Chris Brown appeared in a LA court today to answer two felony charges stemming from his assault of Rihanna. He was granted a continuance postponing his arraignment until April 6th.  He didn’t enter a plea either. Posted in crimes, current news analysis, health issues, messed up stuff, Race, S...

In her new book “An Altar in the World,” bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor writes about “the practice of paying attention.” She explains: The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people and things you might just as easily ignore. To see takes ti...

For the past few days I’ve been frantically flipping through Lifetime’s t.v schedule. I’ve been searching for  The Golden Girls   and I couldn’t find the show’s listing anywhere!  I thought I had screwed up the schedule or that I was just going crazy. But I final...

An American tabloid is claiming that Rihanna and Brown got married at Puffy’s (I just can’t call him Diddy..sorry) Miami mansion. If this story is indeed true and giving all the drama that’s transpired between these two in the past few weeks, it’s entirely possible, this stor...

When was the last time you sent or received a hand-written letter?  And cards don’t count.   A LETTER , written by hand on paper preferably go on think about it? Hmmm..I bet you can’t remember the last time you got one? I can’t remember when I last got one either so don’t ...

Kanye West has lost his damn mind! He must have in trying to suggest we should cut Chris Brown some slack after he beat up Rihanna but he’s not the first black star to suggest that we ease up on Brown. First it was Terrence Howard and his insane comment that beating up women is “ ju...

“The hardest part of all this is my loss of security and my lack of control over my own finances and future. I feel vulnerable and completely powerless to change any of this. It angers me that other people are determining my fate. Especially since they are doing such a pathetic job of it.� ~Dawn...

 It’s 2am, I think, and like most other nights I can’t sleep. So what do I decide to do? I decide to surf the web..hmm. What to read? What to read? Obama and his budget plans..nah too heavy. Watch past American Idol reject videos on You Tube..nah too funny. Read about Rihanna and Chris ...

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The author of a new memoir about an abusive marriage discusses why it's still so hard to be open about domestic violence and what we can learn from the tabloid frenzy over the Rihanna-Chris Brown incident....