Watch: Rihanna- Redemption Song and Maxwell- Fistful of Tears from Oprah’s Help for Haiti Show

Rihanna stopped by Oprah’s show today to perform the Bob Marley classic “Redemption Song” . Oprah hosted the “Help for Haiti” special to raise awareness of course and to get more people involved. Friday night is a “Hope for Haiti” charity telecast that will feature performances by Rihanna, Jay-Z,  Beyonce, Bono, Edge, Wyclef Jean, Bruce [...]

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RIP Teddy Pendergrass

I know I’m a day late with this but I wanted to send my condolences out to the Teddy Pendergrass family from the HM family. I’m sure most of our readers a little  young to be up on his music, but he was a R&B soul legend.  My favorite song of his (and one of [...]

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How You Can Help the Earthquake Victims in Haiti

I’m sure by now you all have heard about the devastation from a 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday. Reports are coming out that hundreds of thousands are dead. (Click here to read CNN’s full coverage). Below I have a variety of ways you can help immediately. I highlighted Wyclef Jean’s charity because it is [...]

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Reliving the Magic of Election Night 2008 One Year Later

Today I’ve been keeping up with the media drivel about how the sprinkle of elections being held today are supposedly a referendum on President Obama. Amid all the bloviating punditry, ridiculous op-ed articles, and coverage of the elections in NY, NJ, and VA it finally dawned one…”hey today marks the one year anniversary of this [...]

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Remembering 9/11

9/11 is a day that will be forever etched in all of our minds. Today marks the 8th anniversary of that tragic day. I’m not going to be long-winded but take a moment to remember the victims and the heroes.

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Chris Brown Apologizes- FINALLY

Chris Brown has taken to youtube for a public mea culpa. After months of showing ZERO remorse or humility about his actions, he has finally gotten around to apologizing after the important work of sitting court-side at basketball games and partaking in a topless ab contest on twitter. Needless to say, I think his actions [...]

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Michael Jackson Memorial Serice Coverage

Today is the day that the world will pay its last respects to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. There will be a public memorial service at Staples Center and then he will be buried (I believe at Forest Lawn Cemetery). I’ve compiled some useful information if you are interested in knowing where you can [...]

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RIP Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

On this site I try to avoid becoming the crime pages and an obituary, but today is such a tragic day with the loss of two great artists that I couldn’t refrain from commenting.

Earlier this morning Farrah Fawcett died from her 2 year long battle with Cancer. Her struggle has been documented and her strength [...]

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Congrats Super Bowl Champion Steelers + Watch Jennifer Hudson’s Spectacular Return to the Spotlight

The Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win 6 Super Bowl Championships and I have nothing but kudos to offer. I was rooting for The Steelers to win and even though I didn’t get to watch the entire game, but I caught the exhilarating last 2 minutes so I can only imagine how good [...]

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Election Day 2008: Fired Up and Ready to Go, UPDATED: Victory for OBAMA!

Last night Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States! Woooooooo hoooooooo! Sorry had to get that out there. It was such a triumphant and remarkable moment in our nation’s history that marked a new dawn and a new era for America and for the world. I’ve had the privilege of [...]

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