Is Beyonce Biting off Lady GaGa?

We don't want to get into swag-jackin' but alot of similar props and outfits on the recent Beyonce tour are looking mighty Lady GaGa-ish. Just sayin'.

Are you a SEP (Surgically Enhanced Person)?

People have a right to do what they will to their bodies, but is there a limit?
The recent death of megastar Michael Jackson put along with it, the issue of SEPs, Surgicially Enhanced People. While body modification isn't new, some people (it's documented) have become addicted to tinkering with themselves.
Sooner or later, they become this monstrosity that, just maybe, technically infringes on your right to look at a real person.
I mean, how would you feel if you were talking to a real person, only to discover that they aren't real at all: their eye lashes are fake, their hair is a wig, their legs come off (paraplegic), their arms screw off, etc. (Remember this scene from "I'ma Get You, Sucka?"
Are there self-esteem issues behind surgically enhanced people? Are they not satified with being au naturale? Do they see themselves as flawed naturally?
Also on the rise are people modifying their bodies for other people's pleasure (breast augmentation for women who strip so that they can be more appealing, thus get more tips).
Is their a limit? (They say only one of MJ's family tried to intervene in his behalf). Or is it all good?
I don't even know anymore.

'A Girl Like Me' struggles with modern race and skin tone issues

Is it still called racism if it's self-inflicted? The ground-breaking short film by a teenaged Kiri Davis a few years ago shows us how far we've come ... and how little has changed. The 3:38 mark will absolutely break your heart.

Do You Fake Smile at Work?

If so you're not alone.
Most people not only hate their job, but they don't think too highly of their boss either.
Why?
Because bosses suck.
The premise and practice of the modern boss - people who tell you what to do but don't even know how to do it themselves -- is widely eskew from the concept.
As a result, many people, (including you?) have a "fake it til you make it" sort of posture at the job.
It's not a healthy environment but we tolerate it.
Is that how you would describe your job, too?

Celebrity Style: Lindsay Lohan

Say what you will about the used-to-be-druggie and more-underwear-showing-than-Pookie child actor, Lindsay Lohan, she can look mighty fierce in heels.

June Ambrose is Crazy Cool

One of the rising Internet divas is celebrity stylist June Ambrose. If you follow her many exploits on Facebook, or her hilarious tweets on Twitter, you know that it's irrevelant if Ambrose is playing with a full deck, because either way, the cards are stacked in her favor. You go, girl.

'Charlene' by Anthony Hamilton (Kledogg2002)

The Return of the Funky Divas

One reunion after another it's become apparent, Envogue, the New Jack Swing's answer to the Supremes, are poised to make a comeback.
The quartet has been hopping around the country (most recently the Essence Fest in Nola; and the Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago)doing gigs with hopes of a recording in the works. But will the record-buying public respond?

Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis were manufactured by producer team Foster and McElroy in 1989 in Oakland, California.
There album "Born to Sing," yielded the immediate hit, "Hold On," which made the girls a household name in black families.
In 1997, Dawn, the most outspoken and vocally restrained member of the group, bolted for greener pastures. She resurfaced as part of the trio Lucy Pearl, who had more potential than actual staying power.
Off and again and on again, and shuffling members the whole time the group has reassembled its original lineup (they performed at the Trumpet Awards earlier this year) and are singing everywhere they can.
The public has been known to be downright fickle about reunions, turning out to buy albums but long since deserting the album-supporting tours and appearances that come with it.
Why will this be any different?

Solange = Sci Fi Interplanetary Funkster, Or Somethin'

When it comes to steez, Solange Knowles has something or other. And the more we see her, the more we know that it is indeed "other."
Here she is at the gay pride joint in 'Frisco and she's in it to win it. We have seen Beyonce in some getups, but at least Tina checkmates all of Bey's outfits; Solange does simply HER.

Why Hasn't He Said Something?

His Royal Badness, Prince Rogers Nelson has said nary a word on the passing of his musical rival, Michael Jackson.
Not that he's supposed to, but generally two masters in the same arena acknowledge each other in death, if not in life.
The two geniuses were musical opposites in their hey day, pushing each other to new creative heights.
"Thriller" was met by "Purple Rain."
"Bad" was countered with "Sign O the Times."
Prince was the do-it-all musician was Michael was the consummate performer.
You could be in both camps but you couldn't love both of them the same.
That's just how it was.
Now that one is no longer with us, the other's absence is stark.