You might recall our recent coverage of Nicki Minaj‘s controversial verse on Lil Wayne’s new Dedication 4 mixtape, in which she seemingly throws her support behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. President Obama offered his thoughts on the line in an interview with Power 105.3 in Orlando:
Michelle Obama & Gabby Douglas on the Tonight Show
Gabby Douglas has one of her first major interviews last night on the Today Show with Jay Leno. Gabby was accompanied by none other that Mrs. Michelle Obama herself. The YBF reports the following:
Atlanta Dream’s Dream 4 Youth Foundation Leadership Summit : Toya Wright, Braxton Sisters & More
 On Saturday August 4, 2012, The Atlanta Dream (WNBA) conducted its first annual iDream Leadership Summit, teens (young women and men) ranging from the ages 12-17 filled Spelman College’s Cosby Auditorium.The Summit speakers included Atlanta Dream players Tiffany Hayes, Laurie Koehn, Armintie Price, and Ketia Swanier.
Reality television personalities Evelyn Braxton “Ms.Eâ€, Towanda Braxton, Evelyn Braxton, Trina Braxton and my homegirl Toya Wright. Our homie, CourtneyLuv reports that during the discussion the panel covered four major topics Leadership, Professionalism, Education and Personal Challenges. Read More »
Gabby Douglas Makes History & Wins Olympic Gold Medal
16-year-old Gabby Douglas just made history and is named the first African-American to win the all-around Olympic gold medal, the biggest individual prize in gymnastics.
She is known as “The Flying Squirrel,†and completely out-performed, dominated the competition, and before her closest competitor, Russia’s Victoria Komova even finished her floor routine, everyone in the area knew Douglas was the winner.
Gabby spoke on her win:
“I wanted to seize the moment,â€
“It hasn’t sunk in yet. Team finals hasn’t sunk in yet. But it will.â€
With her history-making performance, Douglas is sure to be the talk of the games now, securing her place along side legendary gymnasts like Mary Lou Retton, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.
CONGRATULATIONS GABBY!
Mike Tyson: ”The Undisputed Truth” on Broadway
Sources at abcnews are reporting that Mike Tyson is now on Broadway. The former Heavyweight champ and controversial personality is doing a limited engagement one-man show about his life, called “Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth.†At a press conference Monday announcing the show, Tyson described “The Undisputed Truth†as the raw tale of his life. “It’s about me being on stage and being pretty raw. Not necessarily raw in a vulgar sense … I’m just naked and vulnerable, and I’m just telling you who I am and where I’m from and how this happened and how I lose all this damn money and how I had all these children and how I go to prison and, you know, you know what happened guys, right?†he said. The show will run six times between July 31 and Aug. 5. Read More »
Chris Brown Addresses The “Jackson Family” Drama
We recently reported that Katherine Jackson had been missing and has not contacted her grandchildren in over a week. The drama playing out in front of the world following the disappearance of the original “Ms. Jackson” has tugged at our hearts for the last few days.
Singer Chris Brown, who is no stranger to public drama, tweeted to show his concern and disgust about how the family is publicly dealing with their issues. A huge Michael Jackson fan, Brown, 23, is horrified that the Jackson children and adults are bickering back and forth on Twitter.com. Read his tweets below. Read More »
Nene Leakes Launches New Fashion Line : L.A. Gay Pride Photos
RHOA star Nene Leakes is launching a fashion line. CourtneyLuv.com reports that an announcement tied to Licensing Expo 2012, currently going on in Las Vegas, that it intends to “leverage NeNe’s position in pop culture to offer consumers fashion-forward, affordable apparel and accessories, designed to empower women to walk into a room and ‘own it’ — like NeNe herself.†Read More »
Dr. Ian Smith’s Kicks Off Book Tour
While many women are still trying to figure out how to act like a lady — or a man — some women just want to know the truth about the men in their lives. Dr. Ian Smith recently put out a book which attempts to tackle that very subject. It’s entitled The Truth About Men – The Secret Side Of The Opposite Sex.
In addition, he’s going on a six city tour based on the book. Our photographer was on the scene when the tour kicked off last night, in Chicago at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The event was hosted by Val Warner (co-host of Windy City Live in Chicago).
Attendees got a chance to watch a documentary created by Hill Harper about relationships. They also asked the panel – which included Dr. Ian Smith, Boris Kodjoe, Hill Harper, and Evan Shy — many of their burning relationship questions.
Tyler Perry calls for racial profiling to be prosecuted as hate crime
According to CourtneyLuv, Tyler Perry is one of the latest victims of racial profiling. It is sad that police are insecure within and play the nice car let me stop him/her game. I bet the officers who stopped him thought that they were doing a “good deed†for the good ole’ boy system.
Note from Tyler’s page
A few days before President Obama was supposed to speak at my studio, I was leaving the studio, headed to the airport. Most times when I leave the studio I have an unmarked escort. Other times I constantly check in my rearview mirror to be sure that I’m not being followed. It’s a safety precaution that my security team taught me. As I got to an intersection, I made a left turn from the right lane and was pulled over by two police officers. I pulled the car over and put it in park. Then, I let the window down and sat in the car waiting for the officer. The officer came up to the driver’s door and said that I made an illegal turn. I said, “I signaled to get into the turning lane, then made the turn because I have to be sure I’m not being followed.â€Read more after the heartbeat He said, “why do you think someone would be following you?†Read More »
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