February 2010

  • All
  • Entertainment
  • Music
  • Politics
  • Pop Culture Commentary
  • Women

Super Bowl 44 did not disappoint: great back story going into the game. The Colts have a Black coach, who gets them back into the playoffs during his first year in his new role. Garcon represents Haiti as they clinch their conference title by draping the Haitian flag on the trophy table. The Saints carry an entire city on their backs to their first Super Bowl appearance in their 40 year franchise history--and to think they almost moved the team post-Katrina. As the Saints go marching in to the big game, Mardi Gras starts two weeks early. The game was equally exciting....

08 February, 2010 /

[gallery link="file"] Though I never met her, I wanted to honor the legendary Roxanna Floyd because I felt like I knew her through her work. She was so committed to excellence and so expert in her craft, she gave you her as her subjects gave you face. As I read more about her after the news broke, I learned that she passed in her sleep at home in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. I've probably run into her at Fort Greene Park, or Carol's Daughter and never even knew it. For her to transition at 49 has to seem unreal to those closest to her--and the...

04 February, 2010 /

So the Grammys happened this past Sunday. In keeping with my theory that 2010 is the Year of the Woman in Entertainment, the ladies represented. It was wonderful to see Roberta Flack duet with Maxwell and to see Stevie Nicks, even if she was relegated to tambourine and backing vocals with Taylor Swift. Lady Gaga served a brilliant performance, holding more than her own solo and with Elton John. Sasha Fierce and her all-woman band delivered a frenetic display of Sasha’s incomparable vocal skill and unmatched movement capability in 5-inch stilettos as she took “If I Were A Boy” to...

03 February, 2010 /