With his sixteenth birthday just around the corner, Darius is in that crazy stage of development between childhood and adulthood. With a deepening voice, long, lean limbs and a noticeable line of facial hair across his upper lip, it’s getting harder to deny that my oldest is just years away from driving, working, having dates… Continue reading Enabling Evil: Life Lessons From The Steubenville Rape Case
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Vintage Chat With Kevin Hart: Grind Like a Hustler, Shine Like a Star
Sometimes, I luck out and catch star on the rise and this time, I caught one before he came a supernova and as Martin Lawrence used to say, ‘blow-up-tuated.’ Here’s my previously-published 2010 chat with Kevin Hart and his surprising insights into life, comedy and getting the roles as well as the laughs. Enjoy…. Before… Continue reading Vintage Chat With Kevin Hart: Grind Like a Hustler, Shine Like a Star
“Daddy’$ Money”: Hot Fashion or Hit Em’ Up Style?
Thanks to his “playa” reputation during his single years, the fact that my husband Calvin is now the father to a pair of daughters is seen as divinely-delivered get-back: “That’s exactly what you get Cal, two little girls.” Whatever their births may symbolize, Player Emeritus was just as humbled and proud as any other dad… Continue reading “Daddy’$ Money”: Hot Fashion or Hit Em’ Up Style?
Defaming Her Name: Quvenzhane Wallis, Twitter & An Unravelled Onion
She wasn’t dripping in diamonds or strolling the red carpet with man-candy on her arm, but that didn’t keep nine-year-old Quvenzhane Willis from earning some well-deserved shine for becoming the youngest-ever nominee for Best Actress at the recent 85th Academy Awards. A child prodigy that enraptured critics and filmgoers as the headstrong Hushpuppy in last… Continue reading Defaming Her Name: Quvenzhane Wallis, Twitter & An Unravelled Onion
Emmett Till, Lil Wayne & the “Karate Chop” To Civil Rights
When it comes to recalling the events and the activists that pioneered the Civil Rights Movement, the most common examples given include protest marches, public sit-ins, school desegregation and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But there was one that symbolized the heinous injustices and inequities plaguing African-Americans, especially those presiding in the Deep South. It belonged… Continue reading Emmett Till, Lil Wayne & the “Karate Chop” To Civil Rights