Your Black Money: Chronicles of Black Wealth
•August 21, 2008 • No CommentsYour Black Woman: Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Dies of Aneurysm
•August 21, 2008 • No CommentsRep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, died Wednesday after suffering an aneurysm, medical officials said.
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, suffered an aneurysm Tuesday evening.
Tubbs Jones, who was in her fifth term representing parts of Cleveland and its suburbs, was 58.
She suffered the aneurysm Tuesday evening while driving in her home district in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a statement from her office said.
She was rushed to East Cleveland’s Huron Hospital, where a team of doctors determined Wednesday morning that she had “very limited brain function,” said Dr. Gus Kious, the hospital’s chief of staff.
Wednesday afternoon, before Tubbs Jones died, Kious said that the aneurysm “an inaccessible part of her brain” and that she was in critical condition.
FIERCE411: Terrence Howard Sings
•August 20, 2008 • No CommentsActor/Singer, Terrence Howard’s, new album, “Shine Through It”, is due out Sept. 2, 2008. Check out the premiere to “Sanctuary” here
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Your Black Sports: Black Families Being Robbed by the NCAA?
•August 19, 2008 • No Comments
Tom Crean, head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, just signed a 10-year deal for $23.6M. Crean is yet another coach made into a millionaire by the NCAA. However, those who go out on the court and earn the money, the players are paid nothing. Additionally, many cite as racist the rules the NBA and NFL have that force players to play in college for at least 1 year before they can go pro. Some argue that this rule is only in place to keep black players on the court and the field so billions can be earned from them for free. Tennis, hockey and baseball players, on the other hand, have no such limitation.
Your Black Celebrities: Diana Ross Was Beautiful
•August 19, 2008 • No CommentsYour Black World: Wendy Williams TV Show is National
•August 19, 2008 • No Comments
Following a summer test run, “The Wendy Williams Show” is poised to go national with the Fox Television Stations agreeing to launch the Debmar-Mercury-distributed series in mid-2009.
“Everything about the Wendy preview clicked for our stations, from conception to promotion to hitting the air,” said Frank Cicha, senior vice president of programming for Fox Television Stations. “It completely broke the mold. The show is now a proven winner, and we can’t wait to see it debut across the country next year.”
Fox’s owned and operated station group is comprised of 27 stations in 18 markets and covers nearly 37.34% of homes with television in the U.S.
“The Wendy Williams Show” will conclude its six-week preview this Friday. During the trial, it ran in New York (WNYW-TV), Los Angeles (KTTV-TV), Dallas (KDFW-TV) and Detroit (WJBK-TV).
Your Black Politics: Kwame Kilpatrick Gets the Boot from Barack Obama
•August 18, 2008 • No Comments
A Wayne County Circuit Court judge ruled that embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick can attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver despite having already spent time in jail for violating the travel restrictions placed on him by the court.
The Obama campaign, on the other hand, is hoping Kilpatrick will stay away. The mayor faces eight felony charges of conspiracy, perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office over his testimony in a civil trial that revealed his affair with an employee as well as two felony counts of assault in a separate case.
FIERCE411: Venus and Serena Williams Take the Gold
•August 18, 2008 • No CommentsVenus and Serena Williams kept up a family tradition Sunday, playing together in the Olympic doubles tournament and walking away with the gold medal.
Slugging winners from the baseline and slamming shots at the net, the American sisters overpowered Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0.
Serena and Venus Williams celebrate Sunday after beating Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual
6-2, 6-0 in Beijing.
When Ruano Pascual sent the championship point long, the sisters shrieked in unison. Then they jumped for joy and hugged.
“I’m so excited, I can’t even speak,” said the 28-year-old Venus, who has already won seven doubles Grand Slam titles and a gold medal in Sydney alongside younger sister Serena.
The pair didn’t enter the doubles competition in Athens four years ago because Serena was hurt at the time.
“To share this kind of moment with your sister,” Venus said, “it never grows old.”
It doesn’t hurt when your sister is one of the best in the world.
“I don’t know anyone out there who would get tired of playing with Venus Williams,” said the 26-year-old Serena, who as a singles player is ranked eighth in the world, three spots behind No. 5 Venus.
Your Black World: Master P Doing a Black TV Network
•August 18, 2008 • No Comments
P. Miller has announced that he is launching a new cable network called Better Black Television, which is set to begin in 2009. The network will provide “positive content for a black and brown culture,” according to a company statement. BBTV will have a wide range of scripted, unscripted and news programming, including drama and comedy series, movies, animation, reality, politics, sports and entertainment news, children’s educational and teen programming, as well as “responsible hip-hop music and videos.”
The cable channel is in the process of purchasing local cable channel affiliates across the country. Production on BBTV’s programs has begun in California, New York, Louisiana and Florida
Your Black World: Wyclef Jean Representing for Haiti
•August 17, 2008 • No CommentsWyclef Jean has been named a roving ambassador for Haiti, the foreign minister announced Thursday.
The 34-year-old hip-hop star will promote development in the country and represent Haiti at various events abroad, said Foreign Affairs Minister Reynald Clerisme.
Singer Wyclef Jean appears on stage during MTV’s “Total Request Live” show at the MTV Times Square Studios, in a Tuesday, March 21, 2006 photo in New York. Wyclef Jean has been named a roving ambassador for Haiti, the foreign minister announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file) (Jeff Christensen - AP)
President Rene Preval chose Jean for the honorary position as a way to boost the image of an impoverished country that is struggling to restore stability after a violent rebellion in 2004.
“We have so much to recover from with our bad reputation. With Wyclef, we can gain a lot,” Clerisme said.
Jean, a Haitian citizen who lives in the United States, wasn’t immediately available for comment. His Yele Haiti foundation promotes arts, education and sports as a way to bring jobs and development to Haiti.
