Running For Cover

I haven’t had time to really dig my heels into the controversy over Elle magazine’s alleged lightning of Gabby Sidibe’s skin for the October cover, given the potential coup d’état in Delaware and Plenary’s mad dash efforts to get LaTonya Jones’s Southern Discomfort to print, but the following headline for Allison Samuels’s article in Newsweek caught my attention: Gabby Sidibe: [...]

The Art of Storytelling: Lyrics To Go

Music and literature go hand in hand in my mind. After all, we’re all artists expressing ourselves in different ways. But I rely on certain musicians to provide the soundtrack to whatever I’m working on at the moment, whether it’s my way overdue book, a legal argument or theory, Plenary Publishing business or whatever personal thing life’s throwing my [...]

The Art Of Storytelling: Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellowship

Editors Note: I felt the still from Lost (which I copped from the ABC website) was perfectly appropriate for this post given the confusion and wide disappointment over the series finale. See aspiring writers: NBC ABC needs you! Here’s an update to my earlier post about writing fellowships. ABC/Disney announced the submission deadline for their [...]

Plenary Videos Of The Day: RIP To Teddy Pendergrass

Today’s videos come from a live concert featuring some of Teddy P’s numerous hits as a solo artist and as lead singer for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. RIP to another music legend that certainly made up part of the soundtrack to our lives, before and after. I know some of us 70′s babies are probably here because [...]

R Kelly Smiles for Tavis

The Twitterati/Internet/blogsphere’s been buzzing for the past few weeks over the news that Tavis Smiley’s SmileyBooks is set to publish R. Kelly’s memoirs next year. By my estimation, the reaction is on point. So much so, that I scrapped plans to blog in-depth about it because others have made my points, like: What About Our Daughters Womanist Musings  Bol over [...]

Video Of The Day: Mariah Carey’s Precious Acceptance Speech

My reaction to Mariah Carey’s acceptance speech mirrors my reaction to “Precious.”

Video Of The Day: KFC’s Solution For Dealing With Black People

Ckeck out KFC Australia’s solution for dealing with a crowd of black people:

The First Lady Is The Most Fascinating Person of 2009

Babs just announced First Lady Michelle Obama as the most fascinating person of 2009. Of course, the list includes Glenn Beck and Kate Gosselin, but I agree 100%. Some folks say the First Lady’s gone from an Ivy-League educated lawyer to the First Lady of Fashion - arm candy that should take on more issues - but I wholeheartedly disagree. [...]

Plenary Video Of The Day: Geico’s Pothole Commercial

I should be writing and editing at the moment, but I distract myself very, very easily. I can be knee deep in something, grinding away, and random things will just pop into my head and cause me to go on a wild Google search. Like this Geico commercial. You’ve probably seen it a  million times, but [...]

I’m Really Tired Of . . .

The Salahis. Can they just go away? First, if you’re going to party crash – at the White House of all places – to get in your 15 minutes, please have your affairs in order. Clock, please tick down on these people.  The Woods. While I think the Mrs. busted out Tiger’s windows over all [...]

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