That's just not true. It's an altruistic way to view the world, but if that were so white people would never have heard Bill Cosby or Richard Pryor. Because in addition to the fact that they are funny, they are Black, and there were color lines. And someone made a call, at a point in each of their careers, and…

Parenting— Ur doing it right! That's a pretty interesting kid!

Our past experiences with this kind of thing make e almost hope Hollywood never discovers this story— which would be amazing if told correctly— because Nina Simone Biopic.

The only way that MLK day became a holiday, however, was by promoting the "warm & fuzzy" King over the revolutionary, radical King. It's amazing how King & Mandela have to be remade into acceptably warm forgiving and loving every men in order to gain acceptance rather than the fierce, incisive fighters that they…

I was perplexed for a moment wondering if Chet Haze knew of some great April 4th celebration that happens for which the rest of us are not on the list.

12 Years is by far my favorite movie of the year, and I think it deserves every award. American Hustle was thoroughly enjoyable to me, but 12 Years is #1 one on my list, as well. I make a point to see all the Oscar noms, and have seen almost all of them so far— got a few to knock off my list. Nothing has touched 12…

Really disappointed that Michael B. Jordan didn't get nominated for Fruitvale Station. That movie is still with me, and I saw it months ago.

We're not talking about all of the stores— what a weird question. Where do you think these ads appeared? We're talking about the TWO that are in close proximity to HU— the highest grossing in the region, at Columbia Heights, and the newest one at the old O Street Market site. They wouldn't have made the ad if the…

Giant is a local chain that has capitalized on being a local chain in terms of the recent development boom in DC. They know what Howard is, where Howard is, why Howard is and who their damn customers are. They were being lazy as hell.

Preach. My family is on the 6th generation to attend college. We're successful and dynamic and the women in my family are fucking amazing. So are the men... but it's incredible to me how we hew to gender roles, even in my generation, and how coddled all of the boys are. They are loved so totally and differently,…

This is the main reason I enjoyed The Best Man Holiday so damn much. There was melodrama but there was fun and laughs and most everybody was wrestling with a modern day problem that didn't involve having to fight for their basic dignity and risk getting spit at or whipped by a white person. We laugh, we love, we…

All I was thinking throughout the Cecil B. DeMille award was, "he molested a 7 year old."

I am ready for 12 Years to sweep the Oscars, but I have to say that American Hustle was truly enjoyable to me. I thought it was great and very well made, but the Golden Globes voters are iffy at best. The clear thought process is popularity and hotness... it's not the same kind of award show as the critics, the…

You can actually rent a private area at the National Zoo for birthday parties, and if you're a FONZ you can have special tours with the staff for birthdays or just 'cuz. I'm a Washingtonian who had her birthday there as a kid and so have many of my relatives. It's really cool, but does not entail thousands of…

Beyonce and the one sitting next to her (I don't remember her name; I'm not that much of a DC fan) both have that effect. Kelly has a weird light shine bouncing off her forehead. They're all probably wearing tons of MAC foundation. I'm saying . . . they are generally poorly lit, and probably have tons of makeup…

It's video recorded from a TV set, where none of them were lit properly to begin with. It's not whiteface. Black people look really ashy on video, no matter what shade their skin is, and have to be lit properly. Oprah cornered the market on proper video lighting. On pretty much every other show, for years, we all…

I saw that ep, and it's what I thought of immediately when I read this story yesterday. I was thinking, Seinfeld & Richards had to give you a total pity hello, mostly because his AGENT was walking up at the same time and kind of guilted them into it when he saw the camera, and Mohr's washed up ass was trying to make…

I have ... but I don't think that not knowing about it or liking it means she's an idiot. Not having studied history makes her an idiot? And she has to like it because it's based on classic poetry? OK. Also, did you watch the clip? Because she didn't wake up to shit on Scots or Scotland. She was asked by a TMZ…

I'm 42— so not that young, LOL. I know that he famously performed the song at the Filmore. I just don't feel like there's any correlation between Jimi Hendrix and T-Boz... It's okay for different people to like different music. I don't particularly care for the Star Spangled Banner, even though Marvin Gaye made the…

Riiiiiiight... you're headed into great territory with this assertion. Much cooler if she was Scottish. Clearly. Because why would any other culture be great, have other traditions or like other songs?