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Did You Know? NY Chapter Of Racist SAE Fraternity Hazed A Black Man To Death In 2011

NY Chapter Of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Hazed A Black Man To Death By now, everyone knows about the Oklahoma University chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon that was shut down after it’s racist chants about how “n-words” aren’t welcome in their fraternity. But recent racist headlines surrounding the frat are shining a new light on another salacious story about the organization from a few years ago. Cornell University in Ithica, NY was forced to shut down it’s own chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon after the tragic death of one of its members. Haitian-born Georges Desdunes, a member of the fraternity during a hazing ritual that was carried out by some of his established bothers and at least one new pledge. Via Inquisitr : Georges Desdunes, a 19-year-old aspiring pre-med student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was found dead in the early morning hours of February 25, 2011, The New York Times reported. Earlier that night, as part of a fraternity initiation ritual, Desdunes — the only son of a widowed Haitian immigrant mother from Brooklyn — was kidnapped by Sigma Alpha Epsilon members, who bound him hand and foot with zip ties and poured large amounts of alcoholic drinks down his throat. They then left him unconscious on a couch in the common area of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, where a member of the cleaning staff later found him dead. Unsurprisingly Georges’ was left for dead by his “brothers,” who were all were nowhere in site when he was found, nor when authorities came to give him medical assistance. Via The New York Times : When the police and firefighters arrived, they found an unresponsive male. He was not breathing, had no pulse and was cold to the touch. They laid him on the floor, cut off his sweatshirt, suctioned his throat and applied CPR. He was put on a stretcher and taken to a hospital in an ambulance. The rescue workers remarked later that there was not a single fraternity brother in sight, just the cleaners, who told the police what they knew, then went downstairs to finish the kitchen. Even though Georges died as a result of the ritual, three frat brothers were acquitted of misdemeanor hazing charges. His mother filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit. This entire organization seems to be a huge mess. SMH.

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Keyshia Cole’s Beatdown Recipient Files Lawsuit, Says She And Birdman Have A Strictly “Plutonic” Relationship [VIDEO]

Um…”plutonic?” Is this geology class???

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Keyshia Cole’s Beatdown Recipient Files Lawsuit, Says She And Birdman Have A Strictly “Plutonic” Relationship [VIDEO]

Jessica White And Dallas Austin Confirm Their Coupledom With Cozy Cuddled-Up Photos

Chilli wept… Jessica White And Dallas Austin Confirm They’re Dating Looks like Jessica White and Dallas Austin are happily paired off. Apparently Jessica is trying her hand at music, and late nights/early mornings in the ‘yo led to a love connection between the former model and the producer. Via NecoleBitchie : The recording studio brought together Big Sean and Ariana Grande, and now it’s doing the same for Jessica White and Dallas Austin! Word is the gorgeous model/aspiring singer and the established hitmaker are a couple! And they sure were acting like it when they were spotted out on a double date with Evan Ross and his wife Ashlee Simpson last night. The foursome, with Jess serving flawless Pocahontas tease, were seen lunching at LA celebrity hotspot, The Ivy. Apparently, Jessica and Dallas struck up a romance after they started working on her debut album. (This was around the time she was teasing a reality show.) And it’s supposed to be so serious that they’ve been living together both in Dallas’ home base of Atlanta and LA, where Jessica is working on her music. Jessica posted this happy snappy of the two all hugged up to her Instagram yesterday evening: Cute couple, riiiiiiight? Congrats to them. Maybe Jessica can finally get Dallas to settle down… Instagram

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Which One Would You Hit? [Future Listening Event]

Rapper Future hosted a private album listening party in Atlanta Tuesday night at Instablue and DJ Don Cannon manned the 1′s and 2′s. If you had to choose between the budding rap star and the established DJ Producer, Which One Would You Hit ? Does your answer change if we pit Future against production upstart Mike Will “Made It”? More shots of Future and friends below: Photo Credit: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

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Which One Would You Hit? [Future Listening Event]

Rapper Future hosted a private album listening party in Atlanta Tuesday night at Instablue and DJ Don Cannon manned the 1′s and 2′s. If you had to choose between the budding rap star and the established DJ Producer, Which One Would You Hit ? Does your answer change if we pit Future against production upstart Mike Will “Made It”? More shots of Future and friends below: Photo Credit: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

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R.I.P. Susannah York

Actress Susannah York died yesterday in London at the age of 72 from complications of cancer. Oscar-nominated for her role as Alice in 1969’s They Shoot Horses Don’t They? , York also appeared in Tom Jones , The Man for All Seasons , and as Superman’s Kryptonian mother in Richard Donner’s Superman . [ Deadline ]

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James Franco Adds ‘Serial Killer’ To Already Packed C.V.

James Franco — perhaps history’s greatest multipurpose agent since baking soda — has agreed to star and to direct in a biopic of serial killer Richard Ramirez , also known as the Night Stalker (and, no, not the one that investigated monsters ). Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles in the mid-80’s, before being arrested and convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 attempted murders and 11 sexual assaults. So, Oscars , Faulker and Cormac McCarthy , his line of fictional underwear , Sal Mineo , and a novel of addiction. He either is incredibly organized and incredibly tired, or has the best cocaine. [ Vulture ]

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SNL Scorecard: Did the Rookies Save Gwyneth Paltrow’s Show?

Last night’s Gwyneth Paltrow-hosted edition of Saturday Night Live used an interesting formula: The first half of the show featured mostly the established cast-members (Kristen Wiig even got to do that Kristen Wiig thing that she does, a rarity as of late), which has been, at best, hit or miss all season. Then, after a notably feisty “Weekend Update,” new featured players Jay Pharoah, Taran Killam and Paul Brittain, respectively, gave us three individual sketches that all killed. Were their efforts enough to make this a memorable show? On to the scorecard!

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LeBron James Delivers Most Overt Eff You in Sports History, Joins Miami Heat

A man is claiming to be the father of LeBron James. A former teammate may have slept with his mother . But this NBA superstar is facing a problem of a different kind now: he’s become one of the most hated athletes in all of professional sports. The 25-year old free agent left the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight and joined up with fellow stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. In one sense, it’s a selfless act: James took less money to sign with Miami and is choosing to subjugate all personal achievements (scoring titles, MVPs, etc.) for the sake of a championship (or six). But why make make the announcement on a primetime ESPN special?!? Having spurned his hometown via such a public, self-serving spectacle, James should prepare to be booed out of almost every arena in which he plays next season. Fans in Cleveland are already burning LeBron James’ jerseys in the streets, and it’s hard to blame them. James may win an abundance of titles now, but he’ll never have done so as the established leader on his own team. Is that a decision Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan ever would make? Sports fans will be debating this for months. What do you think? LeBron signing with Miami is…

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Sean Hayes to Host 2010 Tony Awards

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