August 20, 2008
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MARIAH, BEYONCE, BLIGE RECORD CHARITY SONG: Ciara, Keyshia Cole, and Ashanti also take part in 'Just Stand Up.'
*A who's who of female singers from every music genre are included in the upcoming single "Just Stand Up," a charity song done in tandem with the forthcoming multi-network television special "Stand Up to Cancer." Read Full Story
'WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW' TO GO NATIONWIDE: Move follows six-week preview in NY, LA, Dallas and Detroit.
*Fox has announced that "The Wendy Williams Show" will follow up its six-week, four-market trial run with a nationwide launch via the Fox Television Stations group in mid-2009. Read Full Story
COLUMNIST NOTES POLITICS AT ISAAC HAYES MEMORIALS: Fox.com's Roger Friedman details the drama.
*Fox.com columnist Roger Friedman has written a piece that takes a closer look at memorial services held Sunday and Monday for Isaac Hayes. Read Full Story
50 CENT REPLACES JAY-Z AS RICHEST RAPPER: Forbes announces new tally; Diddy, Kanye, Dr. Dre earn spots.
*While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com's inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months--almost twice what Jay-Z made. Read Full Story
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JOHNNIE TAYLOR'S SEARCH HAS BEGUN: RushmoreDrive.com search engine dedicated to African Americans.
By Kenya M. Yarbrough
*Don’t surf the web, drive it. That’s the mantra of search engine RushmoreDrive.com. The site, created by Johnnie Taylor, Jr., is a web search engine, dedicated to placing the requests and perspectives of African American first. Read Full Story
HALLE BERRY SERENADED BY ROBIN THICKE: New mom gets a birthday present from crooner at Los Angeles concert.
*Halle Berry and her man, Gabriel Aubry, got a musical surprise Thursday night while attending a Robin Thicke performance at Hollywood's House of Blues. Read Full Story
COURTNEY B. VANCE JOINS WIFE ON E.R.: Actor to play a role very close to home.
*Courtney B. Vance will join NBC's "ER" this season in a recurring role as the husband of a new attending physician at Chicago's County General Hospital – a character played by his real wife, Angela Bassett. Read Full Story
SHOOTINGS MAY LINK TO ANTOINE WALKER PARTY: Fight spilled out of Chicago club before shots were fired.
*Antoine Walker of the Memphis Grizzlies is being investigated by police in his native Chicago after the shootings of two men following a fight that took place at a club hosting the athlete's birthday party. Read Full Story
ROSEANNE BLAMES OPRAH FOR RIFT IN DEM PARTY: Comic goes on another tear, vows to vote Cynthia McKinney for president.
*Roseanne Barr has followed up her Brangelina tirade with a verbal assault on Barack and Michelle Obama, Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, DNC Chairman Howard Dean, and Democrats overall. Read Full Story
SPIKE LEE SAYS POP CULTURE GIVES U.S. DOMINANCE: Filmmaker denies that nuclear power is America's biggest calling card.
*Speaking to an international business conference in Singapore, filmmaker Spike Lee said America's pop culture has made the United States the most powerful country in the world, and not nuclear weapons as some folks insist. Read Full Story
FENCES EYES SPRING 2009 FOR BROADWAY BOW: Suzan-Lori Parks directs revival of August Wilson play.
*The new Suzan-Lori Parks-directed Broadway production of August Wilson's Fences, previously due to bow in fall 2008, is now aiming for a spring 2009 opening, reps for the production confirm to Playbill News. Read Full Story
DIDDY HOLDS AUDITIONS FOR NEW MTV SHOW: Producer looking for next big talent on 'Starmaker.'
*Sean "Diddy" Combs has partnered with reality show visionary Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") for a new competition series that searches for the next big artist to sign with the mogul's Bad Boy Records. Read Full Story
What is Inflammatory Breast Cancer? INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER (IBC) is an advanced and accelerated form of breast cancer usually not detected by mammograms or ultrasounds. Inflammatory breast cancer requires immediate aggressive treatment with chemotherapy prior to surgery and is treated differently than more common types of breast cancer. "African Americans have a higher incidence of IBC than do Caucasians and other ethnic groups (10.1%, 6.2%, and 5.1%, respectively)
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