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NAACP should acknowledge TV gains By BRIAN LOWRY (variety.com) "HERE'S A NOVEL THOUGHT: Before the NAACP launches another campaign against television's perceived ills, would it set the cause back to pause and savor the group's recent victories? Apparently so. Because after fatuously contending that Michael Richards' comedy club tirade is "a symptom of a much bigger problem" and emblematic of "an underlying current of racism in America," the NAACP scheduled, then canceled, an ...More

Here are one of those successes (blacktalentnews.com) "Will Smith was honored in an emotional tribute last Sunday at the Waldorf-Astoria for the Museum of Moving Image Tribute. Tributes by Smith's friends and colleagues included Queen Latifah, Alfonso Ribeiro and Jamie Foxx. Wife Jada Pinkett Smith broke down in tears onstage as she gave an emotional speech about her husband and what he has meant in her life. She said, "This is a ...More

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(wbir.com) Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning. [...] The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition. (more...) You see, what she should have done was to #1. Crack it, #2. Walk away, #3. Come back to her seat and ...More