Billionaire and BET founder, Robert “Bob” Johnson announced today that his company has entered into an agreement to acquire Image Entertainment and Acorn Media Group. They will be creating the largest independent distributors of digital and video content in the world in the joint venture. The new company name will be RLJ Entertainment. RLJ Entertainment […]
The Bald and Beautiful came into existence after a Facebook campaign that urged Mattel to produce a bald version of its famous doll Barbie. 150,000 “likes” later Mattel has agreed to produce the bald version of the doll. The doll is for children who have lost their hair because of illness or cancer. The company […]
A new study shows that black women have a harder time clearing HPV a virus that can lead to Cervical Cancer. At any checkup, blacks were 1.5 times more likely to test positive for infection with one of the HPV strains that raise cancer risk, said study leaderKimCreek. “The African-American women weren’t clearing the virus […]
In an episode of when tweeting goes wrong, Spike Lee recklessly retweeted an address of an elderly couple who he believed was the home of George Zimmerman. Elaine and David McClain, the elderly couple fled their home after threats poured into theirFlorida home. They have a son named William George Zimmerman, who lived in their […]
When Kevin Cunningham read about the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin early this month, he turned to a platform he was just starting to experiment with social media. Little did he know when he started an online petition demanding that authorities prosecute the shooter, that it would garner more than 2 million signatures and help […]
“Finding Your Roots” is a TV program by Dr. Henry Louis Gates that digs into the genealogy of famous Americans. He does a thorough breakdown of celebrities’ family tree to give them information about where they come from. Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Barbara Walters, Condoleezza Rice, and Robert Downey Jr. to name a few […]
At the age of 41, Tami Roman of the Basketball Wives franchise suffered a mild heart attack. It all started when Roman told her followers that she wasn’t feeling well. After no relief from her sickness, she checked herself into Cedar-Sinai Medical Center for a medical emergency in Los Angeles. Once at the emergency room, […]
Adding to his already multi-million dollar legacy, Magic Johnson is a apart of a group that will buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion. The price would shatter the mark for a sports franchise. Stephen Ross paid $1.1 billion for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins in 2009, and inEngland, Malcolm Glazer and […]
This weekend was the 9th annual Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Linthicum, Maryland. Packed with quality and informative workshops, classes and exhibitors, the expo is a huge event that highlights the best in natural hair care community. The BNHCE brings out the latest natural hair care brands and […]
Leolah Brown (Bobby Brown) sister is saying a mouthful about Whitney Houston. She and her sons went on the Dr. Drew show and spoke on everything from Ray J. being Whitney’s drug runner to Bobbi Kristina relationship with Nick. Whitney Houston’s official cause of death was deemed an accidental drowning, but the report also notes […]