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Sam’s The Man
August 20th, 2008
Michelle Obama heads to Hollywood next month to pass the collection plate for her presidential hopeful hubby. One of the fundraising stops is said to be at the home of Samuel L. Jackson.
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Bill Cosby’s Daughter’s Controversy
August 12th, 2008
Bill Cosby is no stranger to controversy when it comes to his speeches. (Remember what he said about low-income blacks a few years ago?) His youngest daughter Evin, 31, is following in dear ol’ dad’s footsteps with her eyebrow-raising remarks.
Obamas Grace Cover Of Essence
August 5th, 2008
America’s Next Possible First Family is featured on the cover of next month’s Essence. Readers find out a lot more than daughter Malia’s favorite music is Beyonce, the Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana.
Jay-Z’s Thumbs Up To Obama
July 31st, 2008
If, when he was growing up, Jay-Z’s mother ever told him he could be anything he wanted to be if he stayed focused and he doubted her, he wouldn’t these days thanks to Barack Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
Obama’s Thumbs Down To Luda
July 31st, 2008
Barack Obama must love seeing his mug splashed across the chest of Halle Berry but he didn’t react positively to Ludacris’ new rap that calls Hillary Clinton a b%@^*, says John McCain “don’t belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed” and insults Jesse Jackson and George W. Bush. Read the rest of this entry »
Obamas Make Cover Of People
July 24th, 2008
For years People rarely put black folks on its cover unless it was a tragedy, a la Whitney Houston’s troubles or Natalie Cole’s confession involving drugs, but the weekly magazine continues to make strides in that department. The Obamas grace the cover of the latest issue and Barack and wife Michelle talk about raising two girls under the public eye.
Barack Gets No Love
July 14th, 2008
Barack Obama may have the support of a slew of Black entertainers, including Common, Nick Cannon, John Legend, P. Diddy, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, but what he’s not getting this week is any love from the well-respected New Yorker magazine.
Check out this week’s satirical cover showing a fist-bumping Michelle, toting an Afro and AK-47, and Barack, in Muslim gear, in the Oval Office, with a portrait of Osama bin Laden on the wall and a burning American flag in the fireplace.
Portraying the Obamas as terrorists is plain wrong!
“Satire is part of what we do,” New Yorker editor David Remnick said in a statement. “And it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to the absurd. And that’s the spirit of this cover.”
While the Obama camp called the cover “tasteless and offensive”, the senator himself refused to comment.
Barack’s regret
July 9th, 2008
Don’t expect to see Barack Obamadoing any more sit-down interviews with his children like the one I referred to yesterday with Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos.
He caught a lot of flack for parading his daughters in front of the camera when in fact his campaign had previously asked news organizations not to take pictures of his children, according to Carol Costello who on CNN’s The Situation Room last night brought up a soccer game where she said the media shot Obama but not daughter Malia dribbling the ball. Now he’s being accused of flip-flopping and using the media when it benefits him.
On The Today Show this morning, the senator told Matt Lauer, “I think we got carried away” celebrating Independence Day and the birthday of his daughter Malia, 10, in Montana. “We wouldn’t do it again and we won’t be doing it again.”
I understand the whole privacy thing and wanting to protect his family but I thought his daughters came off rather cute.
Do you think it was a bad thing?
What You Didn’t Know About Barack
July 8th, 2008
Caught NBC’s Maria Menounos on The Today Show this morning (showing lots of leg and wearing heels way too high and sexy for morning TV, making me wonder if she came in from an all-night party) promoting her four-part interview with Barack Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
The series gets underway tonight on Access Hollywood and continues Wednesday and Thursday.
We find out that our possible future president likes potato pie but not bubblegum and that the family will get a dog – win or lose.
Enlightening.
That’s One Cool Dude
July 4th, 2008
Another month, another magazine cover for Barack Obama.
This month, it’s Ebony, which takes a look at the Top 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time.
Obama should be #1 on the list based on this magazine cover.
Jay-Z, Prince, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Marvin Gaye, Muhammad Ali and Billy Dee Williams also landed their own cover for this special issue of Ebony.
Those first six names I can get down with but … Billy Dee Williams?
When did Colt 45 become the drink of choice again?