House of Lies star, Nia Long recently sat down with with Access Hollywood to discuss her new role, parenting, marriage, working with Don Cheadle and if she’ll ever get married. Long, as with many women nowadays, just doesn’t feel the need to rush to the alter. She explains Here are a few highlights from…
I’ve never been the type to use the term “black love”, but in the case of Norma and Norman Burmah, they have some serious love going on. Norma and Norman have been married for 82 years, and their names go perfectly together. They exchanged vows on January 26, 1931, making them the longest living married…
Last Sunday afternoon found me on my knees, waist deep in the corner cupboard of my kitchen, looking for the damned lid for my favorite saucepan. Here it is! … no, too big … finally! … mmm, no—steamer top … aha! … God, I don’t know what this one fits. Eventually, like a real-life, natural-haired…
In the line heard ’round the world on Rick Ross’ “Stay Schemin,” Drake rapped: “B*tch you wasn’t with me shooting in the gym.” He was referring to Vanessa Bryant, the wife of Los Angeles Laker shooting guard Kobe Bryant and mother of their two children, who was reportedly filing for divorce against the NBA basketball…
In an age when a reality show about a rapper’s ten babies mamas almost makes it on air, it’s great to hear from the perspective of a black man who values marriage and the traditional familial unit. Laz Alonso spoke about his desire for children one day to Jet Magazine, saying: “I want kids— just…
Waxing poetic over the marital love displayed on The Cosby Show has been done so much since the show’s cancellation in 1992 that any attempt to refresh sentiments always seems so banal. But it can’t be denied that the Huxtables were tailored-made for television audiences in the 1980s, as the black upward mobility was the…
The prenuptial agreement is debated more in today’s culture than ever before. Is it financially irresponsible to marry without one? If you do draft and sign a prenuptial agreement, does it mean you’re not fully vested in achieving a lasting marriage? Those questions lie at the crux of the arguments for and against signing a…
I realized that my anxiety was not the result of a bad relationship. Mostly, it was there because I have been neurotic and change-averse my entire life, and — surprise! — nothing about my brain chemistry changed after my boyfriend proposed to me. “Engagement season” has just ended. If you’re in your late twenties like…
Since she became the third winner of American Idol, Fantasia Barrino has been the subject of constant media scrutiny. The North Carolina-bred singer makes the news more often for her personal life than her enormous vocal talent. Aside from being illiterate and becoming pregnant as a teenager, Fantasia is judged most harshly for seemingly breaking…
When couples reveal that they’ve waited until marriage to have sex, I always wonder the obvious: what if the sex is bad and you’re stuck? Nick Cannon answered that question during an interview with Howard Stern, saying: “It was Mariah Carey. If Mariah Carey gave a bad blowjob, I didn’t care. In my mind, I’m…
