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Jennifer Hudson Added to Fashion Rocks Lineup

*Jennifer Hudson and the Canadian band Magic! have been added to the Fashion Rocks lineup, it was announced Monday. The two acts will join Afrojack, Duran Duran, Jennifer Lopez, KISS, Miranda Lambert, Nico & Vinz, Pitbull, Rita Ora, The Band Perry and Usher at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sept. 9. The two-hour special celebrating fashion […]

Justin Timberlake Upsets Twitter by Calling Madonna ‘My Ninja’

*Twitter unloaded on Justin Timberlake for using the word “ninja” as a substitute for the n-word in a tweet. It went down Saturday, when JT sent Madonna a 56th birthday shout out on Twitter. “A happiest of Bdays to my mother chucking ninja, @Madonna!! Hope you have a great one, M!” Timberlake wrote in the […]

Kanye West, Paul McCartney Collabo in the Works?

*Word has it that Kanye West and Paul McCartney are in the studio working on new music together. According to Page Six, the pair have been working on multiple tracks in secret. Speaking anonymously to Billboard, sources have confirmed the rumors are true and that the former Beatle will appear on Ye’s upcoming album, due […]

Michael Brown’s Mom on GMA: ‘Justice’ Will Restore Peace to Ferguson

*The mother of Michael Brown says the officer who shot and killed her son needs to be held responsible in order for peace to return in Ferguson, Missouri. “Arresting this man and making him accountable for his actions; that’s justice,” Lesley McSpadden said in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts. The St. […]

Attorney Gen. Eric Holder to Brief Pres. Obama on Ferguson

*Attorney General Eric Holder will brief President Barack Obama on the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday afternoon following perhaps the most violent night of demonstrations since the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown. The president, who arrived at the White House early Monday morning for a scheduled break in his family vacation in […]

Terrie Williams on the Mask of Depression

*Like so many people, I was saddened by the death of award winning actor Robin Williams. The disease of depression appeared to have wrapped itself around Williams and literally squeezed the life from the 63-year-old “Good Will Hunting” star. Terrie Williams knows firsthand about depression. The licensed psychotherapist and celebrity public relations expert experienced it […]

Black Home Ownership Drops Twice the Rate of Whites

A Harvard University housing study reveals disturbing trends in black home ownership, among other disconcerting numbers. The Joint Center for Housing Studies the Cambridge, Mass., school…

Ferguson Man Live Tweeted While Mike Brown Was Shot to Death

While Mike Brown was being shot and killed by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo., and then left to rot on the street like an…

Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson: Mike Brown’s Killer’s Photo Leaks Online

You knew it wouldn’t be long before a photo of police officer Darren Wilson would emerge. The Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson had already released Wilson’s…

T.I., Other Celebrities Blasts Blacks over Protesting in Ferguson

Rappers T.I. and Nelly and other celebrities believe the black community “pulled the trigger” (pun intended) too soon on the protests and demonstrations over the…

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