Posts Tagged ‘huffington post’
Are women in Hollywood afraid of Harvey Weinstein’s power in media?
It seems as though actresses Ashley Judd and Rose McGowan are a part of the vocal few to publicly accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. On Friday night, Oct. 6, McGowan demanded support on Twitter from more women in Hollywood. She writes in a series of tweets: “Ladies of Hollywood your silence is deafening”; “Yes,…
Read MoreYung Joc has harsh words for haters of ‘Love & Hip Hop’ franchise
We sat down with “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s” Yung Joc for a reality check on the hot new season of the show. We asked Joc his opinion on the recent Huffington post article titled, “The New Black on Black Crime: Reality Television Producers and the Black woman. Needless to say the rapper, actor andradio host who…
Read MoreTop 10 Black celebrity PR nightmares of 2015
From a public relations perspective, 2015 was full of wonderful case studies and examples of PR crisis. As we move further away from the conservative PR dos and don’ts we used to impose upon talent years ago, it has become open season for PR crises to run amok. Today, everything is much more relaxed and…
Read MoreR. Kelly set up to fail with HuffPost Live interview
R. Kelly’s Dec. 21, 2015, appearance on HuffPost Live host opposite Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani could quite possibly be one of the worst promotional interviews of the decade. The self-proclaimed pied piper of music has been pushing his newest project titled, The Buffet and someone on his team felt the HuffPost Live was a great place to get a…
Read MoreKiller Mike wants to serve in Georgia’s House of Representatives
Having long been one of the more conscious and politically aware emcees in the game, Killer Mike has decided to take his message a step further than the music he’s known for. On Monday, June 15, the rapping half of the heralded Run The Jewels duo announced via Instagram that he’s running as a write-in candidate for…
Read MoreWas MTV’s ‘Pimp My Ride’ a big lie?
During the mid-2000’s MTV’s “Pimp My Ride” was one of the most fascinating shows on TV. Each week viewers were dazzled by the improvements and flashy accessories added to raggedy rides by the crew at West Coast Customs as host, Xzibit, would get the touching backstory of the lucky recipient of the custom remodeling. In a…
Read MoreBoyz II Men tell the real reason Michael McCary is no longer in the group
In 2003 when Boyz II Men member Michael McCary “retired” from the music industry and the group, he said it was due to an ongoing battle with scoliosis. Not long after, there began to be mumblings that there was possibly a different reason McCary was no longer in the group. During a recent interview with the…
Read MoreMichael B. Jordan claims Aaron McGruder was fired from ‘The Boondocks’
When word spread that Aaron McGruder would not be returning to helm the fourth season of “The Boondocks” due to what Adult Swim referred to as “scheduling conflicts,” some could not help but to wonder if that was code for his being forced to relinquish control of the show that he created. In a recent interview with…
Read More50 Cent on his current relationship with Eminem
When news broke that 50 Cent had parted ways with Shady, Aftermath, and Interscope Records to go the indie route, it was reported that the split was amicable, but we know sometimes the term “amicable” is used to appear civil and save face. Despite new reports that the clashing of 50’s SMS Audio dealings and…
Read More3 black females advance to final round of auditions: ‘Saturday Night Live’ comedienne casting
Hooray for the pretty brown girls! “Saturday Night Live’s” creator and producer Lorne Michaels confirmed atleast one black comedienne will join the cast in January. Final auditions will be held today on the “Saturday Night Live” stage in New York. After two secret auditions in Los Angeles and New York, alumnae from the Upright Citizens…
Read MoreTito Jackson Says Security Team Prevented Family From Helping Save Michael’s Life
Two of Michael Jackson’s siblings say they tried to intervene to prevent their brother from abusing drugs, but could not get close to him because of his overzealous security team. Tito and Rebbie Jackson both revealed that the family was aware of Michael’s drug problem, but getting close enough to him to stage any kind…
Read More‘Curvy’ Ballerina Discusses Being American Ballet Theatre’s First Black Soloist
The image most of us have of mainstream classical ballet is one of stick-thin white women who got their start in the world of dance back when they were toddlers sporting baby ballet slippers and tiny tutus. Prepare to revamp that image now that Misty Copeland has forever changed the face (and a few other…
Read MoreWithout Her Ex-Fiancé to Cook and Care for Her, Donna Simpson Abandons Goal to Be World’s Fattest Woman
Although Donna Simpson is currently in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s Heaviest Mother, it looks like she’s not going to go down in history as the World’s Fattest Woman, a goal that had her eating as many as 15,000 calories per day. Since she is no longer with her former fiancé,…
Read MoreJesse Jackson Challenges the Unemployed to March on Washington, Doesn’t Suggest How They’ll Afford to Get There
Those at the top need to hear from those suffering at the bottom. The unemployed need to march on Washington to demand work. –Rev. Jesse Jackson In an Aug. 30 Huffington Post article Jesse Jackson wrote titled, “They Hate Government, Until They Need It,” he pointed out the hypocrisy of Republican leaders who claim they…
Read MoreYoung, Gifted and Black: 17-Year-Old Myles Miller Hired at ‘Huffington Post’
Six years ago Myles Miller started his career as the managing editor for politics at Children’s PressLine, and in 2006 he was the youngest journalist ever to report from the White House when he served as an official correspondent for Hearst Television’s Teen Kids News. Now 17, Myles has made an indelible mark…
Read MoreCBS News Affiliate Unduly Colors 4-Year-Old Black Boy as Violent
The on-camera response of a 4-year-old boy who witnessed the shooting death of his 16-year-old neighbor was intentionally manipulated by WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago, to distort and pervert the meaning of the child’s words. In a report about violence in the city, CBS aired a video in which a reporter asks the boy…
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