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As much as we love glitter nail polish, removing the grainy texture can be a pain. Celebrity manicurist Deborah Lippmann gave Refinery29 tips on how to safely get glitter off your nails without wasting hours of your day or hurting yourself. Step 1: Saturate cotton with acetone or polish remover (a remover with acetone works […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities Initiative has awarded UC Riverside a $156,417 grant to encourage more African American undergraduates…

NewsOne’s Jayson McNamara returned to his home city Brisbane, Australia to report about an important but often undervalued aspect to Australian society – its Indigenous heritage. He visited the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts and Aboriginal Fine Art Gallery to give us an insight into the current condition of contemporary Indigenous culture. He filed this […]

NEW YORK– Two loud explosions on E 53rd Street and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan caused by manholes exploding out the pavement caused a stir and confusion for nearby businesses. Police and fire crews are now investigating the cause.

VIA: TheBoxHouston.com Talk show host, author, political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist Tavis Smiley was in Houston last week promoting the release of his new book, Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success From Failure. Tavis talked with the Madd Hatta Morning Show (s/o to Houston) to discuss the new book where he dishes on […]

Thanks to MyPraiseATL.com for sharing the world premiere video of VaShawn Mitchell’s hit song “Nobody Greater” from his album Triumphant.  This song is one of the most popular gospel songs of the year. Rhodell Lewis talked to Vashawn Mitchell about the new video. Listen below! Download Video Here! RELATED: Kirk Franklin “I Smile” Video [WORLD […]

A few months prior to the horrific tragedy of 9/11, my personal life was already shattered into a million pieces. In a matter of minutes, an issue that too often impacts the lives of African Americans hit directly home. My two-year-old son’s father was shot and killed; our lives left hanging in the balance. But […]

If you know anything about haircuts, you know that a haircut that works for me, may not look so hot on you, and vice versa. Faces are like fingerprints—there are no two exactly alike. Many of us are familiar with face shape descriptions such as heart, pear, round, oblong and square, but a “one hairstyle […]

This weekend I could not help thinking back to a time of basement rent parties. For a small fee, attendees could help the host with their upcoming rent, hear good music, eat some chicken wings and dance under a single blue light. “You Dropped A Bomb On Me,” by the Gap Band was one of […]

A few days after CNN’s Don Lemon admitted to being sexually abused as a child, news reports about Sugar Ray Leonard’s sexual abuse at the hands of a coach are surfacing. Leonard was sexually abused by his coach, the boxer reveals in an upcoming memoir “Big Fight.” At age 15, Leonard and another teenage fighter […]

If a man is offered a piece of stale bread for dinner, he’s probably not going to want to eat it.  If you were to then say, well, “stale bread is better than horse manure,” this won’t make the stale bread taste any better. When given the choice between bad food and horrible food, some […]

Designer Rachel Roy collaborated with pro-surfer Karina Petroni to create a shoe line comprised of 3 styles – one for every possible summer occasion. Combining their personal styles, the shoes are 100% beach chic, so expect piled-on patterns and easy espadrilles that can be worn from city to sand. Rachel Roy Debuts Fall 2011 Line […]