theHotness » Black Girls Rock http://thehotness.com spirit.fire.she Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Dear BET: What Happened To THE GAME? http://thehotness.com/2012/02/02/dear-bet-what-happened-to-the-game/ http://thehotness.com/2012/02/02/dear-bet-what-happened-to-the-game/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:21:46 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=3127

Dear BET:

I am stunned, hurt and so tremendously disappointed by the portrayals featured on your highly touted, record-breaking show “The Game.” I knew when I saw the first episode and Tasha Mack was smoking a Black-n-Mild that this was probably not going to be the CW show I once loved, but I was still invested in seeing how storylines would play out now that some of my favorite characters had found a home on Read more...

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]]> http://thehotness.com/2011/05/17/ledisis-pieces-of-me/feed/ 0 Best of 2010 & 2011 on theHotness Tip http://thehotness.com/2011/01/18/best-of-2010-2011-on-thehotness-tip/ http://thehotness.com/2011/01/18/best-of-2010-2011-on-thehotness-tip/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:07:41 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=1831 18 days into the new year and it’s already been a doozy. The first week I had to travel to South Carolina to attend the funeral of my ever charming, charismatic, and ambitious cousin, Michael. That same week another cousin suffered a mild stroke at the meager age of 42. On top of worry, grief, regret and frustration, I’ve been dealing with an awful case of writer’s block. I’ve been consumed with thoughts about the Read more...

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Honestly when I went to the Paradise Theater in the Bronx for the taping of the Black Girls Rock! Awards show three weeks ago my expectations weren’t very high. I had attended the last two awards ceremonies where previous honorees included cultural groundbreakers like Iman, Erykah Badu and Sonia Sanchez and featured uplifting performances by singers like Janelle Monae, Faith Evans and Bilal and I was quite impressed. But this was BET and I’ve seen Read more...

]]> http://thehotness.com/2010/11/07/black-girls-rock/feed/ 2 Pam Grier – Funny, Fly & Foxy http://thehotness.com/2010/05/06/pam-grier-funny-fly-foxy/ http://thehotness.com/2010/05/06/pam-grier-funny-fly-foxy/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 00:38:36 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=1133 Yesterday, for the second time in my life, I had the wonderful privilege of seeing and speaking to actress, icon and Black super heroine– Pam Grier, who was in Harlem promoting her new book: Foxy: My Life in Three Acts. I first met Ms. Grier two years ago at the Black Girls Rock Awards gala at Lincoln Center. She was humble, outgoing, gracious and bad to the bone. Our chat was brief, but her Read more...

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