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Ledisi and Eric Benet and Frankie Beverly and Patti Labelle are the hot concert tickets this weekend. But for most of the movie-going public there’s only one choice this weekend; time to go see “The Dark Knight Rises,” the last of the rebooted “Batman” trilogy. If neither of those strikes your fancy, you can catch […]
You know him best from “Drumline” and “The Replacements” but writer/producer/actor/comedian Orlando Jones has been working behind the scenes for years. He started out at 19 writing for “A Different World” and “Martin” and he also worked on “Roc” and “MadTV.” You could say he knows a thing or two about multiple revenue streams as […]
William Raspberry was a Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post journalist for over 40 years. Among the first black journalists to receive a nationally syndicated column, Raspberry was called a man who, “had a way of telling you to go to hell and making you look forward to the trip.” He told the many stories of civil […]
Roland Martin talks with former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher on the continuing oral health epidemic.
Lady Gaga, Madonna, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae and Rihanna all owe a debut to Nona Hendryx. The groundbreaking former member of Labelle was making avant-garde music and wearing outrageous costumes The 67-year-old isn’t letting age slow her down. She’s just released a new album “Mutatis Mutandis” and is preparing to head out to promote it. […]
Jacque Reid discusses today's news headlines including the Colorado theater shooting, Mitt Romney, and more on TJMS.
Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about, Halle Berry hitting her head, saying maybe that will make her "start dating black men again," but probably not because, "Jay could fall from the empire state building and he still wouldn't date white women."
Dear Tom, I am nominating my sister “Shulie” to be a Thursday Morning Mom. She is actually my legal guardian. She was 27 and living in a 2-bedroom apartment with one of my other sisters when my dad died of cancer. He left my two brothers and me in her care. All of a sudden, […]
Chris Paul blasts through a minute of Michael Vick getting a new dog, joking that he understands why people could be upset.Saying Vick getting a dog is the same as, "R. Kelly adopting a 16-year-old gear and Robert Blake owning an italian restautant" Plus, he goes on to discuss Aretha Franklin shutting down Kathy Lee, […]
