BODY OF FORMER TOP BLACK FASHION MODEL KATOUCHA NIANE FOUND IN A RIVER

DEATH OF A PARIS SUPERMODEL

Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a model and a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River, police said Friday.

Although I have never heard of this woman, many were very fond of the fashion diva known simply as Katoucha. The former top model for Yves Saint Laurent and other top designers was found Thursday near the Garigliano bridge in Paris, judicial police in Paris said. An autopsy showed no signs of foul play, pointing to the possibility that the 47-year-old may have fallen accidentally into the river, they said.

She had been missing since January and was last seen returning home from a party. She lived in a houseboat near Paris' Alexandre III bridge, and her handbag was later found on the boat.

The Guinean-born model told The Associated Press in 1994 that she ran away to Europe at 17 aiming to be a model. Her big break came when Jules-Francois Crahay, then the designer at Lanvin, spotted her in a line-up. The label hired her as a fitting model. Her first catwalk modeling was for Thierry Mugler at the start of the 1980s.

After quitting the runway, she turned to speaking out actively against female circumcision, describing her own experience at age 9 in a book, "Katoucha, In My Flesh," which was published last year.

"I will never get the incomparable pain out of my head," she wrote in the book, which she dedicated to her three children.

Vanity Fair's fashion and style director, Michael Roberts, said Katoucha was "one those girls who used her fame to spotlight the misfortunes of others.""She always seemed so gracious and very lovely," he said. "She was sunny and she was bright, and I liked her a lot."

Katoucha set up her own label in 1994 after years of modeling for the likes of Christian Lacroix and Saint Laurent. Singers Cher and France's Johnny Hallyday were among the stars who turned out for her show.

"I don't pretend to be like Lacroix, Saint Laurent or the others," she said at the time. "But I was certainly in a great school by wearing their clothes and going to the fittings. I learned several basic lessons, including: Don't cut the fabric until you've got the 'toile,' or heavy linen prototype, just right."

Katoucha was the daughter of Djibril Tamsir Niane, an archaeologist and writer. She said that her father was initially disappointed that she didn't become "a professional intellectual, with a university degree," but later reconciled to her other successes. [CNN]

BLACK GEORGIA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TWO DAUGHTERS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY HER 17-YEAR-OLD SON IN GEORGIA

What Would Make A Teen Kill His Entire Family?

Anthony Tyrone Terrell is charged with the shooting death of his mother, Joy Deleston, and his 4-year-old and 11-year-old sisters. Deleston was a Gwinnett County sheriff's deputy who worked the sex crimes unit.

A junior at Central Gwinnett High School, the 17-year-old was arrested Friday in the murder of his mother and his two sisters. Currently being held without bond, Terrell was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault.

A neighbor called police Thursday night when she heard gunshots and a bullet came through the wall of her house. Officers who responded realized the bullet came from the deputy's house at 415 Madison Chase Drive and saw the deputy's marked patrol vehicle in the driveway, said Gwinnett County police spokesman David Schiralli. When they investigated they found the bodies of the deputy and her daughters.

"They knew a deputy lived there, so they knocked at the door to see if everybody was all right," Schiralli said. "There was no answer, but lights were on. They opened the door a little bit to announce themselves. That's when they saw the 11-year-old." [AP]

BLACK HISTORY MONTH'S LAST DAY WITH MASTER P AND ROMEO

Women have No Men and No Money as Prison Spending Spirals Out of Control

States Spend More on Prisons than Education. Three Strikes Laws have over crowded the Nations Correctional System. These are the results of a new report by The Pew Center's Public Safety Performance Project. In the end we find that getting tough on criminals has gotten tough on taxpayers.

And ladies where is your man? For some groups, the incarceration numbers are especially startling," the report said. "While one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, for black males in that age group the figure is one in nine." And for us ladies the news is even worse as...



One of every 355 white women aged 35 to 39 is behind bars, compared with one of every 100 black women in that age group.

Using state-by-state data, the report says 2,319,258 Americans were in jail or prison at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults. Whether per capita or in raw numbers, it's more than any other nation.

One SolutionThe report cited Kansas and Texas as states that have acted decisively to slow the growth of their inmate population. They are making greater use of community supervision for low-risk offenders and employing sanctions other than reimprisonment for offenders who commit technical violations of parole and probation rules.

Take a look at some of the other solutions to this problem and the rest of this story by DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer

Folks Who Get It: Blogger And "Juno" Writer Diablo Cody Has Mad Skills

ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD

Screenwriter Diablo Cody is a freak of nature. How do you go from being a stripper, to a blogger to an Academy Award winner?

The 29-year-old Cody (real name: Brook Busey-Hunt) saw her first movie, Juno, hit U.S. screens last December. Now, this quirky White girl is the executive producer and head writer for Steven Spielberg's TV series The United States of Tara, scheduled for a 2008 debut on Showtime. She's got more movies in the works, and in 2007 the Hollywood Film Festival gave her the Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year Award.

An online legend and now one of Hollywood's hottest screenwriters, if you want Cody's type of success, take heed. Follow Cody's "Five Easy Steps to Blogging Your Way to Hollywood Success." It's a foolproof system, really.

Step One: Study Writing in School

It's indisputable within the halls of higher education that every student who majors in creative writing in college goes on to be a successful celebrity scribe. Never mind that Cody's professors thought their future star would collapse into white dwarfdom soon after commencement.

"One of my teachers told me that I was lazy," Cody explained. "He said, 'I think you're the best writer I've ever taught. But I'll never hear from you again because you have no ambition.' I never intended to get my writing out there. I always thought of published writers as honor roll students -- the real overachiever types. I never intended my work as a springboard to anything else. I write because I'm addicted to it. It's my confessional."

Step Two: Start Blogging and Wait to Be Discovered

After college, Cody left her native Chicago for the romantic Twin Cities -- trading Post-it Notes for pasties while exploring the frosty Minneapolis underworld as a stripper. She described the perils of pole-dancing on the popular Pussy Ranch blog.

Because there are only a few blogs online these days (Technorati currently tracks a mere 112 million), it was a safe bet that a successful Los Angeles literary manager (Mason Novick) would find Cody's work and inquire from 3,000 miles away about her literary ambitions.

"Before Mason found me, all I'd written was the blogs for City Pages in Minneapolis," Cody said. "He asked me if I'd thought about writing something else. I started my book after that."

Step Three: Write Your Memoir at Age 24 and Publish It

After Novick stirred Cody into action in defiance of her cynical writing instructor, she cranked out a memoir documenting her experiences in the sex industry, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Novick lined up a publisher for the completed manuscript, and Cody soon found herself hawking her wares to David Letterman and CNN's hosts du jour.

"Without Mason, none of this would have happened," Cody said. "I'm not awesome at self-promotion. Mostly I was just blogging in my own little bubble. I'm lucky I did what I did when I did it."

Step Four: Write/Sell Your First Screenplay

Following the success of her book, Cody took a shot at movies. Her first script (for Juno) landed director Jason Reitman on the heels of Thank You for Smoking and a cast including Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. (Cody and Reitman are also working together on horror-comedy flick, Jennifer's Body, according to The Hollywood Reporter.)

"It's been fun, and I'm enjoying it while I can," Cody said. "I think there's room for more talented bloggers to break into Hollywood. It seemed like a fluke when I did it, but I won't be the last blogger to have a film produced."

Step Five: Produce a TV Show for Steven Spielberg

As executive producer and head writer for Spielberg's The United States of Tara, Cody is lending her quick wit and golden touch to cable television -- while waiting for the next blogging star to chase her down Sunset Boulevard.

"There are so many talented people that exist in the marketplace," Cody said. "So, don't look for a plan. Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself."

See? It's just that easy.

By Wired's John Scott Lewinski

MY MY MY! Tracey Edmonds And Johnny Gill Go Head Up!

GIRL FIGHT!

Tracey Edmonds goes Donkey after Johnny Gill gets jiggy with comments that Babyface's ex had guests at "the wedding" to Eddie Murphy that were being inappropriate:

“I was very shocked and disappointed to hear of Johnny Gill’s false spin on the chain of events surrounding our wedding. His outrageous lies were clearly a very desperate and pathetic attempt to clean up his reputation at my expense. I would appreciate it if Mr. Gill would refrain from continuing to spread false gossip and lies to the public, and allow everyone involved to move on with their lives. We all know the real truth.” [Bossip]

Remember Johnny before all the hair-pulling:

BLACK WOMAN MAKES HISTORY! KAREN BASS BECOMES SECOND FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY!

This Sistah Is One Class Act!

Second only to the governor in power and prestige in California government, Los Angeles Assemblywoman Karen Bass has secured the votes to become the next speaker of the California Assembly. Why is this a big deal? Because an African American woman is being elevated to the post for the first time in California history.

Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat representing the predominantly African American 47th District, was one of 10 Assembly Democrats who were openly competing for the speakership, a political job considered by many as second only to the governor in power and prestige in California government. Her predecessor, Herb Wesson, also served as speaker during his tenure in the assembly. The African American politico is currently serving on the Los Angeles City Council.

Bass, 54, has been a top lieutenant to the current speaker, fellow Los Angeles Democrat Fabian Núñez who has served as leader since 2004.

But Núñez will be forced from office by term limits at the end of 2008. The end of Latino LA lawmaker's reign as speaker, the longest of the term limits era, was sealed after a Feb. 5 ballot measure to extend his term in office failed.

The scramble to put together the votes to become speaker began in earnest the next day, with nearly a dozen Democrats expressing interest in the powerful post. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, a San Francisco Democrat who vied for the speakership herself, said Wednesday evening that Bass "does have the votes."

There are 48 Democratic members of the state Assembly and Bass needs at least 25 votes to become speaker. An official vote was planned for March 11, but several Democratic members said the vote could as early as today.

The first female speaker was Doris J. Allen, who served in the assembly from 1982 t0 1995. As Speaker of that body from June 5 to September 14, 1995, she would later be recalled from office by her irate Republican constituents who recognized that she was only given power to keep longtime Democratic Speaker Willie Brown's hold on power.
As the first African American speaker in California, Brown would go on to accomplish another feat -- becoming the first Black mayor of San Francisco. Doris Allen would later die of stomach and colon cancer in 1999 at the age of 63.

Bass was first elected in 2004, but will have to leave the Assembly no later than 2010 under term limits. With former assemblymember Laura Richardson now serving in Congress, looks like the sistahs are really start to flex their political muscle. And hey, we ain't mad at them! [LA Times]

While "Thriller" Celebrates It's 25th Anniversary, Brother Jackson Is In Foreclosure Hell With Neverland

Michael Seeks To Keep Ranch From Being Auctioned

McCain Disowns Radio Host's Anti-Obama Rant
IRS Investigating Obama's Church
Obama Backs Israel, Rejects Farrakhan's Backing
Day in Court Reduces Paultre-Bell to Tears

Black Voters Crucial to Texas' Primary Battle

Rapper Shyne Scheduled for Early Prison Release?

Russell Simmons Officially Launches New Clothing Line

NYC Pays $21M to Settle Class Action Race Suit
Case Against Congressman Jefferson Began in Africa
Black Ohioans Backing Clinton Feel the Pressure to Switch

At 49, Singer Prince Needs Hip Replacement Surgery

'American Gangster' Rides to Top of DVD Charts

Kenyan Town Plans Demonstration Over Obama Somali Photo
Bill Cosby to Host Playboy Jazz Festival
Lawmakers to Push for US Apology for Slavery
Haitian Mulled Suicide to Flee Alleged Slavery
Racist University Video Causes Outrage in South Africa

Intellectually Challenged Black British Brotha Has The Audacity To Claim That Obama Win Will Prolong US Racial Divide

WHEN A BEATDOWN IS THE BEST WAY TO SILENCE INSANITY

"I love Black people", Chris Rock is famous for saying. "But I hate me some niggas!"

Exhibit A: Trevor Phillips, one of Britain’s most influential Black figures. Today this mo-fo accused Barack Obama of cynically exploiting America’s racial divide and gave warning that he could prolong, rather than heal the rift. Where's my can of whup-ass? I know it's around here somewhere!!!

Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, claimed that the Democratic front-runner would ultimately disappoint the African-American community and dismissed the notion that he would be "the harbinger of a post-racial America" if he becomes the country’s first black President.

Writing in Prospect, the monthly current affairs magazine, Mr Phillips suggested that guilt over transatlantic slavery was behind Mr Obama’s support from middle class whites.

"If Obama can succeed, then maybe they can imagine that [Martin Luther] King's post-racial nirvana has arrived. A vote for Obama is a pain-free negation of their own racism. So long as they don't have to live next door to him; Obama has yet to win convincingly in white districts adjacent to black communities," he wrote.

Mr Phillips compared Mr Obama to Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey, prominent black “bargainers” – those who strike a deal with white America not to make an issue of historical racism if their own race is not used against them.

But, in a warning to the Democratic candidate, he added that Cosby now cut a “sad and lonely figure” because he had abandoned the moral weapon used by figures such as Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson in insisting that “in the end, salvation for blacks won’t depend on the actions of whites.”

"In truth, Obama may be helping to postpone the arrival of a post-racial America and I think he knows it," Mr Phillips wrote. "If he wins, the cynicism may be worth it to him and his party. In the end he is a politician and a very good one: his job is to win elections."

He added: "If he fulfils the hopes of whites, he must disappoint blacks – and vice versa."

Mr Phillips said that there was no “British Obama” in part because the black British community was much smaller and therefore less likely to produce such high-achievers, and because “Black Britons can't bring centuries of white guilt to bear with the devastating impact that African-Americans have done for two generations”.

The equality chief, a former Labour politician and broadcaster said he did not expect Mr Obama ultimately to win the Democratic nomination, although he conceded it was possible. However, if he did come to power, Mr Obama would not emulate JFK, he predicted, but Bill Clinton, with all the "charm, skill and ruthless cynicism" that entailed.

Mr Phillips is no stranger to controversy, having drawn criticism for past comments on multiculturalism in British society. Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, once said he was a prime candidate for the far right British National Party and his appointment to the CEHR was bitterly opposed by a number of black organisations.

By Hannah Strange [Timesonline]

If You Want More Traffic And Online Viewers, You Better Get With The Program!

Submit To The Power Of The Social Network People!

I finally bit the bullet. After about two years of major rebellion, I finally joined MySpace and FaceBook. Recently someone thought I was not familiar with online social networking.

Come to find out that I belonged to (9) social networking sites prior to joining MySpace and FaceBook. That doesn't include the Yahoo Groups I belong to.

I have nothing personal against online social networking; it's just that it can take up so much time - especially when one is focused on content creation for one's blog and if one is maintaining more than one blog. I admit that one of the reasons I've tried to limit my social networking is because at times, I feel guilty by not being able to respond to all who reach out to me.

When some asks to be your friend, or someone affirmatively answers your request for friendship, one strangely feels a sense of obligation with a bit of guilt if a response doesn't happen in a timely manner.

CLICK TO FINISH "TO SOCIAL NETWORK OR NOT TO SOCIAL NETWORK?"

MY JEANS AREN'T MAKING THE MEN TURN THEIR HEADS

JUICY???

Before you leave the house in your favorite pair of jeans, stop and take a long look in the mirror.

Is your backside sagging like a day-old diaper? Are your jeans so acid-washed they belong in an '80s music video? Do the tapered legs make you look like a walking ice cream cone? Could your waistband double as a push-up bra?

Here are the dos' and dont's for the the Budunka' Dunk or Junk in the Trunk Denim Style.



The dreaded "muffin top" or, as Oprah calls it, "dunlap" syndrome. "That's when your stomach done lap over your jeans," she jokes.

The "muffin top" is caused by a waistband that's too low and too tight. When your tummy spills over the sides of your jeans, you know you're a member of the muffin club.

But, there's good news for muffins everywhere, Stacy says. Waistlines are rising! The ultra-low rise fad is fading fast, and the new mid-rise styles will keep your belly from bulging. Check Out Oprah and Stacy for More Jean Tips

Tyra Banks Hooks Up With Ashton Kutcher And Demi Can't Be Mad

Watch out Oprah, Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher are creating their own little empires by becoming major players in reality televison.

The two have decided to join forces and create a new reality show for ABC. Based on Tyra's Success with NEXT TOP MODEL and Kutchers cult favorite PUNK'D, ABC has purchased 8 episodes of the show sight unseen.

If you think the teaming of Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher sounds like something out of a reality show, you're not far off. The pair are joining forces to create an unscripted series for ABC.The as-yet-untitled project will feature contestants competing in a beauty pageant. Naturally there's a twist, but the network has requested that the concept remain under wraps because the show hasn't started production. HOLLYWOOOD REPORTER ON LINE has the rest of this story.

Former Hillary Clinton Supporter John Lewis Drinks The Kool-Aid!

If you Black, you bet not say NUT'N negative about Barack!
Y'all betta RECOGNIZE!!!

Story Of The Georgia Congressman's Come To Jesus Moment

BLACK OHIO COP CONVICTED OF KILLING PREGNANT WHITE GIRLFRIEND GETS SPARED DEATH PENALTY

Bobby Cutts Jr. Rightfully Gets 57 Years in Prison

Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 57 years. He had faced a possible death sentence for murdering Jessie Davis and her unborn child, who was to be named Chloe.

"Bobby Cutts took my sister from me. You took a chunk out of my heart," Stephanie Davis said, reading from a letter she read for her cousin, Caylon Davis, Jessie's adopted brother, at a hearing before Stark County Common Pleas Judge Charles Brown Jr.

The African American former Ohio police officer was sentenced today after a jury voted to spare his life. Cutts, who appeared to choke up at times during his sentencing, did not speak. During a hearing earlier this week, he pleaded for his life, telling the jury in a quivering voice that he accepted responsibility for his crimes. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life," Cutts said.

Cutts cried on the witness stand during his trial as he said he accidentally killed Jessie Davis by elbowing her in the throat during an argument. He hid her body in a park, finally leading police to her body after a nine-day search that generated national attention.

A jury convicted Cutts of murder for Davis' death and of aggravated murder for the death of her fetus. Cutts told the jury that he swung his elbow at Davis during a confrontation in her bedroom when she refused to allow him to leave her home. The blow to her throat, which he testified happened after she bit his finger, knocked her back, killing her as their 2-year-old son, Blake, slept, he said.

Davis' sister, Whitney Davis, said Cutts' only regret was getting caught. "When I hear Blake cry, I hate you," she said at today's sentencing. "You have not lost someone. You got rid of someone who was an inconvenience for you" When police arrived at Davis' condo, they found Blake alone. Police said he told them, "Mommy's in the rug."

Cutts, who as a cop had emergency response training, said he performed CPR and then searched for rubbing alcohol to use as a smelling salt to revive the woman. When he couldn't find any, he said, he retrieved a bleach container and tried bleach, knocking the container over and spilling bleach on the floor. Davis did not respond.

"This can't be happening," Cutts recalled thinking as he wrapped her body in a comforter. "This is not real. This is a bad dream."

No brotha, it's a nightmare! For you, your family, Jesse's family, and your children. You actually got off easy and deserve to spend the rest of your life dealing the consequences of your own actions. Straight out! [CNN]

Rapper Rick Ross Boss Has Our Own Kevin Ross Shaking His Head

3BAAS Media's Kevin Ross is the only Boss on this site, but we've gotta ask "Are Black folks still feeling gangsta rap???"

Quickie: Snoop Is Seriously Ego Trippin!

Find out what the Calvin "The Dogg" Broadus is up to of late.

For Former President Bill Clinton, One Picture Says A Thousand Words!

A Humbler Bill Clinton

Off The Catwalk, Black Supermodel Naomi Campbell Is Hospitalized In Brazil Over Mysterious Infection

Stop the presses family! 37-year-old British supermodel Naomi Campbell has something terribly wrong with her.

Treated at a hospital and having had a small cyst removed, speculation is running rampant over exactly what caused this latest health scare for the black beauty with style, flair, killer legs, and much attitude.

"Following the successful procedure, she is now resting and is looking forward to getting back to work. She would like to thank the doctors who have kindly looked after her, " according to her publicist.

Naomi Campbell has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo and is being treated by one of Brazil's top specialists in infectious disease, the hospital's press office said Tuesday. Campbell, a frequent visitor to Brazil, celebrated Carnival earlier this month in the northeastern city of Salvador. She was hospitalized Sunday in Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital.

She is under the care of David Uip, a specialist in infectious diseases, and gynecologist Jose Aristodemo Pinotti, the hospital said in a statement.

"The patient and her advisers have determined that the hospital's medical staff will not issue any formal or informal information on her medical condition," the hospital statement said. [CNN]

The Sunshine State Goes Black After Power Outrages Have Floridians Up In Arms

The Party In Miami Just Stopped!!!

Massive power outages struck Florida today, with power reported out from Miami to Jacksonville on the east coast and as far north as Tampa on the Gulf Coast, police and utility officials said.

Motorists try to navigate an intersection after traffic lights go dark. About 4.4 million customers across South Florida were affected, Florida Power and Light Co. officials said.

The outage struck shortly after 1 p.m. ET as scattered thunderstorms passed through the region. But the cause of the outage was not immediately known. In Washington, officials at the Department of Homeland Security said there was no immediate concern that terrorism was behind the outage. Stan Johnson, a spokesman for the North American Electric Reliability Council, said eight power plants were off-line across the region.

Detective Robert Williams, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman, said power was out across the entire county. Outages stretched into neighboring Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, he said.

In Palm Beach County, spotty outages ranged from Riviera Beach to Boca Raton, said sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera. [CNN]

SHAMEFUL! 44-Year-Old Black Woman Dies On Plane Carrying Empty Oxygen Tanks!

Haiti Woman Dies On American Airlines Debacle

Struggling Clinton Throwing 'Kitchen Sink' at Obama
Barack Obama Prefers Cooperation Abroad
Malcolm X Daughter Declares for Obama Support Grows
Tom Joyner, NAACP Launch Voter Empowerment Hotline

Deadly Conflict in Darfur Enters 6th Year
Jay Z Named in $5 Billion Reparations Lawsuit
UK Group Aims for More Black Police
Trial Begins in Haitian 'Slave' Case

Is Will Smith Playing Barack on The Big Screen?

Blair Underwood is 'In Treatment' on HBO
Jill Scott Talks about Bra Problems
Katrina Insurance Cases to Be Heard
Clarence Thomas: No Questions in 2 Years

Stop Being Victims! Bethune Cookman Students Cry Racism

Mary J Blige On Love and Marriage: Consider The Source

“Marriage is a challenge. I have never been married before. You have no idea how marriage has changed me. I have never been with a man who says he loves me as much as [Kendu] does. I didn’t believe in anything like that, I’m challenged to believe in him and trust him and it’s hard, but I’m doing it. Growing Pains is about trying to trust a man when you’ve never trusted one before. “

Your title is "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" do you think any other artists deserve to hold the title after you?

Mary J Blige: You know what I honestly think? Anything to do with being a queen and a leader comes with responsibility. There’s a lot of people that qualify talent wise, but as far as strength to get through this stuff, none of them qualify. What are they doing? They may be talented, they may be pretty, but they have to also have heart to be given the title of a Queen. This s**t comes with responsibility. You can't just lead people; you have to love people as much as they love you. I love my fans. I mean I have sacrificed so much for my fans. I started to speak to them and I have never stopped. It feels really good that my life has saved someone else’s life – that my whole ministry has touched some girl out there.
Read the rest of her great interview on ALLHIPHOP.COM

Oscar Drama Heats Up As Whoopi Goldberg Gets "Emotional" Over Academy Awards Dis!

Black Oscar Winner & First Female Host Is Not A Happy Camper

I still remember 2002 when Whoopi was hosting the otherwise extremely vanilla Academy Awards. That was the year that Halle Berry made history as the first non-white female to win Best Actress for her so-so portrayal in Monster's Ball, and my man Denzel Washington took home Best Actor honors for Training Day.

Since the 80th Annual Hollywood self-congratulatory event was made of about 85% retrospective clips, it meant that viewers were forced to watch every "moment" from Oscar history on Sunday.

Except one, everything Whoopi Goldberg ever did. Despite her Best Supporting Actress win for "Ghost" - and being the Oscars host on four separate occasions between 1994 and 2001 - there was almost no sign of Whoopi Goldberg anywhere in all the endless montages on Sunday. And that made Whoopi Goldberg cry. On The View no less!

Then again, as the women on The View pointed out, Whoopi Goldberg was only the second black woman to win an Oscar and the first woman to host the Oscars at all, which does make her slightly significant. Maybe the clip researchers should have double-checked their list to make sure they weren't leaving anyone important out.

Or maybe - just maybe - the only person in the entire world who even slightly cares about any of this is Whoopi Goldberg, and everyone else is happy that she was left out of all the montages because it made the Oscars five or six seconds shorter than they otherwise would have been.

Still, though, Whoopi Goldberg's tearful reaction to the snub just shines a light on the difference between her and her predecessor on The View. Because if Rosie O'Donnell had hosted the Oscars and missed out on a montage clip, the Kodak Theatre would be a mess of rubble, steel and fragments of Jack Nicholson's skull by now.

Shame on you Academy... Ladies let's rally around our sistah'. Given the political climate of America, with a woman and an African American quite possibly being our next president, you have some nerve. Someone hit me with the idrect email address of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Science, to complain about this unforgivable and obvious intentional slap in the face.

It went down on THE VIEW like this:

"Maybe they accidentally lost a clip of you hosting. ... But I think it's wrong," Elisabeth Hasselbeck said. Joy Behar said "being slighted is never fun." Sherri Shepherd wondered if Goldberg had made someone mad.

"Undoubtedly," Goldberg said, smiling. "Undoubtedly I (bleeped) somebody off yet again. You know what, I don't -- I don't know."

"Hey, we think you're a great host," reassured Barbara Walters, the creator of the ABC chatfest."I think we should do our own montage of you to make up for it," Hasselbeck said.

"This makes up for it," Goldberg responded, before getting up and kissing each co-host on the cheek. She and Walters then embraced.

Whoopi Goldberg Gets An Apology From Oscar Producers .

WHOOPI GOLDBERG, FIRST WOMAN TO HOST THE OSCARS, SLIGHTED IN BROADCAST MONTAGE: BUT FIRST, CHECK OUT THESE OSCAR PICS!

Ladies let's rally around our sistah' Whoopi, 'cause yesterday on her television show THE VIEW, she got 'down right' teary eyed.

Best Actress Winner Marion Cotillard. Classsy dress!

The subject was Sundays 80th Annual Academy Award Show. Right after we check out the winners, as well as the fashions at the lowest watched awards show event since the dawn of time.

A very pregnat Jessica Alba in purple

Is Miley Cyrus a Lindsay or Britney in the making?

Katherine Heigl is the baddest White chick in the game right now, hands down

Viggo with his biracial neice

No Country For Old Men's Javier Bardem - Best Supporting Actor

Seal and his woman in red, Heidi Klum

Is that Quincy Jones' daughter? No, that's his 21-year-old jump-off

Diddy and Faye Dunaway. After that "Raisin" performance on television, he needs to hire her for some acting lessons. You know Sidney Poitier was not amused!

Best Actor winner Daniel "I Drink Your Milkshake" Day Lewis

From stripper to Academy winner for Best Screenplay: Juno's Diablo Cody

John Singleton looks like that nasty, drunk uncle nobody lets their children play with

Forest Whitaker and wife Keisha. She clearly skipped waaaay to many meals to slip into that dress. Check out those bones.

Wesley Snipes and Spike Lee: Grumpy Old Men?

The Rock. Enough Said!!!!!

Mary J Blige and hubby Kendu in the house

Jennifer Hudson looks great, just don't turn around girlfriend

The great Ruby Dee. We wanted her to get Oscar love, but it was not to be.

During the broadcast a montage was presented of every star who had ever hosted the show. Whoopi was no where to be seen. It went down on THE VIEW. Check out the full story by clicking on the girls below: