In hit movie Precious, a story of abuse, Monique plays Precious’ mother and delivers in a powerful scene that comes near the end.  In this scene she confesses to a caseworker played by Mariah Carey that she didn’t want her boyfriend to abuse daughter Precious; yet by her own admission, it happened because he, in essence, ordered her to [...]

It started as an accident.  Golf pro Tiger Woods’ car hit a fire hydrant and a tree.  Sketchy details on the cause ignited hunger for the truth; and the truth revealed that Tiger is a cheater.  The public, not to mention his wife, was outraged.  But his adulterous affairs are only the half of it.  The [...]

Louie Jones of The Louie Jones Show on Blog Talk Radio once told me to look for the gray cars.  Translation:  Pay attention to the opportunities around you.  Like gray cars, they blend into the atmosphere.  Once aware of them, though, they are easily seen.
In October I identified one when I stepped off the elevator of the visitors’ bureau in my [...]

If you’re on Tyler Perry’s mailing list you know about the childhood memories he shared.  Horrific accounts of the kind of verbal and sexual abuse that could have made him bitter, but made him thankful, instead, for all he has overcome, as well as the new life it has led him to.  Evidence you can see in his life and his work.  He’s [...]

Comedian Chris Rock outs black women regarding their hair secrets in his documentary, Good Hair, now in theaters.  And Nia Long, actress and one of the women he features, sits down with six other well known women in the November issue of Essence to discuss the topic further.  They’re not the only ones entertaining the [...]