Hey, at least a drama on NBC is receiving attention. Multiple women’s groups are taking issue with that network’s The Playboy Club , a new series that premieres on September 19 and focuses on the exclusive, 1960s-based establishment in the title. The Playboy Club Promo The San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, for example, urges NBC and its affiliates to “replace the program with a series that depicts women’s substantive achievements,” as President Kay Gulbengay says it’s an “insult to the legacy” of civil rights leaders to air The Playboy Club (while admitting she hasn’t watched it). Gloria Steinham has also pushed for a boycott of the program, while the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City refuses to air it. What do you think? Is The Playboy Club an affront to women?
A funeral is set for 11 a.m. Thursday for U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Perry, a giant of a civil rights lawyer who toiled relentlessly to dismantle legal segregation in South Carolina and then went on to become the state’s first black federal judge. Perry died of natural causes Friday just days before his 90th birthday. His body was discovered at his home on Sunday by a family friend. At his death, he was serving as a senior U.S. District Court judge, working every weekday in the downtown Columbia courthouse that was dedicated in April 2004 and bears his name. Oprah Wants You To Attend Her Class & “OWN Your Life” The funeral, which will be held at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, is expected to draw hundreds of mourners, including federal judges from across the country, lawyers and judges in South Carolina, current and former law clerks and his many clients, who were involved in sit-ins and demonstrations that marked the 1950s and 1960s civil rights era. Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered flags at the State House to be lowered to half-staff on the day of his funeral, her spokesman Rob Godfrey said. The Rev. Charles Jackson Sr., Brookland’s pastor, will deliver the eulogy, said I.S. Leevy Johnson, owner of Leevy’s Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow in Greenlawn cemetery at the family plot. “All of his law clerks will serve as active pallbearers and members of the state and federal judiciary will be honorary pallbearers,” said Johnson. The funeral home is working with the U.S. Marshal’s Service to ensure security at the church, which seats 3,500. Perry’s home church, Zion Baptist, could not seat the anticipated crowd. High School Students Help Haitian Orphans
Kelly Rowland and Beyonce were spotted together at the exclusive listening event for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne. The event took place at the Museum of Natural History In NYC. Kelly and Beyonce looked cute together in matching gray shirts and jeans. Beyonce wore a black fedora and jean shorts which mad her stand out. I’m not surprised, are you? Together, the girls looked like best friends should! Or are these fake smiles? Check out pics and let me know what you think. For more stories on the girls, look at: Beyonce Surprises Kelly Rowland With Special Message Kelly Rowland Is The Face Of Sean John’s Empress Perfume Kelly Rowland Performs “Motivation” On Jay Leno
Kelly Rowland and Beyonce were spotted together at the exclusive listening event for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne. The event took place at the Museum of Natural History In NYC. Kelly and Beyonce looked cute together in matching gray shirts and jeans. Beyonce wore a black fedora and jean shorts which mad her stand out. I’m not surprised, are you? Together, the girls looked like best friends should! Or are these fake smiles? Check out pics and let me know what you think. For more stories on the girls, look at: Beyonce Surprises Kelly Rowland With Special Message Kelly Rowland Is The Face Of Sean John’s Empress Perfume Kelly Rowland Performs “Motivation” On Jay Leno
Kelly Rowland and Beyonce were spotted together at the exclusive listening event for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne. The event took place at the Museum of Natural History In NYC. Kelly and Beyonce looked cute together in matching gray shirts and jeans. Beyonce wore a black fedora and jean shorts which mad her stand out. I’m not surprised, are you? Together, the girls looked like best friends should! Or are these fake smiles? Check out pics and let me know what you think. For more stories on the girls, look at: Beyonce Surprises Kelly Rowland With Special Message Kelly Rowland Is The Face Of Sean John’s Empress Perfume Kelly Rowland Performs “Motivation” On Jay Leno
Kelly Rowland and Beyonce were spotted together at the exclusive listening event for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne. The event took place at the Museum of Natural History In NYC. Kelly and Beyonce looked cute together in matching gray shirts and jeans. Beyonce wore a black fedora and jean shorts which mad her stand out. I’m not surprised, are you? Together, the girls looked like best friends should! Or are these fake smiles? Check out pics and let me know what you think. For more stories on the girls, look at: Beyonce Surprises Kelly Rowland With Special Message Kelly Rowland Is The Face Of Sean John’s Empress Perfume Kelly Rowland Performs “Motivation” On Jay Leno
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have separated after seven years of marriage. According to Us Weekly who got the exclusive, the couple’s rep told the mag that the J.Lo and Marc have decided to end their marriage. The couple released the following statement: “We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to amicable conclusion on all matters,” they said in a statement. “It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time.” The couple are parents to three-year-old twins Max and Emme. Diddy come get your girl!!!
DMX is almost a free man! The raspy-voice rapper is to be released from jail within the next few weeks but not before he drops a few controversial lines to Vibe.com about Young Money artist Drake. In the second part to the exclusive interview from jail, X says “I don’t like Drake,it’s nothing that he did to me, He actually is talented. He’s very talented,” X explained in an interview. “Yeah, I don’t like him. It ain’t nothing personal. I don’t like his stuff. He is talented. He has a little wordplay here and there, but when I see him and hear him it’s like — ‘Money, I’m not rockin with that.’” Read Part 1, here . The Jay-Z Vs DMX 1990s Battle In The Bronx Revisited DMX Does Interview From Prison, Speaks On His Friendship With Jay-Z
It’s confusing, but intriguing – and it’s got J.K. Rowling behind it, so we have no doubt it will be imaginative and successful. We’re talking, of course, about Pottermore , the author’s latest creation, first teased last week and now explained in more detail. In a new video, the woman behind Harry Potter says the website will be a “reading experience unlike any other.” It will center around Rowling’s iconic novels, with users playing a key role. It will also be the exclusive destination for one to purchase digital audio books and e-books. The site opens in October, but visitors can check in on July 31 and learn how they can gain early access. “I will join in, too, because I will be sharing additional information I have been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter,” Rowling teases here: Pottermore Explanation: J.K. Rowling
During a recent photo shoot, teen singer Justin Bieber was caught in the act! — Of sending shirtless photos of himself to his girlfriend, Selena Gomez . A source said, “Justin was talking to the stylist, asking her to take sexy pictures of him for his girlfriend. He was just being cute about it, joking around, but he definitely wanted to look good for this girl.” How does she know it was Selena??? She added, “He never said the name Selena, but we knew who it was.” Let’s hope that he wasn’t taking the photos for someone like Kim Kardashian!!! See the exclusive photos here!
