Pol Behind Obama Chimp Email: 'I Assume I Offended The Black People!'
Posted on Apr 20, 2011 @ 05:30PM - 33 comments
By Alexis Tereszcuk & David Sargeant
Radar Reporters
The California Republican who forwarded an email depicting President Obama as a baby chimpanzee finally apologized today, saying she knew she "offended the black people," but vowed not to resign.
Clueless Marilyn Davenport, a 74-year-old white state rep, invoked multiple Bible verses in her apology while saying her constituents want her to stay on.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Michael Jackson's Will Fake, Says His Former Advisor
Posted on Jun 21, 2010 @ 06:45AM - 1 comment
Janet Jackson hosted a two-hour meeting of her famous family during which private investigators presented explosive evidence to claim Michael's will and trust is a fake, according to one of the King of Pop's former advisors.
Leonard Rowe told RadarOnline.com that investigators — commissioned by Michael’s younger brother Randy — proved a 2002 will the singer wrote is not valid because of a string of errors and a question over his whereabouts the date it was signed.
DVD Review: Good Hair
Posted on Feb 11, 2010 @ 02:58PM - Add a comment
In Good Hair, Chris Rock sets out to examine the relationship that African-American women have with their hair. His inquiry began, he explains, when one of his young daughters asked him: “Daddy, why don’t I have good hair?”
Rock’s resulting documentary, which arrived on DVD this week, seeks answers to the culture of hair from a father’s perspective. He refers back to his little girls throughout the film, which effectively anchors the narrative while buoying Good Hair with both paternal and intellectual motivation. As Rock discovers some of the less savory aspects of African-American hair culture -- from the dangers of relaxer creams to the dearth of Black-owned hair businesses -- there’s no judgment, just observation.
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The comedian’s mission takes him to places from Atlanta to Harlem and India to Los Angeles, but it’s the diversity of interviews and personalities that make Good Hair so rich and engaging. Throughout the film, Rock talks to hair dressers, barbers, actresses, high school students, academics, and luminaries like Al Sharpton, Maya Angelou, KRS-One and T-Pain. His interviews and encounters are woven together so that we see a real array of perspectives, relationships and stories that all take the same arc of discovery. As a four-year-old gets her first perm treatment at the salon, Angelou reveals that she also just got her hair relaxed for the first time. As Raven-Symoné considers where her weave comes from, we meet a man in Beverly Hills who buys the pieces for his high-profile clients.
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Among Good Hair’s jokes and generally light-hearted nature is also an undeniable thread of sadness, which executive producer Nelson George points out in the DVD commentary. One of the film’s essential messages is that African-American hair culture eschews its own natural attributes in favor of European-style hair that’s straight and shiny and swishes in the wind. Rock pursues a variety of avenues and lines of questioning to underscore this point, including trying to sell African-American hair pieces to weave stores -- only to be told that no one wants kinky hair.
But Rock’s stunt isn’t just a knee-jerk ploy to make an easy statement. To get to the root of the weave industry (no pun intended), he travels across America and eventually to India, where homegrown hair is one of the country’s biggest exports. At a temple there, he takes us to a ceremony in which worshippers shave their heads as an offering to God. The act not only provides the multi-million dollar weave biz with its core product, but also illustrates a stark contrast in cultural attitudes.
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Good Hair, though, is essentially a warm-hearted, funny film steeped in a lot of information. Rock is a sharp inquisitor who’s not afraid to poke a little fun, but he approaches the subject of African-American women’s relationships with their hair with innocence and respect, as he strives to reveal how hair fits in to a woman’s respect for herself.
VIDEO: Celeb Friends & Family Attend Post-Funeral Reception for Michael Jackson
Posted on Sep 04, 2009 @ 02:01PM - 5 comments
Following a star-studded funeral for Michael Jackson at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Ca. on Thursday evening, mourners like Corey Feldman, actor Chris Tucker, producer Quincy Jones and Rev. Al Sharpton caravanned to a somber reception at Italian restaurant Villa Sorriso in nearby Pasadena.
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The Jackson family reserved the entire restaurant for the evening, which included an intimate outdoor patio lined with rows of tables covered in white linens, tall trees decorated with blue twinkle lights and tight security.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Al Sharpton To Attend Michael Jackson Burial
Posted on Sep 01, 2009 @ 06:51AM - 5 comments
Rev. Al Sharpton says he will be a guest at the burial of Michael Jackson on Thursday.
The New York minister attended the NAACP Theater Awards in Los Angeles Monday night and spoke exclusively with RadarOnline.com's reporter Rachel Smith. However, Sharpton would neither confirm nor deny whether he will speak at the extremely private affair.
VIDEO: Jimmy Kimmel Grills Al Sharpton On Michael Jackson's Weirdness
Posted on Jul 23, 2009 @ 07:30AM - 4 comments
Michael Jackson is gone, but his legacy lives on -- for better or for worse.
Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday grilled his guest, Rev. Al Sharpton, over his eulogy of the late King of Pop, that characterized him as a normal guy.
The late night host then presented Sharpton with a series of pictures of the Bad singer in bizarre situations, including squiring Emmanuel Lewis around in the 80s, dangling his baby out of a window in 2002 and testifying in court, as Kimmel said, "without a nose."
Jackson Family Is Being "Careful" About Tribute Plans; Answers Custody And Autopsy Questions
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 @ 02:55PM - Add a comment
With a mob of media and well-wishers looking on, Joe Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton held a press conference on Monday outside the family's Encino home to address plans for an official tribute and the state of the King of Pop's three children. On the way to the podium, the two men paused to look over some mementos and gifts left by fans over the past few days.
"Let me say first of all, the family of Mr. Jackson have been really expressing how gratified they are for the outpouring around the world," said Sharpton. He also mentioned how "careful" and "deliberate" the family was being in terms of preparing a tribute to the fallen icon.
"I wish Michael could see all of this," Jackson said shortly after taking the mic.
As for the children, Jackson said "we're going to take care of them and give them the education they should have." Earlier on Monday, Katherine Jackson was given temporary custody of Michael's three children.
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"They're happy with the kids that they're around," Jackson added when asked how the children are doing. As for the involvement of their former nanny Grace Rwaramba, he added, "We're looking at that too. She's a good friend to the family and to the kids."
As for funeral arrangements, Joe Jackson said first, "We are searching to see what happened to Michael. I want to see how those autopsies come out... The second Autopsy."
Jackson added, "They're doing it right now. I'm expecting to hear about it real soon."
