I just ran across an interesting blog post in  The Los Angeles Times by Patrick Goldstein. Basically, he wondered whether white women would go to see The Secret Life of Bees? His was a reaction to a story that will actually run in today’s paper by one of his colleagues, John Horn. Horn has described the film as being about three black sisters. And I guess if you watch the trailer, and have never read the book, you’d probably think that’s all there is. Plus, the star-studded cast (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson) and a noted black female director (Gina Prince Blythewood of Love & Basketball fame) doesn’t do much to counter that notion. Read the full story

On Sunday evening, when the Living Single Reunion Show was scheduled to air on TV One, I had a house full of people and I was disappointed that I didn’t get to watch it. Later I tuned to that deadly boring telecast on the Emmy’s (grumbling to myself that I should have recorded the Living Single reunion instead.) Well tonight, I abandoned my attempt to support Toni Braxton and watched reruns of the comedy instead until a repeat of the reunion show came on. Read the full story

After my post on the uptick on size bias last night (and the quandry a big-bone girl has when she loves her curves and wants to live a long life) I caught a glimpse of Queen Latifah’s latest commercial for Jenny Craig. Just looking at her, it is obvious that the pounds are coming off but she is adamant about keeping the focus on her health. After her People cover story last year about being 200 pounds and loving, Ms. Dana Owens doesn’t want to come out and change her tune. She will only say something like she is a ’size smarter’. Read the full story