The show itself may have been all over the place but the sisters came out looking like they had at all together (for the most part).

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Taraji P. Henson has changed her style from the slightly asymmetrical bob to a fresh 2009 styled mullet! I’m not mad. The change in her hair doesn’t seem like a big Taraji moment to me—it’s more about her stylist. However, maybe we are seeing a change in Taraji. She did take those nude pics after all. Anyway, what do you think of her new look? Do you want the look for yourself?

To achieve this look, ask your stylist to give you all around layers approx all 2 1/2 inches long and leave the back longer…approx 4 inches. Now flip up those sides. Try loose pin curls at night to help maintain your look.

While we were all swept up in watching  Taraji P. Henson’s Oscar nomination for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (and going to all the award shows), we missed her in the movie that came out in January. Taraji starred along side Morris Chestnut in “Not Easily Broken” based on Bishop T.D. Jakes’ book. It is obvious that most of us missed the movie since it only took in $10 million at the box office. So check our girl out in the comfort of your own home. Check out the movie here.

The NAACP Awards have always been a kind of quirky mixed bag that all the people of color in Hollywood show up for—happy, frankly that there is at least one organization that recognizes their work. But for this, the organization’s 100th anniversary, the bag was more mixed than ever before. Where else would a Nobel Prize winner and a former Vice President be honored at the same stage as a sitcom? Yes, I mean Dr. Wugari Maathai of the Green Belt Movement and Vice President Al Gore and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. Read the full story

This has been some week. The celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth, the Inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama, and today Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis get nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Critics have been buzzing about their work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Doubt being worthy or recognition but after seeing who won The Golden Globes, I was starting to get skeptical. But the Academy nominations come from peers so other actors recognized how fierce their performances were too. I couldn’t be happier. Read the full story

Sorry Beyoncé, although you showed some acting chops in your turn as blues singer Etta James in “Cadillac Records,” it wasn’t enough for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the folks who do the nominations for the first important award show of the season, The Golden Globes. More disappointing is that Taraji P. Henson’s role in the Christmas release “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was also overlooked (although the film was not). But one sister did live up to the pre-nomination and that is no other than Viola Davis who has a brief but pivotal role in “Doubt”, which will have a limited release tomorrow. Read the full story

We’ve always known that there’s something special about Taraji P. Henson. Now, mainstream Hollywood has finally started to take notice of this sister. Most of us saw her first in Baby Boy, but she earned our respect with her role in Hustle & Flow. Since then, however, her film roles haven’t been anything to write home about (although she was pretty good in The Family That Preys). In the meantime, she has had some success in television with regular stints in The Division and Boston Legal.  But I suspect that things will start to change for Taraji, who’s 38, if the early reviews of Brad Pitt’s new movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which opens on Christmas Day) hold true. There is even talk of an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Read the full story

The Family That Preys, the latest movie by Tyler Perry, the mega-millionaire who brought Madea into our lives, opened this weekend at #2 at the box office and an $18 million take. This is not the strongest showing for Perry but apparently this is a decent showing since this movie isn’t built upon one of his stage productions. I saw the movie over the weekend and think it isn’t as satisfying as Why Did I Get Married but also not as derivative as those Madea-centric flicks. (I guess you can tell that a man dressed as a loud, black woman is not my particular cup of tea but I do recognize that many people adore her/him). Read the full story