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Monday, May 20, 2013

ASVOFF to host event in Cannes

May 6, 2013 // Comments Off

ASVOFF better known as A shade view on fashion film will be at the Cannes International Film Festival on May 19. ASVOFF is the first annual festival in the world of fashion film created by journalist Diane Pernet in September 2008. The event itself stated out as a three-day event at the national museum of Paris. At the Cannes a selection of films produced by some fashion and photography biggest n...

Reactions to Jamie Foxx's Trayvon Shirt

April 17, 2013 // Comments Off

The shirt Jamie Foxx wore to Sunday's MTV Movie Awards displayed the phrase "know Justice" above photos of Trayvon Martin and the children killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. The reference to victims of gun violence was certainly designed to attract attention and start conversation, but probably not of this variety. Public Shaming has pulled together some of the more disturbing, hate...

No Time for Political Overreaction (The Boston Bombings)

April 17, 2013 // Comments Off

The source of the Boston bombings is unclear, but some politicians are already reaching unproductive conclusions. By Jonathan P. Hicks Posted: 04/16/2013 05:57 PM EDT It is a sign of the times in which we live that, when the news was broadcast in the minutes after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on a Monday afternoon, many Americans seemed to know intuitively ...

Top 5 Springs trends 2013

April 3, 2013 // Comments Off

pring is a great time to clean out your closet and update your wardrobe. So before you start to do a massive overhaul of your wardrobe this season here are some of the top looks you want to keep around for S/S 2013. Capes-this trends will fare big for 2013 so don't put it away just yet Asian/Oriental- Right of the runway Oriental asian styles includes kimonos and oriental-print silks. Lea...

The Blackest White Folks We Know...Says The Root

March 28, 2013 // Comments Off

Kim Zolziak From The Real Housewives of Atlanta She can't dance. She can't sing. She doesn't date black men (from what we know). But she does -- or used to -- have a bevy of black girlfriends. And what really qualifies her is that her affinity for wigs rivals that of a hat-wearing church elder. Plus, she stole a page from the black C-list celebrity book and came out with her own wig line. ...

M&T Bank Black History Month Program

March 28, 2013 // Comments Off

In keeping with its founding mission to promote and preserve the integrity of African American history and heritage, the AACC mounted a Black History Month program at the Tralf Music Hall on February 27, 2013 for the M&T Bank African American Resource Group. "One would expect the content of a Black History Month program to outshine any other element, but the level...

Top Hair trends Spring 2013

March 25, 2013 // Comments Off

Bring in the spring with some of the hottest hair trends for 2013. Statement hair this spring will include some of the following trends. These are all the top 10 hair trends for 2013 that any woman could pull off. Pink highlights Wet look Tomboy hair Side part hairstyles Messy up dos/buns Low ponytails 1960's hair Half tuck styles Platinum blonde hair Fringe Bangs

Beyonce designs for H&M campaign

March 25, 2013 // Comments Off

H&M recently announced it partnership with superstar Beyonce for its summer collection 2013. She will appear in TV as well and print as in featured pieces from H&M summer collection. The campiagn was shot on the tropical beaches of Nassau, Bahamas by photographers Inez & Vinoodh with the commercial being directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The campaign introduces "Beyoncé as Mrs. Carter in ...

Are Black Mothers Failing Their Sons?

March 21, 2013 // Comments Off

Writer LaShaun Williams, writing for the Madame Noire site, raises the provocative issue of whether Black mothers, who can rely on their personal experiences to raise their daughters but do not have such natural instincts with their sons, are not doing as good a job raising their boys. She suggests Black mothers may be coddling their sons through life– “loving them as boys but not raising them to ...