Billboard Music Awards 2011 - Don't Know If All Girls Run The World, But Beyonce Sure Does!

Writer Janet Mock Knows The Words To Beyonce's "If I Were A Boy" All Too Well - She Lived It!

People Magazine editor Janet Mock had a secret that finally had to be shared with the world. After watching the video, what are your thoughts???

Remembering SNL's First Black Female Cast Member Danitra Vance

With Oprah Winfrey scheduled to pay tribute to the cast of Saturday Night Live in her final year on television, this clip of Lady O when she hosted SNL is making the rounds:



While the other sista in the skit only last one season, Danitra Vance was a gifted performer who made history as the first African American woman who joined the SNL line-up. Why Danitra? Well, see for yourself:



Here she is appearing alongside the talented Vickilyn Reynolds and legendary Ms. Loretta Devine, featured in the soon to be released Jumping The Broom:



Sadly, at the young age of 40, Danitra lost her courageous battle with cancer in 1994 (fellow SNL alum Gilda Ratner also passed away from cancer).

Thank you Ms. Vance for the work you left behind. Job well done!

Tired of Hair Damage From Braids, Wigs & Costly Weaves, Black Women Are Going Back To Their Roots - Are Men Cool With The Au Natural Do'?

Black Teen Smacked In The Face Over A Jaywalking Ticket By White Cop - Was It Justified?

A 17 year-old female was tagged by a Seattle cop who was simply attempting to cite the teen and her 19-year-old cousin for jaywalking. When the girls resisted, watch the video and then decide who was in the wrong.



Thoughts???

Waiting For Superman: Black Folks Must Choose Education, Or Die!

Young Black Couple Murdered The Night Of Their Engagement Party Live On Via Youtube

Online Video Celebrates Nia And Michael

In memory of Nia Haqq and Michael Muchioki, an emotional Youtube clip is making its way across the Internet, demonstrating the Web's unlimited ability to intersect love, loss and technology. The New Jersey couple were senselessly murdered due to a robbery and carjacking on April 4, 2010 after leaving their engagement party. Watch the touching video after the jump.

The young soulmates were upwardly mobile college graduates, with Michael, 27, being a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and Nia, 25, a Dean's List student who had just nabbed her dream job as an associate producer. Both were clearly ready to take on the world.

Our condolences go out to their families and loved ones.

To deal with the devastating pain, the couple's friends created a Facebook Fan Page and the viral tribute now pulling at the heartstrings of every person who briefly journeys into what was, and what might have been, lives full of possibility.

Each moment we breath is a gift folks. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes horrific tragedies like this to remind us all that we must cherish the short time have here on earth.

Nia and Michael's funerals were held separately last week, before later being buried side by side.

May they forever rest in peace.

Essence.com has additional details.

Never Mind Halle Berry, Zoe Saldana Is Jockeying To Be The Black Kate Winslet

How Does James Cameron's 'Avatar' Compare to the 'Titanic' Star?

With box-office receipts soaring, the love story and special effects fueling repeat views, and Oscar-buzz building, the 3-D blockbuster 'Avatar' is unlike anything we've seen since ... well, the last James Cameron feature film, 1997's "Titanic."

But this time, the leading lady is Black.

In the 12 years following that movie's release, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have made good on their promise, racking up instant classics and awards nods with equal aplomb. So lets compare Cameron's leading ladies and look at why Zoe Saldana could become the next Winslet — or why such comparisons could leave the actress feeling as blue as her "Avatar" character.

What They Have in Common

The Breakthrough: Although Saldana seems like a fresh face, the 31-year-old actress is the latest example of Hollywood's "work for years to become an overnight success" reality.

Her real breakthrough came in the 2000 dance film "Center Stage," a minor hit that led to solid work in everything from "Guess Who" to "The Terminal" to the infamous Britney Spears flick "Crossroads."

Of course who could forget her turn as the sexy black greek coed that dazzled on the field as well alongside Nick Cannon in the movie Drumline.



Similarly, Winslet had a substantial back catalog before she became a household name — having raised eyebrows in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility," Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" and, most notably, Peter Jackson's excellent "Heavenly Creatures."

Unlikely Beauties: Think of the words "Hollywood starlet," and you're unlikely to picture either Saldana or Winslet. Both have a unique beauty, which perhaps makes them more memorable. In "Titanic" and during the years since, Winslet has never been shy about showing her body — and defending its ample curves and fluctuating weight.

Zoe Yadira Zaldaña Nazario, meanwhile, was born in New Jersey to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother and grew up in the Dominican Republic. Much like Jessica Alba and Vin Diesel, she has an exotic, intriguing and almost indefinable look.

To white people that is. For Black folks, she's a sistah -- straight out!

Nice Girls Finish First: If you've seen enough of their interviews, you may have figured out the same thing as those of us who've been lucky enough to meet both ladies: In real life, they're exceedingly gracious, polite and eager to please.

What They Don't Have in Common

A Blockbuster Mentality: Saldana is an unabashed geek who found her back-to-back roles in "Avatar" and "Star Trek" to be a dream come true. Coupled with work in big films like "Pirates of the Caribbean," don't be surprised if her career path looks increasingly more like Rosario Dawson's or Kate Beckinsale's — respectable, fun and with a healthy dose of genre films.

Winslet, meanwhile, has avoided action flicks, superhero films and geek-friendly franchises so effectively that the decision must be intentional. Instead, she prefers original scripts (does it get any more outside-the-box than "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?") and conflicted housewives ("Little Children," "Revolutionary Road") whose feet are firmly planted in tragic realities.

Oscar Awesomeness: Often called the best actress of her generation, Winslet has been nominated for six Oscars and finally took home the little gold guy last year for "The Reader." But while "Titanic" earned her one of those nominations, it wasn't the first time she displayed impressive acting skills; "Sensibility" earned Oscar and Golden Globe noms and a BAFTA win, and her "Creatures" performance blew critics away.

Will Saldana — who has never received a major award nomination — prove herself to be as prolific a thespian? Only time will tell.

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