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[MadameNoire.com] The “Precious” Effect: Black Women and Weight Problems

Have you ever noticed how often black women are used to meet the “big girl” quotas in advertisements and television programming? The Dove beauty commercials in which the only black woman is plus-sized immediately comes to mind. (Read)

[HipHopWired.com] New Video: Future “Tony Montana”

Future has dropped the video for his current hit “Tony Montana.” (Watch)

[StyleBlazer.com] For Halloween Fun, Try Make Up Forever’s Fluo Night

Make Up For Ever recently launched Fluo Night, a translucent powder that gives your makeup a glow in the dark effect under ultra-violet light, right in time for Halloween. (Read)

[24Wired.tv] Hollywood Honors BeBe And CeCe Winans

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honored BeBe & CeCe Winans with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday making them the first gospel duo to receive a star on the famed sidewalk. (Watch)

[AtlantaPost.com] Wal-Mart gives $5 million to help build Smithsonian black history museum on National Mall

The gift makes the world’s largest retailer one of the project’s “founding donors” who have given more than $1 million. (Read)