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10 Reasons Why Michael Jackson is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time)

A year ago today, the world lost a bit of it’s awesome when Michael Jackson, the King of Pop passed away. I remember that I was in my office when I found out on TMZ at exactly 4:30pm CST. I was hoping TMZ made a mistake, so I refreshed my …

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Another Golden Girl is Gone to Glory. Here’s to you, Rue McClanahan!

I woke up yesterday to find out (via Twitter) that Rue McClanahan had died. I bust out an EPIC *WALL SLIDE* all up through there! Not Blanche!!! Not now! I loved Blanche. She was the Matron Saint of Classy Geriatric HoSh*t. No one wore a floral negligee like Blanche. And her love of her bosoms was admirable. She was conceited and she KNEW she had a reason. Plus the super country accent? *hollers* BLANCHE!!! Rue McClanahan was super talented and this is a huge loss. Thank you for being a friend, Rue.

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Liza Minnelli at the Sex and the City 2 premiere
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Dear Liza Minelli. No to “Single Ladies”

Liza Minnelli did a version of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies.” I’m murked. If you don’t getcho geriatric, eau de Ben Gay self and go be qwat somewhere! What are YOU doing singing “Single Ladies?”

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Dear Chris Brown, The Burnt Sienna Apology Blouse…

I’m overdue for one of my sternly-worded letters. I was pretty perplexed as to who I’d write one to this week. Then Twitter happened. I can ALWAYS blame Twitter. Chris Brown is this week’s addressee. Dear Chris Brown, Hey Chris hey. How are you doing? Can we rap for a …

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The Wonderous One turns 60!

So today is Stevie Wonder‘s 60th birthday. We must revel and rejoice in this day. I don’t care how far gone Stevie’s hairline maybe, or the fact that it’s wading in all types of water. I’m always going to be a fan. I’ont care how many tacky blazers his team …

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Badu’s Badonk is BAD!

Everyone has been talking about Erykah Badu’s vidjo “Window Seat” all week. People have been debating whether the message of the video is parallel to the lyrics. And they’ve been discussion Erykah’s use of nudity to get her point across yaddy yada blah blah. I don’t gibbadamb bout any of …

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Gahtdamb, Courtney Love!
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Gahtdamb, Courtney Love!

I’m tah’d and it’s late (look at the timestamp) so I’mo make this short. I was minding my own business like I like to do (O__o) when my homette Afrobella hit me up on Twitter talmbout “You looking for a new background? Drink that cold glass of water” And then linked …

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The 2010 NAACP Image Awards Were Decent

I don’t typically blog on Saturdays, but the NAACP Image Awards came on last night and I got my phonecall from my sis reminding me to do a recap. So my recap shall be in question form. I live-tweeted the show and acted a plum fool. I was pretty surprised …

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Who Ran It: Avatar Luvvie or Rihanna?

For the Grammy’s on February 1, my avatar decided to don a formal onesie reserved for truly special occasions. Well, 2 days later, on February 3, VH1’s Superbowl jam came on. Rihanna had on a very similar one. I WAS SWAGGER-JACKED! With that being said… I see you back there …

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Dear Stevie Wonder, Fire Your Team

So there other day, I watched the BET Honors, which gave awards to 5 people for their achievements in education, music, business etc. Honored included Queen Latifah, Whitney Houston and Diddy and 2 others. Stevie Wonder was all up through the show performing. He must have been up there at …

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