Abercrombie & Fitch is knee-deep in a media firestorm this week, after an anonymous brand manager was quoted as saying “Abercrombie & Fitch doesn’t want to create the image that just anybody, poor people, can wear their clothing. Only people of a certain stature are able to purchase and wear the company name.” The exclusionary…
There is a laundry list of celebrities in the spotlight who have been accused of bleaching — Beyonce, Dawn Richards and India.Arie to name a recent few — but they rarely offer an explanation for it beyond aggressive lighting. Tamar Braxton, the latest to find herself the subject of bleaching rumors, attributes changes in her…
There are few summer activities as pleasurable as plopping down with a comfortable towel at the beach and reading an engrossing book until the sun begins setting behind the horizon. Several esteemed writers including Walter Mosley, Maya Angelou and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are capitalizing on the heat wave, releasing new works worth devouring this season….
Allure Magazine printed Zoe Saldana’s weight on the cover of their latest issue, causing an internet firestorm. Everyone seemed to have an opinion about the coverline, which read “115 pounds of grit and heartache.” Some felt it was weird, inappropriate and a glorification of thinness while others thought the outrage over the line was an…
I appreciate the friends in my life, especially the ones who can decide at the drop of a dime that they need a vacation. And that’s exactly what happened a few weeks ago. I had just returned from spending a week in Ft. Lauderdale with my friend Danielle, my son and nephew and was just…
You’ve been going in on the squats, and you’ve got some plans for this summer that will have you hitting the town. Why not show off those legs? Flip through this gallery for some outfit ideas as well as tips for getting your gams sexy, smooth and even more shapely.
First let me state, that I have no problem with Zoe Saldana as an actress. I neither like her or loathe her. I’ve only seen one film, Colombiana, and it was just “meh”. I wasn’t buying the “emaciated assassin avenges her family’s murder” plot. But recently, Saldana has been making the press rounds for her new…
I sent my ex an email, pretending to be someone else, to see if he wanted me back. How did I become a certified stalker? After being dumped by Elliot, my boyfriend of six months, I soon regretted the instructions I gave him when he ended the relationship: “Unless you’re calling to tell me you…
Kiera Wilmot, the Polk County girl who caused a small explosion on her high school campus by mixing household products, will not face criminal charges, the State Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Kiera, 16, was a student at Bartow High School until last month when she was arrested after she mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum…
Hip-hop icons are expanding opportunities from the studio to the academy. Dr. Dre has partnered with Jimmy Iovine to open the U.S.C. Jimmy Iovine & Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation. Iovine is the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records and also co-founded Beats Electronic with Dre. Iovine and Dre…
You can’t get much better than a coordinated couple on a fancy date night. Solange and her man, music video director Alan Ferguson, looked great in blue at the Met Gala.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has been ordered to auction off prized possession to cover a debt owed to a private school in Johannesburg, South Africa. The magistrate is forcing Mandela, a member of South Africa’s parliament, to sell paintings, sculptures and a silver tea set to settle her $4,300 tab. The household goods also include a dining…
Rainbow-colored flags swayed alongside American flags at Minnesota’s state capitol as Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill granting same-sex couples the right to marry. With his signature, Dayton made Minnesota the first Midwestern state to allow same-sex couples to wed and the 12th state in the nation. More than 6,000 people, including LGBT activists,…
KeKe Wyatt, star of TVOne’s “R&B Divas,” is a songstress, wife and mother of six. Wyatt allegedly stabbed her ex-husband and confronts women gazing at her current beau, leading some viewers to question the “Nothing in this World” singer’s sanity. However, it is impossible to deny how much Wyatt loves her children. Motherhood suits Wyatt…
We’re loving this swingy short cut, red yet honey brown hair color, the black and white straplessness and that pink lip. A look to copy.
