Born in Los Angeles on May 29, 1989, Brandon Mychal Smith is a charismatic young actor best known for playing ladies man Nico Harris on the Disney Channel sitcom “Sonny with a Chance,” which was renamed “So Random” earlier this year. Brandon discovered his love for acting at a young age when he stood in […]
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Incognito: An American Odyssey of Race and Self-Discovery
“I grabbed the phone and punched in the number… my heart pounding… My dad… Thirty years later. ‘My name is Michael Sidney Fosberg, and I’m your son!’ I blurted out. ‘Son? Well, first of all, I want you to know that no matter what you were told, or what you thought happened, I have always […]
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Vineyard Serves as Setting for “Fish Out of Water” Comedy
Jason Taylor (Laz Alonso), a rising star at Goldman Sachs’ Manhattan office, never introduced any of his friends or family members to his relatively refined fiancée, Sabrina Watson, (Paula Patton), the whole time they were dating. After all, her high-falutin’ parents (Angela Bassett and Brian Stokes Mitchell) have a mansion up on Martha’s Vineyard, so […]
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Ex-Cop and Ex-Con Reunite in Rio for Final Heist
When we first met Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) a decade ago in The Fast and the Furious, the decorated police detective went rogue to help career criminal Dominic “Dom” Toretto (Vin Diesel) evade justice for masterminding a string of multimillion-dollar truck hijackings. Four sequels later, we find the pair up to their old tricks, although […]
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‘Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure’
“If they’re being honest, most people who have ever succeeded in any human endeavor will tell you they learned more from their failures than they ever learned from their successes… Failure is an inevitable part of the human condition… Through my scars, I have been blessed to arrive at a place I never imagined. When […]
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Reader’s Corner: ‘Eye of the Hurricane’
“You may have heard of me, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter, as having been a professional prizefighter. That, along with having been a wrongly convicted person who had to spend twenty years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, is a fact… I am not angry or bitter about my past or present circumstances. I […]
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Book Review: ‘Pass It Down Cookbook’
“The Pass It Down Cookbook is filled with recipes that reflect the generations-long need to document and share our history and culture… The recipes in this book are accompanied by personal stories that provide us with a unique opportunity to preserve our cooking heritage… Filled with poignant memories of the past, and the present triumphs […]
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Book Review – ‘D.C. Unmasked & Undressed: A Memoir’
“D.C. Unmasked & Undressed is a memoir. The story of my life includes events, characters and insights related to my miserable childhood, my legal career, and my varied sexual adventures. It can be summarized as: Girl from dysfunctional family meets boy from same … I worked hard and played hard, too. Along the way, and […]
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Salli’s Soliloquy
Born in Chicago on November 23, 1967, Salli Richardson-Whitfield burst onto the silver screen in 1993 in Posse, an African-American western directed by and co-starring Mario Van Peebles. Her resume’ reveals extensive work since then in television, film and theater. Salli starred opposite both Denzel Washington and Will Smith, playing their wives in the films […]
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‘True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself’
“Writing my first book was an adventure comes from my heart with love… This is not an autobiography. It’s a journey that I am still taking to love and accept myself just as I am. I want you to walk this road with me. You can never be happy until you understand why you’re doing […]
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A Chat between a Journalist and a Gentleman
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was born in Coney Island, Brooklyn on May 27, 1936, to Helen Rebecca Wray, a nurse, and Lou Sr., a Pullman porter. Lou’s stellar career started in 1953 while he was still in high school, when he landed a role in the Broadway production of Take a Giant Step. One of […]
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‘King’s Speech’ Coronation Spearheads Another British Invasion
The King’s Speech not only won the Oscars for Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Actor (Colin Firth) as expected, but also for Best Director (Tom Hooper) in something of a slight upset over The Social Network’s David Fincher. Most of the awards went as this critic anticipated with Natalie Portman (Black Swan) landing Best Actress […]
