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The holidays are approaching fast and if you’re like us, you’re scouring stores and retail sites to find the best gifts for special people in your life. This month we’re going to feature gift guides to help you with your shopping lists. In Holiday Gift Guide #1 we’re featuring gifts for your loved ones. Whether for your mom, dad, friend, sibling or significant other, these items are sure to please. Gifts for Her 1. Wending Gloves, Anthropologie: These soft angora, [...]
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Women all over the world have fallen in love with the idea of leading a fulfilling life. A life that is no longer all work and no play. Instead, women want to lead a life that combines their love of style, beauty, family, entertaining and travel with their interests in being environmentally responsible, healthy, culturally enriched and career driven. Yet, you rarely, if ever get to see these women on TV. Women like YOU! We at The Vyne believe the [...]
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Tonight CNN premiered Black in America 2 (2nd half airs Thursday, July 23), featuring stories including underprivileged Brooklyn teens’ exposure to and service in South Africa, a young affluent black male’s experience in a predominantly white private university, and the Management Leadership of Tomorrow MBA prep program. After last year’s first installment of the Black in America series, many criticized, with some feeling like CNN did not depict an accurate portrayal of “blacks in America.” Others were excited that CNN [...]
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If you have not seen it yet, BET has a new show as a partnership with Procter & Gamble called “My Black is Beautiful,” under the same name as a site P&G launched to celebrate the “beauty of every African-American woman.” Hosted by actress Tasha Smith, the show covers topics related to black women’s beauty including Michelle Obama’s influence on black beauty, colors to complement black women’s skin tones, hair trends, positive body image and self esteem. I must say, [...]
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As we all know, just about whatever Oprah touches turns to gold. CNBC’s special, The Oprah Effect digs into the blessing and curse of the “Million Dollar Touch” of Oprah Winfrey.
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A few years ago, I visited a high end jewelry store in the Houston Galleria mall with the intention of purchasing a necklace for my mother. When I went in, there were very few customers but yet the people working there saw me, but continued to speak to one another rather than help. When I asked for assistance, one of the clerks seemed annoyed and was so blatantly unfriendly that I left the store and bought the necklace elsewhere. I [...]
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By Guest Contributor, Bethany Pinnick Some of you may have heard by now of Susan Boyle, the Scottish woman who performed on the British version of American Idol. Performance seems like a weak word to describe what Ms. Boyle did- in the Black community, we might say that Susan Boyle sang on that show, bringing the audience to their feet just a few lines into her song, and utterly wowing Simon Cowell. But what really stood out about Ms. Boyle [...]
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She’s been No. 1 on the Soul/R&B charts and beginning on March 29 at 8pm EST, Jill Scott will be starring in the new HBO series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. A native of Philadelphia, Jill was known around town for her captivating spoken word performances. It wasn’t long before fellow Philadelphian,Questlove of the Roots , heard of her talent and invited her to join the band in the studio. The collaboration resulted in her first co-writing credit and Grammy for the song “You Got Me”. [...]
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If you followed the TV entertainment headlines last week, you may have noticed the announcement that two, rather controversial, comedic pseudo news programs have been given the proverbial boot from primetime. Both “D.L. Hughley Breaks the News” (CNN) and David Allen Grier’s “Chocolate News” (Comedy Central) were handed their pink slips after only one season. Reviews for both shows have been mixed, with the worst of the criticism aimed at D.L. Hughley’s show. Both shows pushed, and at times erased, [...]
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A couple weeks ago BET launched Harlem Heights, its new reality series featuring attractive, upwardly-mobile 20-somethings living in Harlem. With a huge product integration deal from J&J and lots of shots of local hot spots, Harlem Heights has often been compared to MTV’s The Hills. Now that it has been on for a couple weeks, we want to know what you think about BET’s attempt at showing the “young black elite.” Do you think Harlem Heights is win for BET? [...]
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