another busy holiday news weekend
while you were out doing your last minute shopping, stuffing your face with holiday fruit cake and trying to come up with some last minute lame excuse on why you couldn’t go visit family, the holiday news anchors (cause all the A-list folks were on vacation) were busy. here’s what you might’ve missed (in chronological order):
the [...]
. . . and so it begins
i know at the end of last week we lamented to o.d. on tiger woods stories, but thought it was interesting that accenture, a management consulting firm, decided to terminate its relationship with tiger woods. no stranger to questionable ties (accenture was once a part of shamed–and defunct–accounting firm arthur andersen) it really had no [...]
megan fox can now join the airforce
the air force lifted a ban on recruits donning tattoos on the saluting arm. the ban was in place because it was believed that it tarnished the image of the air force, but, after 26 recruits were turned away in one week (and put in jeopoardy the recruitment of another 17K) they decided to ease [...]
messed with the wrong tiger
there’s been considerable outrage overseas related to the world cup qualifying match between france and ireland. seems that france won in the last minute, avoiding a shoot off, but only because hotty-pants player thierry henry slipped a hand ball by the refs and into the net. henri says that while he’s sorry for ireland, the [...]
i’m on the creamy crack
things you’ve always wanted to ask your black girlfriends but were afraid to ask. chris rock has done the world a favor by telling the world about the trials and tribulations of black hair (let’s hope his next documentary tells folks about the paper bag test). see this movie to learn more about:
weaves and relaxers
what [...]
the terminator has gotten soft
tough: when california governor arnold schwarzenegger signed the bill in 2006 which bans teens from using a cellphone or electronic device while driving, he had the following to say: “I told my daughters, I get you the car, I’ll get you the cell phone, but if I see you one time using both at the [...]
the king lives on
as everyone, including his own family*, rushes to capitalizes on michael jackson’s death, his first posthumous single was released today. besides the single, “this is it” the movie, will be released in theaters at the end of the month.
*although we all want to believe the jackson brothers singing backup was done in memory of their [...]
