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Philips HF3520 Wake-Up Light With Colored Sunrise Simulation to Wake You Up with Better Mood In The Morning

Waking up in the morning is still one of the biggest problems that many people have to face everyday. There are some people who still enjoy being …

Smart Styling: Tips to Try from a Small Space Makeover --> http://apttherapy.com/K3Aari A style director and blogger at Refinery29 shares photos of her newly revamped apartment. Along with the pure eye candy, she shares the successful tips and tricks that she picked up during the makeover by stylist Gunnar Larsen for a well rounded look at the ideas (to steal!) behind the style.

A FASHION DESIGNER’S STYLISH HOME IN COPENHAGEN | THE STYLE FILES

This is the stylish and elegant home of Naja Munthe, co-founder of Danish fashion label Munthe plus Simonsen. The apartment is located in …

Catherine + Davis

Toronto designers Halina Catherine and Melissa Davis of Catherine + Davis make sweet spaces even sweeter up in these parts with some rustic here, …

Drama

House as art. House as high drama. House as collection. House as controversy. House as pretense. House as stage on which to play out fantasy and …

Trayvon Martin And 2013 Revealed Harsh Reality Of Racism In America

WASHINGTON -- For Verdis Daniels Jr., the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer in 2013 showed that maybe America hasn't come so far since Daniels was an academic star at Texas' Nacogdoches High School in 1976.<p>That year, Daniels scored so well on the PSAT that the local newspaper, The Daily …

Are Black Female Casting Stereotypes Actually Gross Misinterpretations of Archetypal African Goddesses?

The Huffington Post ran a piece, a few weeks ago, on a recent <i>Essence</i> survey that revealed that most of the magazine’s readers feel the portrayals of …

Tyler Perry, Stop Vilifying Black Success

Dear Tyler Perry,<p>It has been 13 films and eight years of perpetual stereotype. Through the years, I have found myself supporting your movies because you are one of the few consistent black filmmakers in Hollywood. Your films have grossed over $500 million in the box office worldwide and continue to …

Why white critics’ fear of engaging Tyler Perry is stifling honest debate

At the end of March, <i>Temptation: Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor</i> hit theaters, bringing the number of films written and directed by Tyler Perry to …

Wonder, Johnson, Perry talk motivation beyond race

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Stevie Wonder and Tyler Perry sit down with Rev. Al Sharpton on stage at the Apollo Theater as part of MSNBC's Advancing The Dream special to talk about how they found the motivation to overcome poverty and racism, combining hard work and clarity of purpose.

Tyler Perry Talks 'A Madea Christmas,' David Fincher's 'Girl Gone,' And Year In Black Cinema

Coming out this week is another hilarious film from writer-director-producer Tyler Perry, ‘Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas,’ starring Perry, Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, JR Lemon, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, and Larry the Cable Guy.<p>Read more on …

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas: How Low Can You Go?

Told she’ll be paid $5 for each child she greets as a department-store Santa in Atlanta, Mabel “Madea” Simmons (Tyler Perry) abruptly dismisses the …

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The Most Likely Person to Read a Book? A College-Educated Black Woman

This article is from the archive of our partner .<p>In its look at the adoption of electronic book formats, Pew Research stumbled onto an interesting …

Oscar Nominations: Slave Tussles With Hustle

The three big favorites dominated the Oscar pack, as <i>American Hustle</i> and <i>Gravity</i> each received 10 Academy Award nominations and <i>12 Years a Slave</i> nine. …

NK offers olive branch after holocaust threat

North Korea has called on South Korea to end "all acts of provocation and slander", a day after it warned of "an unimaginable holocaust" if the South carried out military exercises with the United States.<p>The National Defence Commission in Pyongyang adopted the conciliatory tone on Thursday in line …

South Sudan conflict: UN says atrocities on both sides

http://vod-pro-ww-live.akamaized.net/mps_h264_hi/public/news/world/1044000/1044748_h264_1500k.mp4?__gda__=1524613584_39c4276793eb05012de9628fd73a5925<p><b>Both sides in South Sudan's conflict have carried out atrocities, a UN human rights chief has said.</b><p>In a BBC interview, Ivan Simonovic said the towns …

Central African Republic: 'seeds of genocide' being sown, warns UN

• Witnesses say Muslims 'being butchered like sheep' • Deployment of French troops failing to quell sectarian clashes<p>Muslims in Central African Republic (CAR) are being "butchered like sheep'' by Christian militias, and the deployment of French troops has not improved their safety, according to …

Oscars: No Hanks, no Coens, no Oprah — and no big shockers

Despite the hype, the race is almost over! And here’s why the two best movies of the year got shut out<p>If there’s anything you could call a major surprise lurking among this year’s Oscar nominations, it might be the fact that Tom Hanks, a beloved star and two-time winner who’s seen in the business …