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Tribeca Talk After The Movie "Sing Your Song" At The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

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2011 Winter TCA Tour - Day 5

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David Foster, Donna Summer, Wyclef Jean, Miles O'Brien, Luis von Ahn

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2010 Winter TCA Tour - Day 5

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Patrick Stewart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristi Yamaguchi, Paula Kerger, Dr. Henry Louis Gates

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Time's 100 Most Influential People In The World

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Liv Tyler, Claire Danes, Kate Hudson, Barbara Walters, Nancy Juvonen

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Sharpton Responds to West Attack on Harris-Perry (and the Rev.)

By eurzimbio on | From eurweb.com

Melissa Harris-Perry and Cornel West *Cornel West is the topic of conversation again after making his opinion known once more, but this time about Melissa Harris-Perry. As we reported yesterday , he called her a “liar” and that “[s]he’s become the momentary darling of liberals, but I pray for her because she’s in over her head. She’s a fake and a fraud. I was so surprised how treacherous the sister was.” The two have gone at each other in the past over their varying opinions on things...Read Full Story

Intelligentsia Beef: Cornel West Calls Melissa Harris-Perry a Fake and a Fraud

By sripengantin on | From syok.sripengantin.com

Professor Cornel West has expressed his displeasure with more mainstream black academics in the past, but now that Melissa Harris-Perry has her own show on MSNBC it seems that the scholar has ramped up his attacks on her in particular. In a recent interview with Diverse Issues in Higher Education magazine , West said of Perry: “I have a love for the sister, but she is a liar, and I hate lying … she’s become the momentary darling of the liberals, but I pray for her because she’s in over her...Read Full Story

Viola Davis to Tavis Smiley: 'That Mindset You Have is Destroying Black Artists'

By noelienoel on | From colorlines.com

Watch Actresses Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer on PBS. See more from Tavis Smiley. Oscar-nominated actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer had a passionate discussion with Tavis Smiley on Thursday. The interview was more of a heated debate but it offered insight in to the minds of both actresses and how they feel about the criticism 'The Help' has received. It's a must see interview. "That very mindset that you have and that a lot of African-Americans have is absolutely destroying the...Read Full Story

Seal Opens Up About Separation On The Tavis Smiley Show

By MrsGrapevine on | From mrsgrapevine.com

I don’t know about you, but I personally was saddened to hear that Seal and his wife Heidi Klum were separating after seven years of marriage. Aside from destructive marriages, separation and divorce is never an easy decision to make or an easy time in anyone’s life. So when Seal appeared on Tavis Smiley to discuss his new album Soul 2 , Tavis asked Seal how he was dealing with separation during a time when he’s promoting an album that has a romantic feeling to it. To answer your question...Read Full Story

Tavis Smiley Feels the Wrath of the Left for His Criticism of Obama

By kend on | From kennethdurden.com

Far-left NPR television host Tavis Smiley has learned the price one pays for speaking his opinion, especially if that opinion is criticism of President Obama. Smiley has been dropped from speaking engagements after he and Prof Cornell West have gone on tour criticizing Barack Obama for not doing enough to help poor black people. Smiley is having to face the reality that the left does not tolerate disagreement or diverse opinions. Leftists are quick to walk away in anger, protest, boycott or...Read Full Story

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Al Sharpton, Melissa Harris-Perry Clash With Cornel West

"All of these conspiracy theorists need to check facts more clearly," he said. Sharpton referenced Tavis Smiley, who frequently makes media appearances with West, to make his case. "Who rewarded Tavis Smiley with his show?" Sharpton asked.

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Fisher is known to style his hair into a single, well-endowed dread on top of his head that he calls his "sacred antenna" to communicate with people around the world, and for wearing robes (or sometimes only a bath towel or garbage bag) on stage.

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Tavis Smiley -- Don Cornelius Saved Black Culture

Talk show host Tavis Smiley believes "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius was responsible for saving black culture in the 70s and 80s -- telling TMZ, the late producer was "our cultural ambassador" in that era. Tavis tells us, "Don Cornelius was ...

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