Usher and Tameka Still a Twosome

Los Angeles (E! Online) - A minor-league blog might be saying "yeah," but Usher's people are saying "absolutely not."

The R&B star's manager calls an anonymously sourced breakup report on the website theybf.com "100 percent not true."

"Usher and Tameka are currently traveling in Europe together as a family on his promotional tour," Benny Medina told E! News. "This rumor is completely false."

Not to mention, Tameka—who's also the mother of 6-month-old Usher Raymond V—was spotted with her hubby of nearly nine months at an MTV taping on Sunday.

But, if nothing else, with Usher's marital life squared away, that leaves his fans free to talk about that upcoming album release on Tuesday, eh? source

“Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”: Movie

Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, & Terrance Howard ( Wireimage )

With the success of the Broadway play of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”, which earned reportedly $2.1 million dollars, Producer Stephen Byrd will begin production on a movie version starring the same all-black cast. source

Beyonce Arrives in Cannes

pics:justjared

"Jay-Z and Beyonce got into town for the Cannes Film Fest festivities and also probably for another bash hosted by the Jiggaman himself. Sources reported last week that Jay was definitely set to host a lavish party for his wife Bey in Cannes. And it’s likely to be yet another party celebrating their nuptials. Word has it this one is going to be a huge blowout and their BFFs Gwyneth, Chris, and apparently the Beckhams are on the list. " source ybf.com

R&B Superstar Rihanna To Make Film Acting Debut In 'Mama Black Widow'

R&B Superstar Rihanna, who's made plenty of appearances on videos and films as herself, including 'Bring It On: All or Nothing', where she hosts the cheerleading competition at the end of the movie, will be making her acting debut in 'Mama Black Widow'.

The Caribbean singer will be star alongside Mos Def, Macy Gray, Anthony Anderson and Kerry Washington.

'Mama Black Widow' is adapted from the novel written by Iceberg Slim, who was one of America's most famous and bestselling African-American authors. It is the portrait of a black family's migration from the Mississippi fields of the segregated south to the supposedly more open-minded underground of Chicago in the 1930s. source

Last Brown v. Board Plaintiff Dies

The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.

Zelma Henderson died this week in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. source

This is why Black women must politically organize!

Article from Blackwomenvote

"What will it take for black women to understand that there is a serious racio-misogyny problem in this country, fueled by racist and sexist imagery? Are we to never be defended from these visual and verbal assaults?" read full article at www.blackwomenvote.blogspot.com

More Red Carpet Pics from Cannes

I love Mary J's Dress!!!!

Toronto board approves first black-focused school

Toronto District School Board trustees have given final approval to Toronto's first Africentric school, but not without another meeting filled with acrimony and charges of racism.

The issue is one of the most controversial ever put to the board.
The school will open in September 2009, and will occupy unused space at Sheppard Public School, near Sheppard Avenue and Keele Street. It will serve students from junior kindergarten to Grade 5. source