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Blind, brain damaged 8-year-old lifts football linebacker
“Can I ask you something?’’ he said, sitting in the Parkers’ living room after Sammy was asleep. “Is it OK if this article is more about Sam than me?’’ Why? “He’s done more for me than I’ve done for him." Rudy Favard is a busy teenager--a high school senior who is...
Oprah, Kathleen and Heavy D: we got our OWN thang
So, yesterday Oprah was talking to me (like she does several times a week). I was a little preoccupied with something on my laptop, but when I finally looked up at her she looked me right in my eyes (to make sure I was really paying attention, I suppose) and she said,...
I Don’t Hate “Octomom”
If she's not buying a ticket for this week's Mega Millions lottery, Nadya Suleman should pray for me to win. If I did win that $290 million, I would gladly take 1% of my winnings and build a house for "Octomom" and her 14 children--not because I agree with her...
Sofia Vergara’s Heart is Bigger Than Her…Well, Everything Else
One big drawback to being as friggin' drop dead ridiculously gorgeous and sexy as Sofia Vergara--It's pretty impossible for people to see (or bother looking for) your spiritual assets when your physical ones are so distracting. If you've watched the Emmy-award winning...
Mike Vick and I Have Something in Common
First things first, let me confess that as it relates to discussing Michael Vick's crimes against animals I cannot be considered unbiased. I have an 8-year-old pit bull who has been with our family since he was two months old and the thought of Baloo, or any other...
Teena Marie’s Last Words Were Wishes
It is beyond tragic that Teena Marie, who at age 54 had so much more living to do, died in her sleep on Christmas night--the very same night her only child, Alia Rose, turned 19. Alia and Teena, Summer 2010Teena's last words via Twitter just a few hours before she...
Tyler Perry’s Extreme Makeover…Burned Home Edition
So, I realize Tyler Perry is an entertainment mega-mogul who owns his own friggin' film studio, but it is still pretty difficult to think of him and not get a visual of the makeover he undergoes to portray grandma Madea--an extreme makeover that led to him becoming...
An intimate Christmas gift from L. Boogie
When rap legend Rakim was asked by MTV News who he most wanted to see on stage at Rock The Bells in San Bernardino this summer, he had a quick answer. "Lauryn Hill, man....I'm amped. Lauryn, welcome back. We need you." It was the first time in over a decade most of...
Will you be alive next Christmas Eve?
None of us really knows the answer to that question because in this life a tragedy or a miracle can happen in an instant. For most the answer is yes, but for many, this Christmas will be the last spent here on earth with family and friends. I don't mean to be morbid...
Rainn, Rainn, Goes Away…
Forgive me for the drippy headline pun, but it has rained so much in Southern California this week, some of us damn near needed a rowboat to get our holiday shopping done. Rainn Wilson, I forgive you for abandoning us to the floods, but I gotta ask you why a rich and...
Could Beating Up on Chris Brown Hurt Our Daughters?
Yesterday Chris Brown tweeted a picture of the diploma he received after completing a 52-week domestic violence class. A popular website on Newsweek's list of "Most Influential Bloggers" posted, "How embarrassing it must be for his mother to have a son who had to...