African American actor Taye Diggs has a 6 year-old son with ex-wife Idina Menzel who is of Eastern European and Jewish descent. Diggs recently said in an interview with theGrio that he does not like to label his son as black but prefers calling him “mixed.” “When you [describe biracial kids as black], you risk disrespecting that one half of who you are and that’s my fear. I don’t want my son to be in a situation where he calls himself black and everyone thinks he has a black mom and a black dad, and then they see a white mother,
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Happy Thanksgiving With a Free Turkey From Snoop Dogg!
It just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving in the hood without a rapper or actor, who made it out of the hood, returning to the hood to give out free turkeys. Because nothing alleviates financial struggles like a free turkey to gorge on during the holidays. And who better to give away free turkeys than Snoop Dogg – the rapper turned Reggae artist, turned wannabe Twitter CEO, turned cannabis peddler. Snoop Dogg showed up at The Forum in Inglewood California today and gave away over 1,500 frozen flightless birds with Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts to families in need. And we have
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Obama Gets Black (Again!) With the Pop Off!
Remember when Obama reminded everyone he’s not just a POTUS but a BLACK POTUS and shut down a heckler that interrupted his speech at a White House event honoring LGBT Pride Month in June, by declaring, “Listen you’re in my house … it’s not respectful,” and then requesting that the person be removed. And remember that same month when he eulogized the Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney, who was murdered in the racially motivated mass-shooting of a prayer group at a black church in Charleston South Carolina, and broke out in spiritual song with “Amazing Grace.” Well, Obama dun did it
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Patti LaBelle Pies Go Viral & Fly Off Wal-Mart Shelves
Patti LaBelle has a brand of sweet potato pies that sell at Wal-Mart – who knew? Apparently this guy did, James Wright, a singer and pie enthusiast. He tasted her pies in a YouTube video and well, it must’ve been good because he’s racked up over a million views and the pies are flying off Wal-Mart’s shelves at a rate of one per second last week, according to Kerry Robinson, vice president for bakery and deli at Wal-Mart. Oh and did we mention Mr. James is a singer? Take a look and a listen to the reaction that eating a Patti
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Charlie Sheen Set to Announce He’s HIV positive On Today show.
Looks like Charlie Sheen is not winning anymore, since he is set to announce that he has contracted the AIDS virus and is HIV positive in an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today show this Wednesday. Actually, he is still winning because he’s surviving the once-deadly disease and according to TMZ he has a low viral load and the virus is currently undetectable in his blood thanks to medications he has been taking. Maybe Sheen does have tiger blood, or maybe medical science is winning also.
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Hunger Games‘ Jack Quaid & Latina Feminist Dior Vargas Raise Awareness of Income Inequality on Mental Health
Sometimes Hollywood recognizes social ills and tries to lend a hand -that’s what’s happening here. Check out these two videos and learn more about income inequality’s impact on mental health. Share stories on social media with #MyHungerGames. Jack Quaid (Hunger Games, Vinyl) wants you to join Project UROK and the Harry Potter Alliance in fighting the stigma around mental illness and economic inequality. We want to hear from you! How has economic inequality impacted your mental health experience? Use the hashtag #MyHungerGames to tell your story on social media, and visit our website to learn how to make a video
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Beyonce as X-Men’s Storm Better Than Halle Berry!
Beyonce jumped into the wet dreams of comic geeks everywhere when she attended Ciara’s birthday party dressed as X-Men’s premiere black character – Storm! The internet and Bey followers are all a dither complimenting Bey Bey on her costume – well, of course they are, we all know what happens when you hate on Beyonce. But seriously, Beyonce’s Storm costume is actually quite good, especially when you compare it to Hollywood’s version of the DC comic heroine – Halle Berry in a bad wig with bangs. Actually, that describes a lot of Halle Berry movies – Monster’s Ball: Halle Berry
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