the other 27 for that matter. However, he was hell-bent on the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures rebirth of the international leviathan icon. “I […]