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Adam Lambert’s Getting Blacklisted? Sounds As If…

After his shocking and appalling performance and the AMA’s two days ago, Adam Lambert should be feeling the cold shoulder right about now. He reportedly was scheduled to appear on Good Morning America, but they cancelled his appearance with no explanation. For those of you who missed it, Lambert groped himself on stage, imitated receiving [...]

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Tags: 2009 amas, Adam Lambert, american idol winner, artist, fellatio, gay

Video: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on the AMA’s

In case you missed it, here’s Jay-Z and Alicia performing at the AMA’s last night. The opening was a different twist.

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Tags: 2009 amas, alicia keys, empire state of mind, jay z, performance

New Book: Best Teen Writing of 2009

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has released its new anthology featuring works from teen writers who were honored for their writing by the The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009. Taken from 452 award-winning manuscripts, Best Teen Writing features the work of 48 young writers. The writers are from 12 – 18. [...]

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Tags: alliance for young artists, best teen writing of 2009, creative teens, scholarship, writing

Youth Rights: What are they? Why should you care?

On this past Friday, I was the keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood’s Teen Life Conference that was held at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. One of the workshop topics was Youth Rights. A lot of young people don’t understand that they have rights. When I think of youth rights, I think of people [...]

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Tags: Planned Parenthood, Precious the movie, Shaniya Davis, Teen Life Conference, William Patterson University, Yasmin Shiraz, Youth Conference, Youth Rights

Vogue Videos: Rihanna vs. Madonna… And the winner is…

Rihanna covered Madonna’s Vogue on her new album and did the performance at the AMA’s last night. It didn’t have the high energy of Madonna’s first version of the song, but its not bad! Video below: And so you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about, below is a clip of Madonna’s original Vogue video. You [...]

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Tags: 2009 amas, AMA, american music awards, Madonna, Music Video, original vogue video, Rihanna, Vogue

Moms/Dads: 5 Tips for Discussing Healthy Relationships with Your Child

Yesterday, I was a radio guest on The Flow radio program with Marc Collins. The topic of the evening was Healthy Relationships for Our Daughters. Me and another guest, Ernestine Heldring of Scenarios USA talked about what was necessary for young people to develop healthy relationships. I think the most important thing that people can [...]

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Tags: advice, Chris Brown, healthy, relationships, Rihanna, Teen Dating, teen dating tips, tips, Yasmin Shiraz

Movie Review: New Moon

There were lines outside theaters across the country this weekend. Folks were trying to see their New Moon. And, hey, I’m not gonna lie, I had to try twice before I got to see it. Well, I finally saw it today and I liked it. When I went into the theater, I was Team Edward, [...]

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Tags: friendship, New Moon, New Moon Movie, relationship, Robert Pattinson, romance, special effects, stephanie meyer, Taylor Lautner, werewolves

Hollywood Hormones: Success of Twilight Saga Makes Teen Girls Marketing Magnets!

Hollywood insiders are always marketing to guys- Dark Knight, Transformers and what not, but with the Twilight MEGA series. Teen Girls are putting girls on the map and making Hollywood take notice. Check out this video about how teen girls are changing how Hollywood markets movies.

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Oprah says, “See ya!”

As been reported on news stations across the US, Oprah is ending her talk show when her contract runs out in Sept 2011. That’ll be a 25 year run! I’ll miss the Oprah show. I visited the set in 1996 and had a piece of cake with the rest of the audience members when it [...]

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Tags: Oprah, queen, TV talk show, winfrey

New Moon Movie: Too Light for Urban Readers? Or Too Young for College Students?

I recently visited 4 campuses at the Florida State College at Jacksonville during my lecture series on the 10 Steps for Highly Successful College Students. During a part of my workshop, I talked about prioritizing and asked the students if they were planning to see the New Moon movie when it opened this weekend. I [...]

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Tags: 10 Steps For Highly Successful Undergrads, black students, Edward loves Bella, motivational speaker, New Moon, New Moon Movie, Robert Pattinson, Romeo and Juliet, stephanie meyer, Twilight series, white students, Yasmin Shiraz Author

You’re Invited: DC Film Screening for Can She Be Saved? – Film on teen girl fights

My film, Can She Be Saved? will be screening this Saturday, November 21, 2009 as a part of the DC Hip Hop Shorts Festival at the DC Historical Society, 801 K St, NW, Washington, DC. It starts at 1pm, but my film will be shown around 2pm. I will be meeting with members of the [...]

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Tags: Can She Be Saved?, DC Hip Hop Shorts Festival, DC Historical Society, Filmmaker Yasmin Shiraz, girl fight documentary, Retaliation: A Novel, teen girl fight film, teen girl fighting, yasmin shiraz documentary, Yasmin Shiraz film

Video Feedback: Beyonce’s Video Phone- “A Stripper Has Nothing On You”

Beyonce’s Video Phone Remix featuring Lady Gaga is definitely more of that Beyonce Steez– a whole lot of hip grinding, bending over and booty shaking-Only thing missing was a stripper pole. Maybe that’ll be in the next video. Bonuses of the video? I liked the make up, hair dos and outfits. A colleague recently sent [...]