April 6, 2012

“Mirror Mirror” Is A Funny Twist On The Classic Snow White Fairy Tale

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The following review was written by MyBrownBaby’s youngest contributor, 9-year-old Lila Chiles. By LILA CHILES This movie version of “Mirror Mirror” is different than the Snow White fairytale we all know. The movie is told from the Evil Queen’s perspective instead of Snow White’s, which made it funnier because the ...

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April 4, 2012

Celebrating Elizabeth Catlett: The Artist and Her Passion Are True Inspirations

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{Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Catlett, who dedicated her art to the struggle of African Americans and women, died on Monday at her home in Mexico. She was 96. And she will be sorely missed. This post was written two years ago on March 3, 2010, just a few days after I ...

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April 3, 2012

Sparkle Trailer: A Sneak Peek At Whitney Houston’s Final Role (VIDEO)

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Oh. My. Goodness. Please understand, I can not WAIT for Sparkle, the new movie starring Whitney Houston, Jordin Sparks, Ceelo Green and Mike Epps, to come out in August. The original Sparkle, starring Irene Cara, Lonnette McKee, Philip Michael Thomas and Dorian Harewood is, hands down, one of my favorite music ...

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March 22, 2012

Black Gold: In Praise Of Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society and Its Focus On Black Children

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Esperanza Spalding and her new album, Radio Music Society—specifically, her song “Black Gold,” and the beautifully poignant short film she made to accompany it. The song is a love letter to beautiful brown babies—a delicious paean to the self-esteem of African American children. ...

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March 21, 2012

Vote To Get Derrick Barnes’ Ruby & The Booker Boys Series On Walmart Shelves

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I’m making this short and sweet because really, what I’m going to ask you to do is quick and easy: MyBrownBaby’s own Derrick Barnes entered his delightful children’s book series, Ruby & the Booker Boys, into the WalMart “Get On The Shelf” contest and he needs your votes to help ...

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March 20, 2012

PS 22′s Cover Of Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love Of All” Reminds Us To Put Children First

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With all the heart-wrenching, mind-blowing crazy surrounding brown children this month—the uproar over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a teacher’s demand that her sole black student read a Langston Hughes poem “blacker,” the FDA’s approval of chemically-treated, dog food-grade pink slime meat in our children’s school lunches, the revelation ...

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March 13, 2012

Clean Happy With Method Products & MyBrownBaby!

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Nothing against Method home-care products, but I have my allegiances, right? I mean, my mother taught me how to clean and do laundry and she used very specific products my entire childhood—products that, when I got a place of my own and a husband of my own and children of ...

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March 7, 2012

T.I. and Tiny’s Family Hustle: Sons Major and King Harris Get Ready For Their Star Turn (VIDEO)

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In this week’s episode of T.I. and Tiny’s The Family Hustle, hip hop’s favorite TV parents get the shake down from their littlest kids, King and Major, who make clear they want to make some cash money, dollar bills like their famous rapper dad. But rather than hand stacks to ...

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March 2, 2012

“The Lorax” Combines a Great Message with Great Family Fun [REVIEW]

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Last week MyBrownBaby sent 12-year-old Mari Chiles to an advance screening of “The Lorax.” This is her review. By MARI CHILES Global warming, climate change, over-reliance on fossil fuels, no alternative energy sources. These are major problems in our world right now that will have a huge impact on us ...

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February 28, 2012

Esperanza Spalding’s “What A Wonderful World” At the Oscars (Video)

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When my girls were babies, I used to nurse and rock them to sleep to the sweet sounds of Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Kathleen Battle and the elements known as Earth, Wind & Fire. But the album that stays with me is Louis Armstrong’s Disney Songs The Satchmo Way—particularly his ...

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