Howard Stern & Others Need to Leave Gabby Alone

Recently Howard Stern voiced his opinions of Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe on his show, “The Howard Stern Show”.   He said things about her needing to lose weight and what’s sad is that he echoed what others are thinking but aren’t bold enough to say publicly.  Blogger Laura Beck, voiced her opinion on the [...]

Jennifer Hudson will have her “One Shining Moment”

The Grammy and Oscar winner will perform the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game.  “The song inspires you,” Hudson said in a release. “It moves you. It motivates you and helps you reach that goal and that dream.”
The network said Tuesday that [...]

Jordin Sparks Releases Song That Didn’t Make Last Album

A Jordin Sparks song called “Turn This Car Around” has been released online, and it doesn’t sound too bad.   It does remind me of “Battlefield”, the first single off of her most recent album by the same title, which explains why the song didn’t make the album.  Written by Claude Kelly and produced by Oak, [...]

Gabourey Sidibe Makes Her Way to Showtimes ‘Big C’

On the heels of her Academy Award Show appearance and nomination, Gabourey Sidibe is ready to star in her next acting role.  The Precious leading actress will make her way from the mean streets of ’80s Harlem to the cushy, modern-day Connecticut suburbs in the new SHOWTIME dark comedy series, THE BIG C.
Sidibe, who guest starred [...]

Mo’nique: Her Oscar Win And The Aftermath

I was really excited when Mo’nique won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire. I was not alone as the entire audience stood and applauded as she took the stage. She walked poised, controlled and reserved, as if she was told she won the [...]

Modeling Comes to Detroit with The Plus Academy

Modeling is made easier with The Plus Academy-Detroit
Gwen DeVoe has expanded The Plus Academy to reach plus size women on a regional level. The open house for The Plus Academy-DETROIT will be Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Hotel St. Regis, 3071 West Grand Blvd, in Downtown Detroit between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Gwen [...]

Oscars: Plus Size Winners & Nominees

Oscars and plus size women are two things that normally don’t go together.  For so long, the standard of beauty in entertainment has mirrored the way society thinks.  Instead of standing on the sidelines while others go after their dreams, many plus size women have delivered Oscar worthy performances and have been rewarded for their [...]

Hairspray Heads to Australia

The multiple Tony Award-winning musical about an overweight teenager growing up in 1960s America will start at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from October.
Jason Coleman, a judge on television’s So You Think You Can Dance, will choreograph and David Atkins will direct.
The show ran on Broadway in New York for six-and-a-half years and will finish its run [...]

Kirstie Alley Gets A Big Surprise During the Taping of ‘Big Life’

Kirstie Alley struggled to fight back tears, while filming new reality show Kirstie Alley’s ‘Big Life’, when producers organised a surprise reunion with her ‘Look Who’s Talking’ co-star John Travolta.
The former Cheers actress has been documenting her latest weight battle for TV cameras and she reached out to old pal Travolta to make a cameo appearance on [...]

Monique Is Preparing Comedy Tour to “Spread the Love”

Monique has had a pretty impressive career thus far, with many of her milestones taking place in 2009 & 2010.  Before she was a Golden Globe, Oscar Nominated talk show host/actress, she was and still is a comedian. 
In a recent interview she was asked if she felt like she was guaranteed a win based on [...]

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