If you watched “Couple’s Therapy” two seasons ago, you’d recall the heartfelt breakdown DMX had as he talked about his mother not loving him as a child. The 42-year-old sobbed like a baby when he talked about the lack of a motherly influence, and that disconnect was used to explain why he’s cheated on his wife, Tashira, umpteenth times, not to mention his battle with drugs and alcohol. Though the VH1 show…
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January 15, 2013
Coca-Cola became one of the world’s most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it’s taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a growing cloud over the industry: obesity. The Atlanta-based company on Monday will begin airing a two-minute spot during the highest-rated shows on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC in hopes of becoming a more influential voice in the intensifying debate over sodas…
An advocacy group is outraged at ABC for a torture scene that took place in the hit TV show, “Scandal” starring Kerry Washington. During the scene, a man is arrested for attempting to assassinate the president, and is arrested under the Patriot Act. The man is innocent, but he is water boarded and beaten half to death in an attempt to obtain a confession. The Parents Television Council was…
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, will announce today (Tuesday) a plan to hire every veteran who wants a job, provided that the veterans have left the military in the previous year and did not receive a dishonorable discharge. The announcement, to be made in a speech in New York by William S. Simon, the president and chief executive of Wal-Mart U.S., represents among the largest hiring commitments for veterans in…
Remember the scruffy voiced Obama phone lady, who was caught screaming with utter joy about getting a free “Obama phone?” Well, the infamous Alex Jones of Infowars.com clowned this lady on his show for weeks, after her video went viral on Youtube. Kicker is, a few days agoAlex Jones tracked her down in Cleveland, brought her to Austin Texas, wined and dined, set her up in a hotel, ultimately changing…
by Dr. Boyce Watkins I find myself consistently fascinated at how angry and ugly women can be on Vh-1 reality shows. Rather than attempting to understand the inner beauty that makes a human being lovable, too many seem to think that attraction comes down to long hair, a short dress and a shapely backside. The women on these reality shows actually scare me. They seem determined to remain consistently angry at someone…
Three people have been killed and six others wounded in Chicago gun violence since Friday afternoon, authorities said. Several of the shooting victims, including two of the people killed, were teenagers. The most recent fatality happened about 12:50 a.m. (1:50 a.m. ET) Sunday, when a man was shot and killed in the Lawndale neighborhood. Damian Barnes, 22, was sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle when a gunman…
Malik Obama, president Barack Obama’s older half-brother, announced he will run for governor in the Kenyan county of Siaya, Bloomberg reports. The elder Obama announced his candidacy as an independent in a rally on Sunday. “Siaya county is facing a lot of problems from poor infrastructure to poverty due to bad leadership,” Obama said, according to Bloomberg. “I will change this if elected.” Kenyans will head to the polls…
Famed producer, Teddy Riley, is all business with his daughter Taja Riley. It’s business, nothing personal. Riley is suing his daughter over a song that he worked on with Lady Gaga. Riley wrote the music and Gaga wrote the lyrics. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Riley’s daughter was hoping that her dad would give her a songwriting credit, helping her launch her career as a songwriter. But instead Taja, Sony/AVI,…
While the full details of the lawsuit have yet to be filed, here’s what we know so far….Teddy Riley filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against 20-year-old Taja Riley, aka Foxx Monroe on January 9. In 2010, Taja Riley, seen below, was attempting a signing career with a group known as RaidR, featuring her two other sister Deja and Tiarra. But the lawsuit, which was filed in California Central District Court…