Monday, August 17, 2009 |
Host Claudia Jordan and pageant contestants pose for photos at 16th Annual Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant in Los Angeles, California this past weekend.
Founded in 1992, the Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant is an education program that helps prepare young ladies from ages 6-12 to become self-sufficient leaders of tomorrow. Visit the LMAA official site for more info.
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Laila Ali and contestant
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Lisaraye McCoy and contestant
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Tichina, Claudia, LisaRaye, & Laila Ali
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Chandra Wilson & daughter
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Lisa Ruffin and Claudia Jordan
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Trenyce
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
Ashanti unveiled a new billboard featuring her childhood photo as part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s” BE GREAT” campaign on Tuesday morning at Duffy Square in New York City.
The singer attended the Boys & Girls Club as a young girl and joins the likes of Denzel Washington, Shaquille O’Neal, and Usher as part of BGCA’s new advocacy campaign, featuring successful Boys & Girls Club kids and encouraging every American to help young people be great.
( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )
Monday, August 10, 2009 |
Legendary Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes speaks during a benefit for Autism Speaks at the New York Stock Exchange this past weekend in New York City.
Dominique made the surprise appearance to share her family’s experience with Autism, raising awareness on behalf of those living with and affected by the condition.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 |
Ciara poses for pictures at the Staples ‘Do Something 101′ School Supply Drive at Children’s Aid Society Dunlevy Milbank Boys and Girls Club in New York on Tuesday. She is currently a spokesperson for the organization with commercials appearing nationally.
In related news, the singer’s hair stylist recently revealed that her new cut is actually a wig. Kiyah Wright told BellaSugar that it is a hair piece, and further explained:
“She still has really long hair—this look is just for the summer. She’s in L.A. for the summer and wanted something lighter, something different.
Ciara has such a little, petite, cute face, and she told me that she wanted to go short. She wanted to do the Halle Berry, but I thought, ‘We need a little sexy, we need a little swagger in front, so let’s just give it a little bit of lift,’” she says. “But I didn’t want it to look like Rihanna’s cut, either, so I cut all of it with thinning sheers and kept it tight on the sides, then added a swoop bang and gave her a reddish-auburn highlight in the front, just to break up the black a little bit.”
( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )
Monday, July 27, 2009 |
UNL Camper Justin ‘Edit’ Fulcher receives an appreciation plaque from Recording Artist Usher at the closing ceremony for Usher’s Camp New Look at the Alliance Theater at the Woodruff Arts Center over the weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.
Usher started the residential camp, he said, after years of endorsing other foundations. What started out as simply mentoring the next crop of entertainers, he said, soon turned into a deeper passion — empowering youth to become the next generation of corporate and community leaders.
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Monday, July 20, 2009 |
Check out this preview of the documentary Prom Night In Mississippi - a story stemming from an offer from an Academy Award winning actor, that made a historic impact at a high school in the southern state.
In 1997, Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated. After that offer was ignored, Freeman returned eleven years later and the school board accepted. Charleston High School had its first-ever integrated prom in 2008 (until then, blacks and whites had separate proms).
The documentary follows students, teachers, and parents as they lead up to the big day - which, doesn’t come without much opposition in a town where deep rooted racism is still planted. Prom Night in Mississippi premieres @ 9PM ET/PT on Monday, July 20th on HBO.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
Beyonce attended the Show Your Helping Hand Campaign Press Conference at the United Center on Friday, July 17th in Chicago, Illinois. The superstar played a gig later on that night for her ‘I Am’ tour.
Beyonce has teamed up with General Mills to help deliver more than $3.5 million meals to food banks around the country. ‘Giving back was something I was taught at an early age. I truly believe that God blesses us to bless other people,’ said Beyonce.
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