by Latoya Peterson, published at Jezebel.com

On Monday, Madonna broke ground on a new school project in Malawi; today, she takes to the Huffington Post to ask for donations. Her megawatt star power helped engage media attention – but are high profile celebrities actually hurting progress?
In the new issue of Arise, reporter Hannah Pool examines the [...]

by Latoya Peterson

On Sunday night, I sat down to watch the premiere of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency after catching two or three specials on the making of the series while browsing HBO.
Now, let me just put this out there: I approached the series with some trepidation. First, I have never [...]

by Latoya Peterson

The story, according to People Magazine:
Sunday night, R&B’s hottest couple, Chris Brown and Rihanna, were supposed to light up the Grammys.
Instead, the normally affectionate twosome were embroiled in a domestic violence drama that left Brown, 19, booked on felony criminal threats charges and posting $50,000 bail after turning himself in to the LAPD [...]

by Latoya Peterson

Now, what did the Spanish Olympic basketball team say when they did it?
Oh, right, it was a “wink.” A sign of “affection.”
Here’s what other bloggers are saying – I don’t really have any words on this one.
Angry Asian Man:
For those who don’t know who the most popular teenager in America [...]

By Special Correspondent Arturo R. García, also Published At The Instant Callback
I admit, I spent most of Inauguration Day taking it all in quietly. Even my cynical heart warmed a little during the day. I didn’t have a thing to make fun of. Thank the stars ABC gave me the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.
8:10 — Delayed [...]

by Guest Contributor Joanna Eng

The September 25 issue of Time Out New York (TONY) featured a list of their favorite 40 New Yorkers who have made an impact on the city in the past 13 years. I was appalled to see that out of the 40 cultural leaders that they highlighted, only three were people [...]

Excerpted by Latoya Peterson
Note: My boyfriend sent me this on September 23. As so often with conversations on OkayPlayer, the forums purge and the conversation is lost. The original link he sent to the topic comes up with an error. However, he did copy ?uestlove’s response to the thread, which was really a [...]

by Guest Contributor Jessica Yee
Last year, a friend of mine told me that actress Juliette Lewis started up a band and that their sound was seriously a rockin’.
I was like “Really? Cool!” since I’d always appreciated the versatility Lewis demonstrated in her acting craft with movies like “The Other Sister,” “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” [...]

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
For the past week or so, I’ve spent every night watching Tivo’d episodes of The Wendy Williams Show. It’s been my new secret obsession and (yay!) I just found out that the show has officially been picked up by Fox. (Hat tip to Stereohyped.)
I’ve been trying to figure out what it is [...]

by Guest Contributor Joanna Eng, originally published at DJ Jojo

Last week I went to the Jay Brannan show at the Highline Ballroom on 16th Street. It was a fun show, complete with great performances of “Housewife” and “Soda Shop” and Jay’s (mostly endearing) talking-too-much routine.
Toward the end of the show, Jay busted out with a [...]

by Latoya Peterson
So, I was browsing Jezebel and came across this Photoshop of Horrors entry:

And I thought to myself, what person is this supposed to be? I don’t quite recognize the…wait a sec, that’s supposed to be Beyonce?

I watched this clip and had just one thought:

Does Wendi Williams have to cut a bitch?
Part 1:

Part 2:

You can read the recap here.

by Latoya Peterson

Y’all knew we had to do it, eventually. Sex and the City is an event, and though none of the Racialicious staffers have seen the movie yet, we got enough tips and articles sent in we decided to do a post. (Carmen and I are both opting to catch the film [...]

by Latoya Peterson

Looks like the Pied Piper of R & B will continue to walk the streets.
Gina from What About Our Daughters notes some of the comments on predominantly black websites, like Essence:
I think justice was served. We have several of our black men in jail for these crimes, that they actually do commit, but [...]

by Latoya Peterson

When events in history are adapted for the silver screen, how accurate do we expect them to be? And what version of history does that present?
Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee have apparently gotten into a tiff about the historical accuracy in Eastwood’s films. New York Magazine’s Vulture blog summarizes:
At Cannes a [...]