As we all know, Oprah Winfrey is walking away from the talk show business in 2011 to run the Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN. Do you think you’re talented enough to fill the Queen of Media’s shoes? If your answer is a resounding “yes,” then Oprah wants to make you a star!
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“Slam!” is what you do after wrestling with your phone for 15 minutes to silence your morning alarm. You roll over to see the morning sun trying to peek through your bedroom window. You glare at the ray of light as it dances on your wall. You feel indifferent. Trying to appreciate the new day [...]
Keanna “KJ” Rose: Independent Artist
In Her Shoes: For In Her Shoes readers unfamiliar, tell us a little about who KJ Rose is…
KJ: KJ Rose is an independent artist and a champion of love who believes that her journey in music is bigger than herself.
In Her Shoes: Your career in the music industry has taken you on quite [...]
Check out my homegirl and fellow blogger, Patrice Yursik, on TheRoot.com today as she waxes poetic about her previous life as a Miami New Times entertainment editor and the changing relationship between Corporate America and black women. So happy to see larger media outlets continue to recognize and embrace thought leaders in the blogosphere. Much [...]
This past Friday, I went to see the talented Queen Latifah and handsome Common grace the big screen in “Just Wright.” The movie was based on how Common and Queen Latifah end up falling in love despite its ups and downs. Initially Common went for what we would call the stereotypical type of beauty, Paula [...]
Today I had the honor of being a guest on Blog Talk Radio’s “The Greenlight Project.” Hosted by media entrepreneurs Rochelle Vailsant and Tamika Morrison, “The Greenlight Project” provides a forum for diverse perspectives discussing culture on the big screen, small screen, news screen and everything in between. The show is available on Blog Talk Radio [...]
Res: Independent Music Artist
If you weren’t rockin’ out to Res’s first album “How I Do?” back in 2001, I may need to pull your cool card…like, immediately! With instant hits including “Golden Boys” and “They-Say Vision,” this eclectic genre-less album served as the soundtrack to my first year in New York City and boy did [...]
“My identity is very clear to me now. I am a black woman. I’m free. I no longer have to be a ‘credit.’ I don’t have to be a symbol to anybody; I don’t have to be a first to anybody. I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort [...]
Although I’m a firm believer in making the folks you love feel special everyday, there’s nothing like a good old Hallmark holiday to give some of us that much needed nudge. Last year on In Her Shoes, I connected with several Fly Female Entrepreneurs to find out what advice they received from their moms that [...]
Last night I attended the premiere party for celebrity stylist Keith Campbell’s new reality hit, “The Hair Architect Show” at Manhattan’s swanky Studio 450. Slated to launch tonight on essence.com, “The Hair Architect Show” gives an up close and personal look at Keith’s search for the perfect assistant. The show reveals the competitive nature of [...]