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  • This is the fifth entry of “The Chip On My Shoulder Is A Boulder,” a series on the complex relationships between black women and their mothers. The series will run over the next two weeks. Previous entries include “The Adoptee,” “The Rebel,” “The Gypsy” and “She Did Her Best.” It’s verboten. Mothers aren’t supposed to…

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  • There’s a story in The Wall Street Journal Sunday about Chicago clothing designer Maria Pinto, Michelle Obama’s no. 1 point woman to keep her looking fabulous. Read the article here. (Thanks, Renee)

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  • It’s Cartier’s Love Charity Bracelet product launch. Or as I would call it, dressin’ up for jewelry which happened last Thursday. That’s my kind of party. Someone drapes you in diamonds and you floss for a bit before sitting down for an extremely expensive chicken dinner. And that’s my girl, Rosario Dawson, in the spotlight,…

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  • She went nuts in Heathrow and all she got was 200 hours of community service. The Brits are calling it a bad case of “air rage,” or Naomi Campbell’s Amazonian world that would be called “everyday rage.” She was ordered to pay 200 pounds ($400) to each of the police officers she attacked and 150…

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  • The Way We Were

    The news broke today that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are trying to bury the proverbial hatchet out of the inevitable fact that their political fortunes are intertwined. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic…

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  • This is the fourth entry of “The Chip On My Shoulder Is A Boulder,” a series on the complex relationships between black women and their mothers. The series will run over the next two weeks. Previous entries include “The Adoptee,” “The Rebel” and “The Gypsy.” It’s often said we don’t get to pick our parents.…

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  • Celtics Gone Wild!

    Out of all the Boston Celtics players I would want to see shirtless (Ray Allen) this was the one we got. Congratulations, Glen “Big Baby” Davis. Now put your shirt back on. (To read the rest and see more pictures check out Ryan Barrett’s Cheap Thrills.)

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