On this day in 1859, Blondin, a French Acrobat walked across the mighty Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
The “Little Wonder” wowed crowds as he maneuvered a 1,100 foot tightrope 160 feet above the water.
This was the first of many other walks across the Niagara; Blondin successfully crossed the cascade wearing a blindfold and another time on stilts, making Niagara Falls the world’s first tourist attraction.
Michael Phelps, Mike Tyson and Fantasia Barrino celebrate their birthdays on the... Read Full Story
Over the weekend Fantasia Barrino,Nicole Scherzinger and Missy Elliot all celebrated their various birthdays. On Saturday Pussycat Doll front woman Nicole Scherzinger celebrated her 30th birthday, In Las Vegas, the bash was held at Lax, attendees included fellow Pussycat Dolls, their manager Robin Antin and producer Polow Da Don: The same Saturday over at Dreamz ATL, American idol star Fantasia Barrino was celebrating her 24th birthday, her boyfriend Young Dro as well as T.I's girlfriend... Read Full Story
Here’s my open letter to Fantasia Barrino.
Dearest Fantasia,
You are such a blessing to many young women. Young women have seen you rise to become a true songbird of this generation. These are also young women who have had children, as well, and now know they can still become successful and make their deams come true.
And, it is my prayer for you that you cease your hoochie mama, totally trashy style of dress at this moment.
Someone somewhere will help your image. Your voice is... Read Full Story
The DownFall of American Idol Contestants is getting stronger by the minute! Who has been dropped? Well, Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino . The singer has been dropped by her management team, 19 Entertainment . Fantasia is still signed to J Records , but without a management team to back her up, it's only a matter of time until her record label drops her too. Sad stuff. Read Full Story
I need for our reality stars and celebrities (A through D listed, no one is exempt) to get it together when we approach 2009. All this year we have been reading about people not paying taxes, liens on their properties and celebrities just plain broke because of poor money mismanagement.
Fantasia is the latest (and I hope the last person I read about regarding financial woes) to have her home foreclosed. TSK! We already know her life story and I was happy that she won, even when people... Read Full Story
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There is a new rumor that American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino is engaged and going to marry rapper Young Dro. There was another rumor last year that Fantasia was pregnant and was going to have Dro's baby but that turned out not to be true.
MediaTakeOut broke the news that Fantasia Barrino and her boyfriend, rapper Young Dro, are engaged. The site furthermore claimed the couple are planning to wed this fall.
The wedding date and venue were not... Read Full Story
Last Saturday Fantasia performed here for NCNW's Black Family Reunion.
I'm actually feeling her new purple 'do.
Tank was also slated to perform.
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Since her 2004 American Idol win, [[Fantasia Barrino]] has weathered her fair share of music business shake-ups, surviving mergers and the recent repositioning of her mentor [[Clive Davis]], who signed her to [[J Records]]. Though she still has her contract at J, EW.com now hears that as of today, Fantasia has been dropped from 19 Management. The reason for the split, according to sources, is that age-old saw "creative differences." However, like many other Idol contestants, Fantasia... Read Full Story
Fantasia Monique Barrino or simply Fantasia , is an American R&B/soul singer and Broadway actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. After having the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple , Fantasia is cast to be in the movie version of the musical. Read Full Story
