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National Community Reinvestment Day | “Warren Ballentine #1 Truthfighter”

Tomorrow is the day! Will you take the first challenge and invest back into our communities by opening an account at a black owned bank? I will, because at the end of the day the only thing our country pays attention to is money and power and those two things bring about the leverage to [...]

3Sep2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Maxwell & BlackSummersNight | “My Night with Maxwell”

On August 5, 2009 I had the pleasure of watching Maxwell wrap up the first leg of his Black Summer’s Night tour in Durham, North Carolina. Prior to this, yeah I loved Maxwell’s music but after seeing this man live I have become a huge fan of the man, his new look and his music. [...]

2Sep2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Grooveshark | “UBO Tribute to Michael Jackson”

When it comes to online music or streaming music there’s AccuRadio, Rhapsody, Napster and Pandora and I have used just about all of them to listen to music online but my new favorite service is Grooveshark. It is the self proclaimed way to listen to any song in the world for free. What I really [...]

25Jul2009 | UBO Editor | 2 comments | Continued
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No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency | “Jill Scott Starring Role in HBO Series”

Don’t’ forget to watch The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency premiering on HBO tonight Sunday, March 29 at 8pm. Watch Jill Scott bring to life the role of Precious Ramotswe, from the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, as she pursues her dream of opening the first and only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. The [...]

29Mar2009 | UBO Editor | 1 comment | Continued
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Hitting Newsstands | “March Issue of Upscale”

Pick up the latest issue of Upscale Magazine. Here is a sneak peek of what you will find in the March issue. The Talented Twenty Countdown of the highest paid entertainers in Hollywood. Party Over There! Find out what to do when one part of a couple is a social butterfly and the other isn’t. [...]

2Mar2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Book Review:Act Like A Lady,Think Like A Man | “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Men”

Let me start by saying this first. I am by no means a Steve Harvey fan. When I think of a king of comedy he never really crossed my mind. I’m not a fan of his radio show nor his stand up comedy. So when I heard of him writing a relationship book for women [...]

10Feb2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Faces of Beautiful You | “Webisodes 1&2:Blind Date in Sight/ Perfect Eyes On the Prize”

Urban Beauty Online is in partnership with HSN and FanRocket to provide you with reviews on beauty and skincare products available through HSN. FanRocket created a great interactive experience with the “Faces of Beautiful You” website. Join Hallie, Smith & Nicki as they as they go about their busy lives and shows us how to [...]

1Feb2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Hitting Newsstands | “February Issue of Upscale Magazine”

Here’s a sneak peek of the Febraury issue of Upscale: “Something In Common” On the eve of the release o fthe new film chronicling the life and times of rap legend Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace, his widow Faith Evans and Angela Bassett, who plays his mother in the film, open up about the ties that [...]

30Jan2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Scrubs on ABC |”What’s New on TV in January”

I don’t watch that much television. Much of what comes on doesn’t excite me at all; but one show that stole my heart is “Scrubs”. I discovered it on one of the many televisions stations that has it running in syndication about two seasons ago. This lead to me recording every episode from its last [...]

6Jan2009 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Album Releases: Brandy, Musiq, Keyshia, Jamie & Avant | “Christmas Stocking Stuffers”

I know we are at the half way point of this month,but there are a few great albums getting ready to drop and that have already dropped. I’m bringing them up now because you may be at a loss about what to get someone as a stocking stuffer this Christmas. So if your are a [...]

16Dec2008 | UBO Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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