The Washington Post Starts Charging Monthly Fee For Heavy Website Users
The Washington Post has become the latest newspaper in the United States to announce that it will start charging frequent users of its website a monthly fee, joining the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and others in imposing a paywall on consumers. The Post, like its rivals, has been suffering financially as readers have moved [...]
Julian Newman: 4-foot, 5-inch Basketball Phenomenon
By Darron Smith Standing at a height of 4-foot, 5-inches tall, and weighing in at 70 pounds, Julian Newman, an 11-year-old basketball prodigy, has taken the sporting world by storm. Though he is 4-years younger than his teammates and a good 14-inches shorter than most of them, this young man has moves that havecaptured the [...]
Beyonce Lands $50 Million Deal With Pepsi
Beyonce has reportedly landed a multi-year deal with Pepsi worth around $50 million, serving as its brand ambassador. According to the New York Times, the deal includes commercials, as well as a multimillion-dollar fund to support the singer’s creative endeavors. “Pepsi embraces creativity and understands that artists evolve,” Beyoncé said in a statement. “As a [...]
Beyonce: I Love Changing Diapers
If you ask most women about the diaper changing portion of mothering, they will typically say they do it because they have to but not because they love it. Beyonce is not most woman and she is certainly not typical. Speaking to Anderson Cooper on Anderson Live on, Monday, Mrs. Carter said, “Actually, [Jay-Z] is [...]
Michelle Alexander’s ‘New Jim Crow’ Raises The Debate On Drug Laws
Garry McCarthy, a 30-year veteran of law enforcement, did not expect to hear anything too startling when he appeared at a conference on drug policy organized last year by an African-American minister in Newark, where he was the police director. But then a law professor named Michelle Alexander took the stage and delivered an [...]
Author Iyanla Vanzant To Host New Show On OWN
Author and spiritual life coach Iyanla Vanzant has made quite the comeback in the last two years. First, she released a new book, Peace From Broken Pieces, that landed her back on the New York Times bestsellers list. Then, she publicly reconciled with the queen of media…Oprah Winfrey. Well that reconciliation has paid [...]
Actor “beyond shocked” after seeing leg amputated in a diabetes ad on billboard
An overweight man in Los Angeles says he was “beyond shocked” to discover an altered photo of him on New York City billboards with his leg removed. 27-year-old Cleo Berry tells the New York Times that while living in NYC several years ago, he participated in a $500 photo shoot with photographer Morten [...]