Well, this is depressing. Check out this ABC News Nightline story about why 42 percent of Black women are single. Steve Harvey, comedian and best-selling author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man also chimes in on the subject.
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Corrine Bailey Rae is back with new album
After the death of her husband last year due to a drug overdose, Corrine Bailey Rae is back with a new album, “The Sea,” due out Feb. 2010. Check out the video for her new single, “I’d Do It All Again.”
Tyra Banks to end talk show
First Oprah, now Tyra Banks. The former supermodel is ending her talk show, “The Tyra Show,” in spring 2010. After five seasons, Banks said she wants to focus on producing films.
“There’s a lot cooking right now and a lot of fire burning in my heart,” Banks writes in an open letter on her web site, tyra.com. “And I salute you my amazing family of viewers; without you there never would have been a Tyra Show. I really love you all.”
Banks will return to television in February with the 14th season of “America’s Next Top Model.”
12 Days of Christmas with the Muppets and Jimmy Fallon
I just couldn’t resist this clip of the Muppets singing “12 Days of Christmas” with late night host Jimmy Fallon. So cute!
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Obamas Christmas in Hawaii
The First Family arrived in Oahu, Hawaii Thursday for a Christmas vacation. President Barack Obama was born and mainly raised in the state. The family will spend more than a week at the same oceanfront vacation home that was rented the previous year.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Michael Jordan sues Chicago grocery stores
Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is suing Jewel Food Stores and Dominick’s Finer Foods for their ads published in a commemorative Sports Illustrated issue, “Jordan: A Hall of Fame Career.”
In the Jewel ad, a pair of red and white sneakers with the number 23 on the tongues are an “inaccurate and misleading copy of Air Jordan basketball shoes,” says the lawsuit. Above the shoes, a message congratulates the “fellow Chicagoan who was ‘just around the corner’ for so many years,” reports Yahoo.
According to the suit, the Dominick’s ad features MJ’s name with the phrase “You are a cut above” and a photo of a steak. Below the congratulations is an ad for $2 off a Rancher’s Reserve steak, a trademark of Dominick’s parent Safeway.
Fantasia to premiere her new V1 reality show
The third season American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino is getting her own reality show. “Fantasia for Real” premieres Jan. 11 on VH1 and will follow the life of the 25-year-old singer and single mother. Barrino’s eight-year-old daughter Zion as well as her famous first cousins K-Ci and JoJo of Jodeci will also be featured in the show.
“It’s just the truth,” Barrino told the New York Daily News. “Celebrities can be untouchable sometimes, but I’ve always given my story straight because I’m proud of myself and I’m proud that I can talk about what I’ve been through. People can relate to me. There are things going on with Fantasia that are probably going on with another family right around the corner.” </p>
Rapper T.I. released from jail
Rapper T.I. was released Tuesday morning from a Forrest City, Ark. prison, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After serving seven months, the rapper whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., will serve the rest of his one year and one day sentence in a correctional center near Fulton County Airport in Atlanta.
‘Sesame Street’ and ‘227’ star Alaina Reed Hall dies
Actress Alaina Reed Hall,63, died of breast cancer last Thursday in Santa Monica. She played Olivia, a photographer and sister of the character Gordon on “Sesame Street” from 1976-1988. Reed- Hall also starred on the 1985-1990, NBC series “227” as the landlady and best friend of the main character played by actress Marla Gibbs. In the show’s final season, Reed Hall’s character married a character played by her real-life husband, Kevin Peter Hall, who died in 1991.
Born Bernice Reed in Springfield, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 1946, she appeared in stage productions of “Hair” and “Chicago.” She also made guest appearances on TV series such as “ER,” “NYPD Blue” and “Friends. Reed Hall appeared in a number of films, including “Death Becomes Her” and “Cruel Intentions.”
Reed-Hall is survived by her third husband, Tamim Amini and two children from a previous marriage.
Beyonce’s mom files for divorce
There’s one more single lady in the Knowles family. Tina Knowles, singer Beyonce’s mother, recently filed for divorce from the performer’s father and manager Matthew Knowles. The couple was wed in 1980 and also has a 23-year-old daughter Solange who is also a performer.
“The decision to end our marriage is an amicable one,” the couple said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “We remain friends, parents, and business partners. If anyone is expecting an ugly messy fight, they will be sadly disappointed. We ask for your respect of our privacy as we handle this matter.”
A month ago Los Angeles resident, Alexsandra Wright filed a paternity suit against Matthew Knowles claiming he is the father of her unborn child.