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  The U.K. native stars as M6 field agent, Eve, alongside Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem in Skyfall which hits theaters nationwide today. Our friends over at TheGrio.com caught up with  the 36-year-old actress and talked about the character she plays in Skyfall as well as her role starring alongside Idris Elba as Winnie Mandela […]

  Do chemicals lurking in bottled water and canned food increase your abdominal fat? A new study from Harvard School of Public Health and published in the journal Environmental Health found that commonly-found toxins in plastics are linked to both general obesity and abdominal obesity. Known as Bisphenol A or BPA for short, these hormone […]

As the world watched and waited for the results of the 2012 Presidential election a Kenya Mom gave birth to twin boys near the township of President Obama’s father. President Barack Obama ancestral roots in Kenya and a name meaning Blessed has given credence to a fast growing trend in Africa as mothers who give birth to […]

  Amid health issues that have kept him from office since June and various reports of bizarre behavior, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) was re-elected in Tuesday’s election. The Chicago Democrat cruised to an easy victory over Republican Brian Woodworth and Independent Marcus Lewis in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. […]

  On November 6th President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney with 50.3 percent of the popular vote and won 303 electoral votes. Here are the top ten reasons Romneylost according to the HuffingtonPost.com: 1. No Republican can win at the national level. 2. God intervened. Romney’s campaign for president was bracketed by hurricanes. First, Isaac threatened the […]

Maryland voters have approved same-sex marriage in a close vote. Voters approved the ballot question on Tuesday with about 52 percent of the vote. Gov. Martin O’Malley pushed for legislation this year. He spoke to a loudly cheering audience in Baltimore, where supporters danced, hugged and popped balloons in celebration. The governor said “every child’s […]

The presidency most likely will not be decided  until after midnight EST. However  there will be plenty of clues early in the evening on how things are going for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Here are some: Virginia, the first of the battleground states to begin reporting results. If either candidate is comfortably […]

Charges of a different kind in the Penn State Sandusky Child Abuse Scandal this time against former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier. The third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up. Included in the new charges are Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President Gary Schultz. Linda Kelly, Attorney General in […]

  Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, of Brooklyn is taking the chess world by storm. She is on the verge of becoming the first African-American female chess master and her journey has been documented in the film, Brooklyn Castle. Brooklyn Castle tells the stories of five members of the chess team at I.S. 318 middle school in Brooklyn. The film […]

Last night, Toni Braxton VH1 Behind The Music special aired and we  tuned in to find out exactly why after winning a bunch of Grammys and selling over 20 million records worldwide that she had to file bankruptcy not once, but twice throughout her career.  According to Toni, she signed a slave contract with LaFace/Arista Records […]