From Black Voices — Amber Riley is the breakout star from ‘Glee’ who is helping to change the way Hollywood views shapely women. Turned down by ‘American Idol’ after auditioning for season two, Riley is now living her dream as both a singer and an actress on the hit Fox series. BlackVoices.com spoke to the…
New York is known for flash in the pan trendy lodging, with the new ‘it’ hotel popping up as frequently as a Lindsay Lohan court appearance. But there’s something different about Liberty Inn and it’s not its sleek décor. The upscale hotel charges visitors an hourly rate, making it a frequent hook up haven for…
New test score fraud allegations cast doubt on the former chancellor’s special brand of educational reform magic.
The foreign press corps in Libya found themselves characters in the news they cover, this weekend, when a woman burst into their hotel to share the story of her rape. Saturday, as journalists gathered in the hotel’s dining room in the Rixos hotel, Iman al-Obeidi rushed and began telling the press that she had suffered…
“One is silver and the other is gold.” If you’ve ever sold a Thin Mint or a Peanut Butter Patty you probably finished off the rest of this Girl Scout jingle without even struggling to remember. As a 6 year old Brownie I used to roll my eyes as I was forced to hold hands…
From The Grio – When imagining someone hurling racial epithets at you or treating you like their slave, you may be more likely to picture a Klansman than a partner or lover. But for those who engage in “race play”, being called the n-word or role playing the scenario of a slave auction does more than…
It’s one thing to hear that the most common cosmetic surgery procedure among adults is breast augmentation. It’s another to see a designer use the craze for fuller breasts to target a pre-pubescent crowd. And by pre-pubescent, I mean second grade. Abercrombie & Fitch released a push-up bikini bra as part of their Abercrombie Kids…
Much has been said about the male ego and how some men must be handled with care or else their ego can deflate faster than a popped balloon. However, few turn their gaze on the female ego and all that it entails. I was talking to a friend last night, when he introduced an interesting…
One thing that has always struck me in listening to great women speak, is that may of them only learned to do so with memorization. It’s astonishing really to see their ability to recall words they’ve learned before. And if you listen to some of these women, some of the greatest communicators of our time,…
On Friday night one of our favorite Clutchettes, Jennifer Hudson, took to the Tonight Show stage to turn it out. Aside from performing her hit, “Where You At,” J-Hud opened up about her weight loss, being a new mommy, and how she’s adjusting to being the industry’s “It” girl. Although Hudson is feeling her new…
