There's a few dozen graduate theses worth of issues surrounding colorism/racism and denial of African ancestry in Latin America that I wasn't going to broach here so I just left it at her own self-description.

I don't remember Woolf penning sonnets about generations of women being looked down and mistreated due to their hook noses and stringy brown hair.

I don't know why, but a lot of women LOVE Sister Act 2.

I just put that track on. If nothing else, hopefully this film will drive a wider audience to listen to her music.

She has been quoted extensively describing herself as a black Latina.

In most instances, I would agree. But in this case fidelity to her image, while not the most important thing, should have been a priority.

But Malcolm X's appearance wasn't at the crux of
both his personal identity and his public persona. Yes, perhaps a lighter-skinned actor may have brought more believable internal conflict over how and when a white person entered his bloodline. But the metaphorical 'depth' of his blackness wasn't the focal point of his…

Simone spent a career proudly proclaiming that her wide nose, thick lips and dark skin were beautiful in the face of popular opinion, record labels, promoters and media saying otherwise. Saldana is a great actress but for a studio to (artlessly) add these features to her rather than casting a capable actress with…

I don't know if she has the dramatic chops but she is much closer in appearance. I would also suggest Uzo Aduba and India Arie.

Hey - that's really… a fair point.

She is the kind of celeb/personality that would kill on panel shows if those were still a big thing in the US.

Written by Thicke and TRICKY(!) for Color Me Badd and featured on the Striptease soundtrack. (I may have bought the single.)

If anyone has the time, the Grantland podcast where they review this album and read the trial transcripts is one of the funniest hours I've ever listened to.

Agree that JT is better, but the point is that he wasn't always a clown. I still think Beautiful World/Cherry Blue Skies is a great album and Evolution has some really good tracks too. The guy had 12 R&B charted hits before Blurred Lines - he is not without talent. It's just sad that this will be his legacy because he…

They wanted to determine if the book would influence/poison the jury pool. Once both sides and the judge read it, it was dismissed as tawdry crap and the jury selection continued.

But Fitts was in heavy denial about his homosexuality - self-hating to the point of murdering the object of his affection after being rebuffed as gently as possible.

"Deputy, are you accusing me of being a fake blonde? Because if you need me to prove it to you I might be inclined to break you over that step-ladder, ride you down like a teaser-pony and paint this room an entirely different color."

Pretty sure someone like Martin wouldn't get to stay at a Borscht Belt resort in the 60's without being on the staff.

With a dash of Dan Savage.

My favorite reference is when Heather called out "them British nanny boobs". It's a rare show that makes a callback to Jo Frost's cleavage.