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Last night, the screen went black when I turned to ABC7. That's because ABC and Cablevision were bangin' over airwaves, or pixels--yes I was among the near 3 million tri-state area viewers caught in the cable beef. By 8:20 the ticker was saying they were trying to work things out, but by then I'd made plans to watch it with friends who bought a digital antenna.  My first tweet wondered why Doogie Hauser, MD (he'll always be that character for me, sorry) was on stage singing when Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were the hosts. "They shoulda let Lenny Kravitz open. He woulda KILLED with those showgirls!"  With...

09 March, 2010 /

Thembisa Mshaka, as a creative executive at Sony Music, helped launch the careers of Beyoncé and 50 Cent. Now an executive at BET, Mshaka has gathered her experience and those of almost 100 other women in the entertainment business in her new book, “Put Your Dreams First,” available as a FREE DOWNLOAD until April 22, 2009 exclusively on HelloBeautiful. The book is an instant mentorship in all aspects of the business: Movies. Music. Radio & TV. New Media. Advertising & Publicity. Style & Design. Management & Representation. We sat down with Mshaka recently to discuss how she turned the idea of...

20 April, 2009 /

BOTH LISA CORTES AND MO'NIQUE ARE FEATURED IN PUT YOUR DREAMS FIRST! CONGRATULATIONS, LISA CORTES AND MO'NIQUE! What an inspiration you both are! These ladies swept the Sundance Film Festival as Executive Producer and outstanding actor respectively in PUSH. The film adaptation of Sapphire's searing novel captured The Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Prize in addition to the Special Jury Prize for Acting, awarded to Mo'Nique for her nightmarish portrayal of Mary, the lead character Clareece's abusive mother. http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/ push_based_on_the_novel_by_sapphire Both Lisa and Mo'Nique were generous enough to share their trials, triumphs and secrets to career fulfillment in my soon-to-be-released career guide for those who...

27 January, 2009 /