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Monday, July 25, 2011
Amy Winehouse shows off a curly-haired new look as she ditches her matted beehive
Spotted: Celebrity Couples (and Exes!) Hit Up Comic-Con
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Julius Kane: Why Good Times is Far More Relevant than the Cosby Show Will Ever Be
By Julius Kane
Stop playin' 'Good Times' was better than 'The Cosby show' for real; the first three seasons before the father's character was killed off, anyway. You can run around town and act like you're embarrassed of 'Good Times' but I sure as hell ain't. A couple of so called critics even said 'The Cosby Show' was a "real depiction of a Black family." Again, stop playin'. How realistic is it even in WHITE AMERICA for a doctor to be married to a lawyer, have half a dozen kids and they all go to college? What did 'The Cosby Show' teach you? Sure, it made you wish for a better life and smashed a lot cultural stereotypes. But 'The Cosby Show'wasn't the best Black television show of all time; not by a long shot. In actuality'The Cosby Show' was the best Black television show for White folks to watch. It allowed White folks to see a different side of the Black experience and gave Black folks faces, places and images they could finally be proud of.
Dr. Boyce: Add the Caddie to the List of People Seeking to Destroy Mr. Woods
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University – Scholarship in Action
It appears that Tiger Woods’ wife is not the only person who has a bone to pick with him. Tiger’s former caddy, Steve Williams, is planning to write a tell-all book about his life with Woods, and some expect that it’s not going to be pretty. After serving by Tiger’s side for 12 years, Williams was fired recently, and doesn’t appear to be happy about it. As a result, Williams is already letting the drama fly like a golf ball into a breezy summer day.
Williams has mentioned that one of the chapters of his book will be all about Woods and their relationship. Of course, this is the chapter that got him the book deal, and the one that everyone is to see.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
92 Killed in Mass Murder Incident in Norway
The death toll in the mass shooting and bomb attack in Norway rose to 92 Saturday, as leaders and the public alike tried to make sense of what the prime minister called the country's "worst atrocity" since World War II.
New details emerged surrounding Friday's attacks, as a fuller picture of the suspect charged in the crimes came to light. The man faces charges related to terrorism, which carry a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison if convicted. The charges may change, police said.
Norwegian television and newspaper reports have identified the suspect as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik.
An employee at a Norwegian agricultural cooperative told CNN that the man identified in media reports as the suspect bought six tons of fertilizer from her company in May.
Mass Murderer Gets the Death Penalty
An Ohio sex offender charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his home was convicted Friday of aggravated murder.
Anthony Sowell, 51, was convicted in the killing ofTonia Carmichael, who disappeared in November 2008 and was strangled with an electrical charger for a cell phone or camera.