Gabrielle Union: 'I was raped'

Hollywood actress Gabrielle Union gets her party on better than the next chick, but she can lend her famous face, time and energy to much-needed causes as well. She recently went before Congress to push for legislation that would help rape victims. Union shared a personal tale that few people knew about and something few women in general discuss: Rape.
“When I was 19 years old, I was raped," Union said. "I was working at a shoe store in California, and the store was robbed. The person robbing the store ended up putting a gun to my head and raping me. As he was raping me, I felt as though I was floating over myself, thinking, 'This isn't happening.' I blanked out and had an out-of-body experience, like I was hovering above seeing this -- horrible thing happen to someone else...not me."
Union said while the incident was horrifying it did not scar her forever, thanks to some timely intervention and care.
:I was fortunate enough to go the UCLA rape crisis center after this horrific ordeal. It gave me my life back. My dignity and self-esteem were gone and they helped me find them again."
That’s why I now lobby for state legislatures across the country and the federal government to help raise funds and awareness for rape crisis centers, and I speak to all different kinds of people across the country about what happened to me. My goal is to never hear the words ‘me too’ from someone after I say ‘I was raped.”
Go 'head, Gabby!

Gabrielle Union paints town red

Movie actress Gabrielle Union recently posed for publicity appearances for her new show on ABC, "Flash Forward," where she will play a defense attorney.
Gabrielle dressed in scarlet at ABC's Red Summer Press Tour.
Candy apple, or firetruck?

Have You Forgotten How to Dance?

If you've been in the club in the last 5 years, no doubt you've seen the army of wall flowers and the few brave movers and shakers out on the dancefloor. The most noticeable thing though is that people don't dance anymore. They grind, they hump but they don't dance.
All the dances went away in the 1990s ( I ain't with the Stanky Leg, sorry). That's when it was nothing to see the Troop, the wop, the smurf, the cabbage patch, the running man, and a host of other moves tangled onto one dancefloor.
Today most people go to the club to drink and/or hook up. But what about you?
Do you still dance? Can you dance?