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Black Entertainment Television {BET} – First black owned company to be listed on the NYSE, begins broadcasting from Washington, DC.

If You thought the song “I Am” was hot! Take A listen to another pre-release song from Kirk Franklin called “Smile”.

Letting sleeping dogs — and cats — lie could make you sick, a paper to be published by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control journal warns. That pet in your bed could be passing on meningitis, toxocariasis or cat-scratch disease, among others. “We don’t want to scare people, but especially for children and people with […]

Steve Harvey’s ex-wife, Mary Harvey, put him on blast in a You Tube video that went viral today. The video details how Mary and her son almost died when he was born. She claims Steve’s current wife, Marjorie, was one of his many mistresses. She confronted Marjorie on the phone when she called her home […]

Check out our gallery of some great first time achievements accomplished by black women.

Last week we opened the voting for our Greatest Black Sitcom of All-Time Competition.  Yesterday voting closed for round 1 and we’re down from 64 shows to 32. Based on the seeding of the editorial team we didn’t see any upset loses although we were surprised to see the short-lived 90’s sitcom “Thea” beat out the […]

Conditioned to politely hang up on telemarketers, Gail Davis followed form recently, only to find out she had hung up on a legit Apple giveaway of a $10,000 iTunes gift card for downloading Apple’s App Store’s 10 billionth app early Saturday morning, a milestone our own Suzanne Choney wrote about over the weekend. “I thought […]

Testimony by: Raqiyah Mays “You like my weave?” I usually ask this question when standing in front of someone who hasn’t seen me in months or years. Twirling my long, straight hair with one hand and patting itchy stitching with the other, I’ll smile as they stare in frozen disbelief. “Y-you cut your dreads?” Something […]

Oprah’s fans are trying to figure out what her shocking announcement will be on Monday’s show that will shock the world. The daytime host teased the following in an recent promo: “I was given some news that literally shook me to my core. This time, I’m the one being reunited. I was keeping a family […]

Happy rainy Monday Saints. Everyone is wondering what news Oprah will drop on the show today. (from the cbs news website) Oprah Winfrey says she’ll reveal a deep family secret on her show Monday. And the chat rooms and blogs are buzzing over what it might be. Whatever it is, notes CBS News correspondent Michelle […]