Kim KardashianIf your pre-teen daughter's heroes are MTV's Teen Moms, Gloria Govan, Snooki and Kim Kardashian you may be raising a little monster (or a little future leader -- it's kind of a toss-up). A new study by Girl Scouts of America's research institute has found a correlation between bad behavior and too much reality TV.
Holder of The Greatest Fetus of All Time, Beyonce Knowles is busy putting out videos (obviously) filmed before The Greatest Fetus of All Time became evident. The latest is this video for "Love On Top," a song which sounds like half-90s throwback, half-after thought, and features her doing a little bit of New Edition's "If It Isn't Love" (one of my favorite music videos of all time) and your standard Motown dude group homage.
New Edition, R&B, beyonce, music, music videos, pop culture "It's based on a real Cosby sweater and it has Bill Cosby wearing a sweater with Bill Cosby wearing a sweater on it." It's the "Inception" of Cosby sweaters. (H/T Gawker)
(Left to Right) Fitness expert Donna Richardson Joyner, "Fly Jock" Tom Joyner, Southern Company Board Director Juanita Baranco and Essence Magazine Editor-In-Chief Constance C.R. White
Last Friday Essence Magazine honored fitness expert and motivational speaker Donna Richardson Joyner; her husband, syndicated radio "Fly Jock" Tom Joyner and the U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin at their "An Evening of Excellence" event during the Congressional Black Caucus' Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. The Snob was there to document the proceedings and chat up Essence's new editor-in-chief.
"WE DIDN'T LISTEN!" (Via South Park Studios)There's an episode of the cartoon South Park that parodies the film "The Day After Tomorrow" and hysteria over Global Warming where the citizens of South Park run around fleeing the "warming" while screaming, "We didn't listen!" While this was simply a delicious Hollywood film cliche satire, I couldn't help but think of it when I read Darth Kriss' recent post on Insanity Report about the advent of Kreayshawn and some person called V-Nasty in the world of hip hop.
Prof. Melissa Harris PerryRecently academic and author Melissa Harris Perry took one for the team and watched Hollywood's latest offering in mainstream cinema about nice white people saving unfortunate black people (it's their favorite kind), aka, the new Viola Davis film "The Help."
Prof. Harris Perry was able to stave off a head-explosion of irony and focus on everything she absolutely hated about the film -- from the "feel-good" premise of black maids being given their voice by some perky young white woman to how the film took an ounce of history and turned it into a "cat fight" about the "Real Housewives of Jackson, Mississippi."
While his No. 1 nemesis was broadcasting from digital exile, FOX News all-star Bill O'Reilly was on The Factor still fighting the Ghost of Yesteryear's Sista Souljahs and and Ice-T "Body Count" Cop Killahs, when for the umpteeth time, O'Reilly invited a rapper on his show (this time Lupe Fiasco) just to not let him talk, then tell him why he was wrong, then say something to the effect of "what about the children?"
CONTROVERSY! The co-star of "Just Wright" and one of the stars of "Why Did I Get Married" parts one and deux are crazy radicals who hate the police and black men who date white women! And First Lady Michelle Obama is an unrepentant fan as she invited the two, amongst many others, to recite poetry at the White House.
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Photo Hat Tip: Necole Bitchie Maybe you heard? Tyler Perry (of the Madea Perrys) replaced your girlfriends' new favorite piece of black actor chocolate Idris Elba for a part that was once portrayed on the big screen by Meemaw's No. 1 man-crush, Morgan Freeman. Now before you start rendering your garments and suicide dropping to the floor let's remember this important fact -- Tyler Perry is rich now and can do whatever he wants.
She came in third. She was disappointed. She really wanted to win because, "Going out there and winning this would be like a big middle finger to all the people out there that hate my mom and hate me." Yes! That would have showed me! Only I don't hate her. Don't watch Dancing With the Stars. Did not vote. And morbidly wanted her to win just to screw with people who actually care about this mess. But, you know, this shit just got real for Bristol Palin because even goofy dancing shows featuring people who are not quite stars are now political. Really. Folks are shootin' teevees and mailing fake Anthrax over this mess. Priorities, America. Where are your priorities? Oh, yeah. You voted for Jennifer Grey to win. So ... you still ... don't have priorities, but possibly care about good dancing. Mmmkay. (The Daily Beast, Gawker)
