• That’s twice in one day, Tyra. []
• Lupe Fiasco continues to “Dumb It Down.” []
• So the marketing people just want this album to fail? [C&D]
• Melyssa Ford celebrates her birthday, another chance to wear something skin-tight. [CL]
• Condoleezza Rice says, “Ask not what your country can do for you…” [CNN]
• How could you not love Jennifer Hudson after this:
“I have the height of a model, the breasts that people pay for and the lips that everybody wants, so why should I change?” the 26-year-old Oscar-winner asked at the Oct. 30 Avon Foundation Gala in NYC. “I wouldn’t change myself for anything or anybody. That will never happen.”
[OK]
• Of course Al Sharpton is open to a meeting with Dog the Bounty Hunter. [People]
• For all of you Vanessa Simmons fans. [C&D]
• And they wonder why there are no black people in San Francisco. [EaterSF]
• Brandy’s trying to make it happen post-scandal. [CL]
• As long as there’s no sex in the champagne room… []
• Dissecting a public figure’s classic “apology” for saying something racist. [RR]
• Birdman thinks Lil Wayne is greater than Tupac, Biggie and Jay-Z. []
• White supremacists plan a rally in Jena on Martin Luther King day. How innovative! [SPLC]
• Mekhi Phifer spawns. []
• Keyshia Cole covers Vibe, her breasts. [C&D]
• Those of you in need of some guidance — in the form of “philosophies and anecdotes” — from Kanye West, the Lord has answered your prayers. [SP]
• Now that he’s out of jail, Genarlow Wilson’s picking up where he left off. By going to college, I mean, not by getting head in a hotel room. []
• How….metro? [Jezebel]
• Looking for someone to blame for the AIDS epidemic in the U.S.? According to a group of scientists, Haiti’s a good place to start. []
• Wow, this show just gets worse and worse. [MG]
• Black lawyers rarely go before the U.S. Supreme Court. [AP]
• Humiliating workplace stories? You know you have them. [Jossip]
• Another Sean Paul song for you to get tired of after three plays. [CL]
• Jay-Z’s American Gangster tour sold out within 1 minute in Chicago, LA and Philadelphia. I guess he wouldn’t want to help Kelly Rowland out with a guest appearance on her tour? []
• Don Cheadle continues his tireless Darfur activism. [MTV]
• Is Andre Leon Talley a member of Donnie McClurkin’s backup choir? [C&D]
• Speaking of McClurkin… [CC]
• My words are unnecessary here:
The mayor of San Francisco, California, has changed his mind about honoring rapper Snoop Dogg after local officials imposed tighter rules regarding proclamations. The star - real name Calvin Broadus - was due to be presented with a proclamation by a representative from Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Criminal Justice during the rapper’s performance at the Exotic Erotic Ball on Friday.
[SP]
• When it rains 50 Cent news, it pours. So…who’s buying his autobiography? []
• The Spice Girls’ new single is even worse than you imagined it would be. [MG]
• Big things will most likely not be chopping this holiday season. []
• I wouldn’t be that interested if Juvenile was charged with rape, let alone his agent. [TMZ]
• Rev. Al (of course!) and Martin Luther King, III, are calling for a march on Washington, DC, to protest the Justice Dept’s handling of hate crimes. []
• Oh, if only having your bodyguards smack the papers you just got served to the ground would make the lawsuit actually go away… [TMZ]
• Forbes‘ list of the top 10 highest earning comedians does not include one single black performer. Dave Chappelle goes all “conscious” on us, and now we’ve got no one making the big bucks. Seriously, Larry the Cable Guy made more than Chris Rock last year. [Forbes]
• Alicia Keys claims she can “understand” the lesbian rumors. If that’s true, then why did she say this? [SP]
• Is James Watson working for the New Jersey Department of Education? [NJ]
• For all of you critics who think black people always want to blame white people and never work to solve problems in the community. []
• Jermaine Dupri was named after Jermaine Jackson. That’s just weird. [People]
• Chaka Khan doesn’t seem like the nervous type, but she’s shaking in her boots over her upcoming debut on Broadway in The Color Purple. [SP]
• More senseless racism. More Al Sharpton. [SIA]
• The Apprentice made Omarosa a “celebrity,” and now she’s going to be on Celebrity Apprentice! She’s come so, so far. [Jossip]
• Michael Vick lost his house. Bummer? [EUR]
• So much better! It turns out (surprise) Fox News had it wrong. Nas does have an album coming out, on December 11, and it will be called Nigger, not Nigga. He’s “taking back the word,” which is what they all say. Uh, yay? []
• Ah. The classic, “faulty thyroid” defense. []
• Yung Joc better watch his back. And get rid of his guns. [SOHH]
• Last Facebook post of the day. Promise. [Jossip]
• Can Leona Lewis cross over to American audiences? You be the judge. [CL]
