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From MSNBC.com:

Isaiah Mustafa smells like a man — and soon, Jennifer Aniston will be getting a big whiff of the budding star.

From Blackvoices.com:

Essence editor-in-chief Angela Burt-Murray told Black Voices in a written statement that Ellianna Placas, a former fashion editor at O: Home and Us Weekly, is just part of Essence’s growing fashion team.

Beyonce may be receiving a call from Oprah soon and it isn’t to be featured on her talk show. Oprah, who endorsed the ‘No Texting While Driving’ campaign, is probably upset that her friend Beyonce ignored the rules, as she was recently pulled over for texting while driving.

From BitchieLife.com

A month ago, alumni and administration officials at Fayetteville State University were angered over the appearance by several university cheerleaders in a music video done by popular rap artist and Fayetteville native J. Cole. Here’s the statement from FSU Chancellor Dr. James:

The Magic 95.9 crew will stop by 5 salons on Saturday July 31.
The salons will be chosen from listener submissions entered here.
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While there, Magic 95.9 will have a drawing to win dinner certificates to top Baltimore area restaurants.
All submissions must be in by Friday July 30 at 3pm.

From Vibe.com:

In honor of the summer action thriller Takers—starring Idris Elba, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown and Zoe Saldana and hits theaters Aug. 20—we thought we’d look back at some of the coolest bank robbery films the big screen has to offer. See where your faves fared and get ready to fire up those Netflix and Blockbuster queues to add a few of these titles to your list if

By Marcus A. Scott

With Comic-Con closing this week, Newsone has decided to bring you the Top Ten Black Superheroes in comic books. In the age of Obama, where getting more diverse is status quo, comic books have become more saavy than ever. X-men, the trailblazing comic book, has added several African and African-American characters over the last decade, for example. These aren’t just black people with superpowers, these are educated luminaries with powerful gifts to change the world or destroy

From Clutchmagonline.com:
On Friday evening, cultural critic and writer Michaela angela Davis tweeted: “It is with a heavy heavy heart I have learned that Essence magazine has engaged a white fashion director, this hurts, literally, spiritually.” Michaela’s tweet erupted a series of reactions, re-tweets, and scores of Facebook comments. Responses ranged from shock, disappointment to utter confusion.

From NYTimes.com:

If “gay rapper” is an oxymoron where you come from, how to get your head around the notion of a gay rapper performing in a sports bar? What in most cities might seem plausible only as some sort of Sacha Baron Cohen-style provocation is just another weeknight in the cultural Galapagos that is New Orleans.

FROM CBSNews.com:

Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend told authorities probing the actor for alleged domestic abuse that he said to her at one point, “I want Jew blood on my hands.”

From Totalfilm.com:

Could we see another sequel to a much-loved ‘80s classic from the man who’s preparing to unleash Gordon Gekko on the world for a second time?

From NYPost.com:

Rapper Foxy Brown was arraigned this morning in Brooklyn Criminal Court after prosecutors charged her with violating an order of protection.

From Outsports.com:

Former NFL defensive end turned ESPN commentator Marcellus Wiley was asked about an out player in the NFL by the Huffington Post. Wiley said he was Esera Tuaolo’s teammate and that the guys joked with Tuaolo about him being gay (before he came out). And as we hear over and over and over and over and over, Wiley’s fine with it…but he thinks everyone else isn’t.

From BlackVoices.com

Snoop Dogg really was living the life he described in his rap songs and it was destroying his marriage to his wife and the mother of his three children.