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Seen On The Scene: Spike Lee Hosts 30th Anniversary ‘School Daze’ Screening In Atlanta

Paras Griffin/Getty Images Spotted… Spike Lee Hosts School Daze Screening Spike Lee celebrated the 30th anniversary of one of his iconic films in Atlanta. Earlier this week the film director held a special screening of “School Daze” at Atlanta’s Fox Theater. HBCU grads and members of Black Greek Letter organizations flooded the theater to watch the film starring Tisha Campbell, Laurence Fishburne and other black stars at Mission College. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Others in attendance included Big Tigger… Paras Griffin/Getty Images and Atlanta’s new Mayor Kiesha Lance Bottoms who presented Lee with a key to the city. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Hit the flip for more. Continue reading

If You Care: Ne-Yo’s Wife Inspired By Son’s Un-“Blessed” Kinks To Create Mixed Kids Hair Products

 (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) Ne-Yo’s Wife Dragged For Shading Son’s Hair Texture, Then Claps Back With A Kiddie Hair Line Crystal Smith is clapping back at critics who gathered in her comments after she described the difficulty in styling her son’s kink-n-coils. The semantics of the caption really rubbed folks backwards after saying her son wasn’t blessed like mommy with her “Hawaiian silky.” Crystal posted and then deleted: So my son wasn’t blessed with Mommy’s “Hawaiian silk” as my sister likes to say. Can anyone suggest some good products or moisturizers? Nothing I’ve tried will help the dryness. His hair seems to soak up everything instantly. Folks immediately checked her for the “wasn’t blessed” part, saying that he IS blessed and an array of negative criticism. Now Crystal seems to be turning lemons into lemonade. “Thank you guys for the negativity, because once again I’m going to channel it into something positive and I am now in the process of creating a hair care line for mixed children…so thank you once again.” Continue reading