Olympic champion, Gabrielle Douglas has won Sportswoman of the Year honors from the Women’s Sports Foundation. The gymnast won the award Wednesday night, beating out Lindsey Vonn, London Olympians Serena Williams, Missy Franklin, Allyson Felix, and Paralympians Jessica Long and Tatyana McFadden. Douglas is the third gymnast to win the award, joining fellow Olympic gold medalists […]
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It’s no surprise Robyn Greene Arrington has had an incredible career in the entertainment industry. The Bronx native is a force to be reckoned with. A well respected, director, writer and producer, Arrington presently serves as the Executive in charge of producing several of TV-One’s highly successful docu-series: Life After, Save My Son’s and
By: Catherine Johnson In 1971, President Nixon declared war on Cancer. In spite of this, cancer incidences have continued to rise in the U.S. In the last 55 years, breast cancer rates have increased 568 times what they were in 1957. In 1982, the Susan G. Komen Foundation was founded. Since then, over $2 billion
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I recently had the opportunity to chat with award-winning novelist Nina Foxx; and let’s just say, Ms. Foxx is one very busy woman with no obvious signs of slowing down. Along with being the author of 10 novels (published by Harper Collins, Romantic Comedy), she is the mother of five daughters (three of which are
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I wasn’t the only one who noticed again this week that even with good economic news, the market and the purveyors of doom and gloom greeted earnings season with little if any enthusiasm. Yes, the rally coming out of 3rd quarter hasn’t been sustained. The markets were tap dancing on 4 year highs and a
The original “It Girl” Thelma of Good Times, featured on TV-Ones Life After. BernNadette Stanis warmed her way into the hearts of Americans as Thelma, on the popular African American family sitcom Good Times. Millions tuned in weekly to watch the beautiful girl with the sassy personality and the infectious smile—the middle child
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CellTrust’s 2-way SMS Gateway Platform Enables Kids Voting Arizona to Design an Interactive Campaign that Engages Young Mobile Phone Users and Encourages Adult Voter Turnout SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kids Voting Arizona, and the Arizona Bar Foundation, have partnered with CellTrust to provide a text messaging-based youth polling program, on the foundation’s partner site lawforkids.org, as part
Unbelievable, it’s 2012! That being said, our congratulations go out to Keija Minor was recently named editor-in-chief of Brides and Brides.com, the worlds largest weddings magazine. News of Minor’s promotion reveals that for the first time in the 103-year history of Conde Nash publishing, she is the first African American to hold this position. In addition
The NAACP Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch’s Theatre Viewing Committee announced nominations for the 22nd Annual NAACP Theatre Awards. The awards include 32 categories that encompass local and equity nominations. This year’s awards show will be held on Monday, November 5, 2012 at 6 P.M. at the famous Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, California. This year’s
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The Rickey Smiley Show, TV One’s newest comedy, delivered the highest rated premiere in the history of the network. Airing Tuesday nights at 9pm, ET, the sitcom delivered the highest rated premiere in the history of the network. The premiere episode garnered a 1.08 HH rating, delivering 621,000 homes and among P25-54, earned a .75 rating,
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