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Oprah Winfrey was named on Wednesday the chief executive and chief creative officer of OWN, the cable network she launched earlier this year. Winfrey posted a letter on Facebook today, explaining that Harpo Productions Inc. will join forces with OWN to run the network. The letter read: So as of today… Harpo Team and OWN […]
Two study have found that Truvada, a pill used to treat HIV, is likely to prevent heterosexual men and women from catching the virus. One study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on men and women in Botswana. The other study, conducted by a researcher at The University of Washington […]
Rodney King was arrested Tuesday in southern California on suspicion of driving under the influence. King was pulled over and arrested after committing several traffic violations, Moreno Valley officers said. King’s 1991 traffic arrest and beating by four Los Angeles police officers became national news, and subsequently shaped America’s conversation on police brutality. He was […]
Bestselling author Terrance Dean is making the media rounds with his hot new sizzling novel, MOGUL. This morning he appeared on Power 105 with The Breakfast Club radio crew Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, and DJ Envy. They discussed the characters in his new novel, MOGUL, as well as homophobia in Hip Hop, DJ Mister […]
Monica and Shannon Brown’s wedding ceremony went down last weekend. And though the couple secretly got married in private last year, the recent celebration included all their friends and family, like Ciara, Lala, Kobe Bryant and LL Cool J. The usually private singer allowed only the Insider’s cameras, and host Kevin Frazier, into her wedding […]
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A Southern California woman remained jailed Wednesday after authorities said she drugged her estranged husband, tied him to a bed, cut off his penis and put it through a garbage disposal. Garden Grove police Lt. Jeff Nightengale said Catherine Kieu Becker drugged a meal and served it to the victim, whose […]
While Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum received media backlash for signing an Iowa pledge that made suggestive comments about slavery, news agencies broadly linked the pledge to a conservative group, The Family Leader. The pledge enjoined GOP presidential candidates to denounce gay marriage, and included a line that read, “Slavery had a disastrous impact on […]
Tyler Perry covers Ebony magazine’s August 2011 issue. Inside, he reveals the 3 events in his life that profoundly changed him; the first being turning 40, the second being his mother dying, and the third being his appearance on “Oprah” in which he shared details about being sexually abused. He also admits to almost becoming […]
Borrowers whose credit scores fall below standards are finding it easier to access a home loan, as lenders are once again welcoming subprime markets. Not since the financial crisis have lenders been willing to invest in buyers with questionable credit. According to reports, a number of private firms are becoming increasingly willing to accept alternative […]
Blacks in nursing homes are more likely than whites to suffer pressure ulcers and damage to bones and muscles due to differences in the quality of care that both groups receive. The disparities arise in homes where there are a number of predominately black or white patients, not that homes are treating whites better than […]
An 18-year-old man fatally shot himself with a gun in his Charlotte, North Carolina home Sunday night. Several family members were in the home at the time of the incident. His mother, Annie Bratton, says she didn’t know the teen, Staten Bratton, owned a gun. She now wants others to learn from the incident, warning […]
As one the few national magazines that caters to the African-American audience, Essence Magazine chose Michael Bullerdick, a white man, to serve as its managing editor — a decision many find rather dubious. Dr. Boyce Watkins questions the impact such a decision could have on Essence’s editorial content and its readers. An Excerpt Reads: This […]
