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January 25, 2013

Beasts Of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhane Wallis Covers Entertainment Weekly, Plus Fresh Links

Beasts of the Southern Wild breakout star Quvenzhane Wallis, who, at nine, became the youngest ever to be nominated for a “Best Actress” Academy Award, brings that adorable smile and elementary school energy to the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s Oscar issue—looking every bit as delicious as ever. Check out Clutch’s 5 Reasons ...

January 16, 2013

Tray Chaney’s ‘LIVE—World AIDS Day Anthem’ Is A Worthy Message (VIDEO)

We’ve made no secrets about our love for Tray Chaney, the actor who found fame as “Poot” in HBO’s edgy, award-winning series, The Wire, but now finds his calling as a groundbreaking rapper with a purpose. With his new album, Be Inspired, Chaney has tackled a myriad of social issues—fatherlessness, ...

January 10, 2013

Oh Oscar! ‘Beasts Of the Southern Wild’ Actress Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, Nominated

Joy for brown babies everywhere: Quvenzhane Wallis, the 9-year-old actress who made her film debut as a fiercely brave 6-year-old in the critically-acclaimed film (and Oscar-nominated!) Beasts of the Southern Wild, was nominated for best actress in a motion picture in the 2013 Academy Awards! The Oscar nomination makes Quvenzhane, ...

January 9, 2013

Crushing On Girl Crush: An Unconventional Conversation On Beauty (VIDEO)

It’s the New Year—raise your hand if, at the stroke of midnight, you joined Weight Watchers, hired a personal trainer, poured all through those long-bookmarked fitness blogs and swore to sweet baby Jesus, your man, your best girlfriend and your bathroom mirror that this time, you’re going to go hard ...

January 2, 2013

Behind Jet Magazine’s Jordan Davis Cover: A Courageous Stand For Justice

I have been a reporter for more years than not and I’ve covered my fair share of death, heartache and controversy. It comes rather easy to me. So it was a no-brainer, really, for me to accept the challenge from my ace, Jet magazine editor-in-chief Mitzi Miller, to pen her ...

January 1, 2013

If We Let Shawty Lo’s Show Get on the Air, We Will Have Failed Ourselves

By NICK CHILES Surely there has to be a line out there somewhere—a level of degradation, of downright sewer-level grossness, that is so low even a television network will not sink below it to make a couple of bucks. I would have thought that rapper Shawty Lo’s new show, “All ...

December 31, 2012

The Best Of MyBrownBaby, 2012 Edition: Stories That Moved the MBB Crowd

From controversial shootings (Trayvon Martin), celebrity deaths (Whitney Houston) and celebrity kid growing pains (Willow Smith) to political triumphs (President Barack Obama and Obamacare) and the release of my 20th book (Sparkle), MyBrownBaby chronicled some incredible stories this year. Here, a run down of the headlines that had us talking. ...

December 24, 2012

Merry MyBrownBaby Christmas—”Christmas Story” Style! (VIDEO)

There’s three heads of hair to be done and cleaning to be done, too, and then there will be the cooking and the cleaning and the last-minute present buying and a little gift-wrapping, too. Somehow, all of this will need to be done before tomorrow, when our family and friends ...

December 12, 2012

Turning Our Daughters Into Tech Geeks, Thanks to Black Girls Code

By NICK CHILES It was a glorious sight to behold: a room full of black girls, ranging in age from 10 to 17, learning how to write the code to create their own mobile apps—and excited as hell about all the tech wizardry that was being crammed into their young ...

December 5, 2012

Method’s New Holiday Collection 2012, Plus: A Method Pinterest Stocking Stuffer Contest

Maybe it’s because I’ve been seeing Christmas trees and holiday ornaments in department and craft stores since before Halloween, or maybe it’s the wicked deadlines that have been totally distracting me from getting my “Happy Birthday, Jesus” decorating/shopping/spirit on, but I just hadn’t been feeling a lot like Christmas this ...