Iconic artists Master P and Britney Spears have partnered to assist victims affected by Hurricane Isaac. Both stars are natives of Louisiana; Spears is from Kentwood and Master P is from New Orleans. Master P has called upon other Hollywood stars such as Justin Bieber, Usher, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Ne-yo, Beyonce, Michael Bolten, Will Smith, and Dwight Howard to assist he and Spears with the cause as well. Master P and…
On any given day, we expose our personal brand to people we may never have an actual conversation with. Whether you are a business owner, in a management position or a stay-home mother, you have a brand. Often we leave the task of ‘brand management’ to the large companies or professional athletes, but branding should be everyone’s concern. Your brand is simply ‘the unwritten, unspoken promise of delivering excellence’. Who…
Raven-Symoné isn’t taking rumors of her being a lesbian lightly. The former child star took to Twitter to address a National Enquirer story published this week claiming she is in a relationship with America’s Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston. Though Raven didn’t confirm or deny the story, she did state that her dating life is no one’s business but her own. “My sexual orientation is mine, and the person…
Some thought that Raven Symone was going to come out of the closet after the National Enquirer appeared to put her on blast for allegedly having a live-in girlfriend. Not so fast, she says. In a series of tweets, the former star of The Cosby Show says that her personal life is her business and that of no one else. “I’m living my PERSONAL life the way I’m happiest,” Raven-Symoné…
Lifetime is going into business with the family of the late Whitney Houston. The female-focused cable network has ordered 10 hourlong episodes of The Houston Family Chronicles, a docuseries revolving around the lives of Houston’s family. Among those set to be featured in the series, which will launch later this year, are Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, daughter Bobbi Kristina, sister-in-law and manager, Pat Houston, seen below, and her daughter Rayah….
When Shaquille O’Neal graduates from Barry University this weekend, he’ll receive a Ph.D in organizational learning and leadership. More than 1,100 students will graduate from Barry University on Saturday, but only one will be wearing a custom-made size-XXXL gown — seven-foot-one, 325-pound Shaquille O’Neal, the former Miami Heat and NBA superstar. Among O’Neal’s many nicknames during his 19-year career were “The Big Aristotle,’’ “The Diesel’’ and “Superman.’’ After this weekend,…
1. “The End.” Have you ever watched the ending of your favorite show before the beginning? If you ever do, you’ll notice you’re not anxious and/or excited to keep watching. Sex is the suspenseful ending of the show that has you on the edge of your seat. If you give away the ending before the beginning, what’s left to see? 2. Awkwardness. Oftentimes there’s a disconnect between men and…
For the last few years of Whitney Houston’s life, the singer was on-again, off-again with Brandy’s little brother Ray J, who, of course, happens to be the dude in Kim Kardashian’s sex tape. Given that connection plus the public’s voracious appetite for badly shot home porn, we all knew a rumor of XXX footage would pop up sometime. The only question was whether there would be any merit…
For the last 4 1/2 years it has been virtually impossible to turn on the radio or video channel and not see some representation from the crew the music world has fondly grown to know as “Young Money”. A brain child spawned from the imagination of Dwayne Carter, AKA Lil Wayne who was mentored since 11 years old by then drug dealer and music producer Bryan “Baby” Williams. Over the…
Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles. The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the economics of a start-up cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost structure, Winfrey said in a statement. “As CEO, I have a responsibility to chart the course for long-term…
It’s the time of year, again, when Apple announces its newest version of the iPad, and everyone clambers to the nearest retail store to give away their hard-earned money just to hold the sophisticated aluminum and glass. Being the self-proclaimed “techy” that I am, I understand it’s easy to get caught up in the hype and confusion associated with new electronics. In fact, I was one of the many on…