The U.S Postal Service unveiled a stamp honoring legendary entertainer Josephine Baker on a stamp that reproduces a poster from her 1935 French film Princess Tam-Tam. The image was part of a commemorative series of postage stamps honoring vintage black films.
Halle Berry is the “Sexiest Black Woman Alive,” according to a new countdown from TV One. Jamal Munnerlyn and former Fresh Prince star Tatyana Ali will host Countdown: The 16 Sexiest Black Women Alive on Sunday, July 6 on TV One, the network announced Wednesday. The list also includes Paula Patton and Tyra Banks.
“The women selected as our 16 sexiest black women aren’t just pretty faces. Each one of them is uniquely talented, strong-minded and self-assured,” says Monique Chenault, Senior Producer, TV One Access. Now what could be sexier than that?”
Miss USA Crystle Stewart gave her first interview as the new Miss USA on Live with Regis & Kelly on Monday. The twenty-six year old motivational speaker from Texas beat out 50 other contestants to be crowned Miss USA 2008 in Las Vegas on Friday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Seventeen-year-old Soulja Boy has topped Forbes Magazine’s 2008 list of Hottest New Music Stars. The “Crank That” star landed a recording contract after placing the charttopping single on his Myspace and YouTube pages. Read the rest of this entry »
Oprah Winfrey and Tiger Woods have topped Forbes Magazine’s Top-Earning African-American Stars list. Forbes estimates that Tiger will become the world’s first sports billionaire within a decade. Read the rest of this entry »
The Color Purple – the Broadway musical based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker – will play its final performance Feb. 24 at the Broadway Theatre, producers announced on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Donda West’s Plastic Surgeron, Dr. Jan Adams, returns to Larry King Live. Read the rest of this entry »
Ike Turner died from a cocaine overdose, according to officials in San Diego, California. The seventy-six year old musician died in his home on December 12th.
Last year, Dawn Robinson, an original member of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl, was planning a reality show with her now ex, Dre, now the two are at each other’s throats. And like all mature adults, the former couple has taken their feud to Myspace. Dre has blasted down as a sexual deviant who boned seventeen men in the span of just one month. More after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
RZA on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
