Kelis rocks that 'Na'vi Steez'

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Eva Mendes is going hard these days

We've all seen it before: Starlet does some pretty okay projects, gets noticed and starts to see her star rise. The names are legion: Beyonce, Alicia keys, Ashanti, etc.But sooner or later the clothes start to come off the risque'-ness seems to take over. Rihanna, most recently comes to mind. How about Ciara? And now Eva Mendes. The Latin lover has been turning...

Study: Pretty Women get Madder

If you're cute then you may get kind of demonic when upset, according to University of California researchers.Women who described themselves as pretty were more mean-spirited when it came to attacks, according to the study. They got angry more easily. Attractive women also had higher expectations that others, according to the study.Is this really a news flash...

Politician: Virginity 'greatest gift you can give'

Evidently, in Australia, a hman's virginity is not worth the breat he uses to acknowledge it. Not so though when it comes to women, according to off-center politician Tony Abbott.Addressing a women's group, Abbot said he'd tell his own daughters that "the greatest gift that you can give someone" is your virginity.He said the pureness, the innocence of it all...

Beyonce's a gamer

Next time you're playing video games online you could be going up against Sasha Fierce herself. Yeah, it seems Jill Scott isn't the only celeb that wants to "stay home from work and play vi.deo games". Beyonce evidently is a huge gamer."I play with everybody, and they curse me out when I make mistakes, and kick me out of the room. I love it, it's really fun...

Hottest name in Hollywood? Kardashian

In three short years, the name Kardashian has become bigger those Hollywood socialite magnets -- the Hilton girls and Nicole Richie -- that spawned them.With their recent love lives enhancing their brand (not to mention their purses), the Kardashians are the biggest name in Hollywood these days.Kim, who shot to notoriety after the release of a graphic sex tape...

Christina Aguilera sings 'Lift Me Up' on Hope for Haiti

Watch John Legend sing "Motherless Child" for Hope for Haiti telethon.Watch Jay-Z, Bono and Rihanna sing "Stranded" for Hope for Haiti telethon.Watch Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris sing "Hallelujah" for Hope for Haiti teletho...

Beyonce sings 'Halo' at Hope for Haiti telethon

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Barbie aint the only bad chick, ya know

All this Barbies that have sprung up out of thin air in the last year should broaden their horizons: There are a host of other bad chicks in popular culture which could be emulated (Even Barbie, which debuted in 1959, had competition back then). I mean what does a plastic toy (who's never even made it to the big screen) have on animated characters and talk,...

Poll: Everybody Likes Michelle

Poll numbers schmoll numbers: Barack may be falling harder than a rock, but people think the world of Michelle, according to a new poll in the L.A. Times. That means former First Ladies Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush evidently didn't have that twinkle in the eye that 'Chelle has displayed.Sure, there has been hate, but Michelle has collectively given the naysayers...

Rise of the camera-phone photographer

Used to be when you wanted to "make a picture" (as they say down South) you had to send it in to be developed into a Space Station 13-type pod at the Kodak store or local pharmacy. That is, if you didn't have your own developing room, a pitch-black room illuminated with a scary red light and consumed with the smell of old bread and skunk pee.But that's what...

Celebrity Style: Alicia Keys boots up

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Kelly Rowland channels Rosie the Riveter

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Colorism within the black community: Why?

From a documentary on colorism at Texas State University, these black women share their experiences behind the phenomenom known as "colorism...

Make way, it's the Sisters Saldana

At the Golden Globes last week one couldn't help but notice at the "Avatar" table, Zoe Saldana sitting next to a girl that looked like her twin. So strong was the resemblance that I thought she and not Zoe was going to get up and trot to the stage when "Avatar" won one of its awards. Let's see, there's Zoe, Mariel (the deadringer) and Cisely, the Saldana sisters.To...

Mo'nique, WHY?

Okay, Mo'nique, kudos on the Golden Globe win for your part in "Precious" and all, but ... you know you wrong, right? You know you messed up, right? You know you done messed up your chances for an Oscar, right? I mean, geez, when they said you played the part of a monster in "Precious" I didn't know it was from the calves down! Mo, shave them joints. NO...

Do you have an alter-ego?

Sure, some of us have two sides, but what happens when we basically have two different people trapped inside us?We all know the chick who is "Miss Calm, cool, collected" when she's chillen, but when she goes out (or better yet gets a lil liquor in her) turns into a beserko.Many, many women have done things in the late of night against their better judgment that...

Portrayal of the Black Family: Where are we now?

Things have changed quite a bit since the mid-1980s when a certain Heathcliffe Huxtable used to KRS-ONE on TV. For Middle America, it was a chance to see the African-American family like never before: Healthy, vibrant, articulate, silly, normal. But looking back at it, and considering the Great Recession we find ourselves in now, we obviously subscribe to lower...

Jahcoozi: Music that's Cooz like that

Straight outta Berlin, the anything-goes trio made up of Sri-Lankan/British MC Sasha Perera, Robot Koch and Israeli born Oren Gerlitz are rocking the music world with their blend of hip-hop, raggae and electronica. They are fun, brash and totally averse to what you hear on the radio. And while they're not new (the group has commercial releases dating back to...

'I'm biracial, but I only claim my white side'

For Hip Hop News & Entertainment at DimeWars.ComFrom the depths of the self-esteem cesspool, Tyra Banks has done it again, this time managing to find the equivalent of a self-hating black girl trapped in the superiority complex-feeding ethos of a white girl, trapped in a black girl. In a lot of ways, it is simply fai...

'It Kills Me' by Skai (Melanie Fiona)

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Even Barbie wants you to be more than a vixen

With the Barbiefication (that's my word, don't even try it) of American femininity going on now. It's vewy, vewy interesting that even Mattel, the Dr. Frankenstein behind the Barbie doll are pushing a new campaign to have her take on new occupations as a way to transcend the dim-witted blonde arch type so prevalent in mainstream portrayals.They give you Barbie,...

Celebrity Style: Blonde 'Dashian

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Renowned economist a closet/wall freak?

Famed economist Nouriel Roubini,known for his dire predictions of the U.S. economy, is still giving the blues to Wall Street. But we hear his street is being renovated as well. Tribeca, where Jay and Bey have a place, has had some real estate shufflings as of late. We wonder if Roubini's place, you know the one with the interesting decor, was affected. Yeah,...

Why Toronto is taking over U.S. music scene

Long a staple on mainstream radio, Canadian music artists, mostly from Toronto, are taking over the air waves across the United States.Newcomer Melanie Fiona's "It Kills Me" is the No. 1 song this winter, knocking Mr. "sex inventor" Trey Songz from the top perch (even with a hot remix out) that he's held down for a month now.But even before Fiona's meteoric...

Paris Hilton down for the oink and boink?

Just when you thought she had gone away, Los Angeles socialite Paris Hilton revealed that she and the pet pig she got last fall has gotten quite comfortable with each other. (This is not for the squeamish, squeenkish or oinkish).She sleeps with a pig. No, not her boyfriend, Doug Reinhardt, but her actual pet, Miss Pigelett."Doug and I will be lying in bed, watching...

She cheated. She cheated bad. Now what?

With all the "Liger Woods" drama that has captivated smallville we sometimes forget that the shoe often fits the other foot just as often if not as well known.Yes, women cheat. To emphasize it a litte more, some women really cheat.How can a man recover from such a betrayal? I mean, women are supposed to be innocent and fragile and nurturing and, well, sugar...

Socks with Chairs

With the current cold snap the nation is going through, it's a wonder that somebody didn't capitalize the fashionable possiblities.Introducing chair socks, so your furniture can look just as warm as you are (or so you can creep out your visiting niece and nephew with how the room is "alive".)The only thing is, I can figure out if this is very a ploy to sell...

TV One picks up 'Love That Girl'

TV One's first original sitcom is set to hit the air soon, according to Variety.The show, titled "Love That Girl" is the brainchild of veteran director and former "Martin" and "The Jamie Foxx Show" writer Bentley Kyle Evans. Martin Lawrence also has signed on as executive producer.Black comedies rarely make it out of pilot stage and when they do, it's because...

Vanity Fair goes the 'O.J.' route on Tiger

If Tiger Woods and the Cablasian community (where ya at?) had any doubts, Vanity Fair's latest cover has confirmed the obvious: Tiger Woods is black, at least in the way the cover portrays him. Tiger is black in an O.J. Simpson kind of way, photographed to look sinister, raw, almost criminal.Of course, award-winning photographer zAnnie Leibovit took her shots...

'It Kills Me' by LaurenM621 (Melanie Fiona)

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Nicki Minaj catching shade from female music stars

It seems the new year should be a time of refreshment, hope. But if your New York rapper Nicki Minaj, you're already the subject of some serious criticism from your peers.Female musician and Chicago's own Kid Sister recently said, "My thing is do people take her seriously?”While the jibe is not necessarily a diss, it does put her squarely under the microscope...