“Obama probably likes this song but he can’t be like man this song is the shit when it talks badly about the other candidates. Luda is making some hot tracks as always.” — commenter Ek at the site Baller Status. No. Not from the dude behind “Chicken and Beer!” How could he produce something deemed…

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So many pictures, so little time. Right, Ashanti? Because I was slackin’ and suffering from brain drain last weekend I didn’t get my celebrity photo spread up. Tsk. Tsk. Guess I’ll just have to sprinkle it about throughout this week. While Tuesday’s spread featured a lavender affair in the Hamptons, todays is a poo poo…

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UPDATES! Day of Blogging For Justice: The AfroSpear has declared Wednesday a day to spread awareness of the abuse of tasers by law enforcement. These acts sometimes ending in death for the people they encounter. This is a huge problem very few in the press are talking about, other than showing the occasional cop cruiser…

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There’s some murr-murring in the press right now over a Virginian who is not Sens. Jim Webb or Mark Warner. It’s TIM KAINE! Tim who, you say? Well, Tom Kaine is the not-quite-popular governor of Virginia who is in the running for Barack Obama’s number two. (William Riker not available?) He’s on a really long…

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First Lady candidate Michelle Obama in Chicago Tuesday addressing a Women for Obama fund raiser. The Chicago-Sun Times reported the event may have raised $1 million for her hubby’s presidential campaign. (Photo AP) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are on Vanity Fair’s list too, but Michelle O. is up there two, shining in the bright…

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You’re invited to a garden party! (Or I should say, you’re invited to look at pictures of a garden party.) It’s the Art for Life benefit in East Hampton, NY July 19th. A gala filled with celebrities, most matching in lavender (or purple) and white. The lady in red and director Brett Ratner apparently didn’t…

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A series featuring my favorite underemployed blacktors and blacktresses. I’m not going to admit that I came up with the term “blacktors and blacktresses.” Anyone who closely watched “In Living Color” back in the ’90s would recall a David Alan Grier skit where he played the host of a black awards show that was basically…

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