FLY GIRL STYLE ~ Mary J Blige

MJB better known as THE QUEEN of HIP HOP SOUL, and she deserves it. Giving us great songs we love and can relate too. Mary has always been a fashion trendsetter. The blond hair was a bit much for me at first( I guess that's entertainment), now I love the look on her. She is definitely ghetto fabulous. Always looking good. She has changed her style over the years from the "round the way girl" and now she gives us nothing but glamour. Mary always looks great. Check out some of the hairdos she has worn over the years. Her hair-dos are what made us want to watch her even more. See the photos below and watch how she has changed to become the beautiful woman we see today.

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Watch It~ The Secret Life Of Bees

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HOT GIRL STYLE ~ Jada Pinkett Smith~ Isn't She Lovely!!!!

THIS GIRL LOOKS GOOD...SUPER FLYNESS AT IT"S BEST!!!

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Marion Jones Released From Prison

I'm sure you've noticed on my blog I have photos of black women we should admire, unfortunately there is one woman who I wish I could have on my blog. Marion Jones. I was so proud of this young woman. I mean she was the fastest woman in the world. I along with others rooted for her during the 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympics. She was Americas darling. We knew if any woman could win all gold medals in all 5 events they were competing in, it was Marion Jones. She won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals.


She was everywhere after the Olympics. I remember she had an ad with American Express. Every time I saw that ad I would watch it as if it were the first time. I felt so proud. Another thing I admired about her was her physique. She always looked so well toned. Her muscles were evident but not to manly. She just looked so strong and she was wonderful to watch sprinting on the track.




I didn't know she was under investigation for steroid use. I only heard about her troubles when she admitted to it. WOW, was I disappointed along with millions whose trust she betrayed. Why would any athlete feel that the public wants to watch and admire a fraud and a liar? Well we know why they do it.MONEY,FORTUNE,FAME,ENDORSEMENTS AND MORE MONEY. I'm glad some of them are getting caught for duping as into believing in their "superior performance" as a God given talent. When all the while their doping to enhance their performance, just so they can become the best in their sport.
Look at her body. She is lean,and muscles toned. She looks great. Why would we not think all of this was due to hard work?


Yes, Marion you messed up big time. We all have at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, yours was for the whole world to see. Now all your phony achievements are going to be cleared from the record books as if you were never a part of track and field. Well at least the honest, hard working, side of the sport. I hope you use your experience to help young athletes who are going to be seduced by the limelight and glory as you were. Help save lives and spirits by telling your story. This time tell the whole truth.

Jennifer Hudson Sings The National Anthem At The DNC

I HAD TO ADD THIS. I SIMPLY LOVE HER AND WISH HER THE ABSOLUTE BEST. THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL.




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SPECIAL REPORT: Michelle Obama's Speech At The DNC~~~5 Stars

The next First Lady Of The United States.She was magnificent.




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Black Women Broaden Your Horizons~~~PLEASE

There are sooooo many reality shows on tv these days. Too many to count and keep up with. I will admit I do watch a couple of them. The primary function of these shows I see, well I do believe is to show how stupid some people are and give us something to laugh at. Have mercy, I laugh at these characters all the time. Remember Tiffany Pollard aka "New York" from the show "Flavor Of Love" with Flavor Flav? She also had 2 shows of her own "I Love New York" 1 and 2. She'll always have a show or appear in one. Every Since I started laughing at her I never stopped. I will admit I enjoy watching her perform. Every week she shows how ignorant she is, that she has no class, uneducated and just plain stupid. Truly, she makes black women look bad, but I can't stop watching her. She is entertainment all by herself.



She obviously makes alot of money for VH1, because they gave her yet another show. This is her third with the network. "NY Goes To Hollywood" is the name of her new endeavor. This series is about her trying to become a serious actress,yeah right.I really don't want to bash any woman trying to get hers, and I especially would love to support every black woman in her success.



I don't catch it on the nights it originally airs. I usually watch the show online. It's the show I watched today, the 3rd episode that I am writing this post about. Like I said she is ridiculous. First, the way she wears her hair, makeup and clothes is a personal choice so I won,t comment on how she looks.

In this episode she gets a commercial shooting for a Japanese energy drink. Her manager tells her to do some research on Japanese culture. She obviously, thinks that everyone who is Asian, may be Japanese. So to do her research she goes to a cleaners where the woman there is Korean. She really doesn't know that Japan and Korea are not the same place. Black women let me say it again, broaden your horizons. Learn something it doesn't have to be alot, but at least the basics. Then she goes to a nail salon asking if they are Japanese. Of course they aren't. It seems as if even they were making fun of her. Wow, why not just go online and do some research or to a library where there are books? Too easy, huh? Maybe it's me but if I wanted to do research on a culture there are museums, art galleries, maybe even that countries embassy. No she goes to store owners for help. If you would do the same let me know.

She is willing to work hard on her commercial shoot. I will give her that much. During the shooting she was professional enough. It seemed she wanted to do well and show everyone she could do it. I hope that she does well and that I sincerely mean. I just hope she broadens her horizons, cuz she needs it.
You have got see all of her episodes and then you will see she is funny as all hell.

As black women we really should watch how we are potrayed and when its not right we need to be as loud as we can about our disapproval. I don't feel as if I am ever being judged by how other black women act, but I do want all black women to get the resepect we desrve.

So the moral to this post is Black Women broaden your horizons...PLEASE!!!!!

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Heart & Soul Magazine Health And Spa Weekend

READ THIS!!!!!



Heart & Soul magazine is sponsoring a health conference from October 16-October 19 in Nashville,TN. This sounds like what alot of us need to help keep our sanity and running everyone's life and sometimes our own.

There will be a Divas Against Disparities Benefit Concert. Mary Mary,Angie Stone and Lalah Hathaway will perform. There will be health screenings, workshops and seminars.
Get your girls together and get on your way. You know you deserve it.

Meharry Medical College is also apart of this event.


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More Black Women Die In Childbirth Than Any Other Ethnic Group!!!!

I guess you're not all that surprised, are you? Well, I'm not surprised but I am very saddened to hear this. It seems our community is stricken with so many diseases that effects us much more severely than any other ethnic group. AIDS/HIV, cancer, hypertension, diabetes and the list goes on and on. I came across this article on BET.com. Seniors can't get their medicine and families are under insured or no health insurance at all. Black folk we really have to take care of ourselves and each other. Develop programs in our neighborhoods that those without adequate health care can get the assistance they need. Seniors can't afford to buy medicine and families are under insured or have none at all. Churches and social organizations can play a big part in helping Black America get healthy. Why not hold classes and seminars to help us understand what some of our symptoms may be so we can address them, fight them and live long healthy lives? I know some of these things are being done, but we need more. Obviously there isn't enough to help those who need this information.

My mother had a sister who died while giving birth to her second child. Growing up I often wondered how that could happen. To tell the truth I still wonder how it happens. We know that has to be hard for a family. I'm sure my Grandparents and the rest of my family and their community took it hard. That happened in the 50's.Well this is real life and it does happen and it will continue to happen.Let's do what we can to become a more healthier community, a healthier America and untimely the world.

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Jazmine Sullivan I Looovvvee Her New Song!!!!

I really don't want this blog to become exclusively an "entertainment" site, but it seems as if that's just where I'm going. So after this post I will need to be very careful.

Well first, I have got to tell you about a young lady I heard today, Philadelphia born Jazmine Sullivan. She is Ebony Girl Speaks/Artist Of The Moment.Her song "Need U Bad" is a hottttt song and I love it. The CD titled " Fearless" hits stores September 16.Very rare is it that I hear a song that I love the 1st time I hear it, but this is definitely one. Well actually, I saw the video. I was scared at first when I saw Missy Elliot, she produced the song. My goodness, I was hoping she wasn't gonna rap and mess the song up. Sorry Missy fans. I can't wait to hear more from this young lady. I'm off to her MySpace page MySpace.Com/JazmineSullivan maybe she has more songs there. I need to listen and hear more from her. This was just a 'lil something I needed to share with ya!!!

Sanaa & Nia In Cartoon TV Show

By Karu F. Daniels

Two of the most beautiful actresses in black Hollywood are getting a bit animated with their next gigs.Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long are on board for 'The Cleveland Show,' a spin-off of the popular very adult-friendly animated series 'The Family Guy.'Earlier this week, casting was announced for the show, which will center around the character Cleveland Brown – which is voiced by white actor Mike Henry.Lathan, who starred in films such as 'Brown Sugar' and 'Love & Basketball' will play Cleveland's wife, Donna, while Long, who starred in last season's ABC drama series 'Big Shots,' will voice the character of rebellious stepdaughter Roberta.Set to debut next year, 'Cleveland' follows the Browns as they move to Cleveland's Virginia hometown and encounter neighbors including a "redneck" named Lester, a family of bears and a British family enamored with the Victorian era.In a colorblind casting move, black actor Kevin Michael Richardson will play the part of Lester."Clearly, the idea was just to make an ethnically diverse show in front of and behind the camera, which we are," and to create a largely African-American cast for the Brown family, Fox network programming chief Kevin Reilly told reporters during a Television Critics Association meeting this week.

I love them both, and i'm going to watch.

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Natalie Cole Diagnosied With Hepatitis

Natalie Cole has been has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, a contagious liver disease spread by infected blood, according to the Associated Press.

A statement from Cole's camp revealed that the virus was found during a routine exam and that she likely contracted the virus during drug use many years ago. It is a common cause of liver disease and is reported to affect 13 in 1,000 people. Approximately 10% to 20% of those infected will develop cirrhosis and 1% to 5% will develop liver cancer.

"I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences," said the Grammy-winning singer. "I am embraced by the love and support of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in my abiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This is how I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life."

Her Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physician, Dr. Graham Woolf, told AP that Cole has had a "terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative."

Cole is recovering from side effects of the treatment, including fatigue, muscle aches and dehydration.
Let's wish her the best health.

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Assata Shakur Hero or Real Criminal?

I remember as a young woman reading this book. At that time I was very interested in anything dealing with a black power movement and pro-blackness and I am still. If it meant black power, sounded like black power, I devoured it. Malcolm X was my hero (still)The Black Panthers were beautiful and strong warriors. I read everything I could get my hands on. Somehow I became interested in her story, this story so I read it. Really, I don't remember much about the book. This post is more about her than the book itself. I do admire her for standing up for what she believed was right to help a cause. That she did for sure. She was definitely a "ride or die chick". My question is, is she a hero or a criminal?

She is admired by many,especially in the hip hop community. There are songs by artists such as Common "A Song For Assata". Public Enemy and X - Clan have recorded songs also. Let me not forget to tell you she is TUPAC SHAKUR'S aunt and godmother. His step-father is her brother.

There is a an offer of 1 million dollars from the FBI to anyone who helps with her capture. That is alot of bread for one sista. A letter was written to the Pope in 1997 by the NJ State Police to raise the issue of her being extradited back to the US, in his talks with Fidel Castro. In 1998 the then Governor of NJ Christine Todd Whitman asked Janet Reno, who at the time was the Attorney General to do whatever it takes to get Assata back to the States to complete her life sentence. As you can see they want her bad. Here in America she is labeled a "domestic terrorist". She now lives in Cuba,and has been since 1984 with political asylum.



From 1971 to 1973 she is accused of bank robberies, murders, kidnapping, attempted murders on police officers and assaults. Never was she convicted of any these crimes. Maybe you've heard of the New Jersey Turnpike shootings? In May 1973 she was involved in a shootout with some members of The Black Liberation Army and NJ state troopers on the NJ Turnpike.Killed were a State Trooper, one of her companions, Assata was severely wounded, another Trooper was injured also. A passenger who was also in the car with Assata escaped. He was later captured. I do remember that she writes about her being taken into custody after being shot on the turnpike in her autobiography.

She was convicted in 1977 of 2 murder charges, 6 assault charges. She received a sentence of 26 to 33 years to run consecutively with her life sentence for a murder that was proven she could not have committed because of her injuries. You can imagine this was the trial of the century in New Jersey.




She was held in several prisons in New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia. Subjected to vaginal,anal searches, not having good medical attention, or exercise, being watched all the time, and being placed under solitary cofinement for almost 2 years.It was at Clinton Correctional Facility For Women in New Jersey in 1979 that she escaped with the help of 3 members of the Black Liberation Army.Her brother Mutulu Shakur (Tupac's step-father) was among them. For years she avoided capture. I'm sure they tried everything in their power to find her. I wonder if they harassed her family and friends,you know they most likely wiretapped their phones, even followed them around. I remember hearing the FBI searched a Harlem apartment building with machine guns, shotguns drawn knocking down doors looking for her. Was she there? She avoided capture for 5 years, and then she arrived in Cuba.




There are so many things about this woman that fascinates me still to this day. She has written books and essays. Books and essays have been written about her. I wish I could share with you guys all that I have read about her, about her trial. Hopefully, you will seek more information about this interesting woman. She needs to be discussed. I am glad to know she believed in something but I'm not sure how I may feel about her methods of achieving her goals in the name of "black liberation". That's why I asked is she a hero or a criminal? I think a little of both. Now you know I'm sending you to a site you need to check out. Go to AssataShakur.Org for more information.

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