Houston’s own, Ramona Smith, was named the 2018 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking. Smith, outlasted more than 30,000 speakers from around the world over the six-month competition. The annual Toastmaster International Convention is the largest competition of its’ kind. The speech was made in front of a crowd of 2,000 in Chicago. Smith is […]
Groupon, American worldwide e-commerce company that usually offers huge discounts on goods, services, and other activities from merchants all around the world, has angered many of its’ customers. The online marketplace listed a series of winter boots describing brown as, “Ni$$%r Brown.” Some Groupon customers are crying foul and shared screen shots of the posts […]
Heineken beer has totally missed the mark on a new thirty second television ad promoting it’s new light beer slogan, ‘sometimes lighter is better‘. The ad features a bartender sliding a bottle of Heineken light beer to a woman looking grimly at a glass of wine. The misstep seems to be at an unproportionately mixed […]
Your favorite orange tabby cat has passed on. Bento, better known as “Keyboard Cat” has delight social media/internet fans with his spunky, fun piano offerings. The cat, had been giving internet “life” for almost a decade, even starred in a pistachios commercial. One of the most famous internet kitties time ended earlier this month, according […]
McDonald’s has decided to make the flip for International Women’s Day. The golden “M” is being flipped into a golden “W” in celebration of women all around the world. According to CNBC talked to McDonald’s spokesperson, Lauren Altmin said, “We have a long history of supporting women in the workplace, giving them the opportunity to grow […]
Kobe Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Laker who’s a 5-time NBA Champion, 2-time Final MVP, 18-time All-Star and NBA MVP is now an Oscar winner. On the eve of his retirement from basketball, the National Basketball Association (NBA) legend and self described “Black Mamba,” wrote a love letter to the game he played for 20 […]
It’s 2018. The future is now! Nobody is safe. A few weeks ago I saw robots pole dancing, now this! The Italian designers, Dolce & Gabbana, took fashion world and mixed it in with tech world at the latest Fall/Winter 2018 fashion show in Milan, Italy. The designers sent drones down the catwalk instead of […]
It’s generally an honor to get the opportunity to sing the National Anthem for an event. There are several celebrities and pop stars that have been granted the distinctive honor and some were great (i.e. Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye) and some not so great (i.e. Roseanne Barr or Michael Bolton writing the words in his […]
Grammy award winning Houston M.C., Chamillionaire, has since traded in his rap hat and turned into a successful startup investor. The “Ridin” rapper had invested in Cruise, a self-driving tech start-up, sold to General Motors and Maker Studios, which was bought by Disney. Check out Cham’s presentation at the Upfront Summit, an investor and entrepreneur […]
The world is going “Hoperah” crazy at the possibility of Oprah Winfrey running for President of The United States in 2020. The public has been buzzing after her stirring Cecil B. DeMille acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards and Oprah making history yet again of being the first Black Woman to receive the prestigious […]
If you’ve been one of the many that have sworn off the NFL this season for “various” reasons, you probably ecstatic about NBA season being back in. Saying that, Eminem, who’s been in the news lately for his freestyle combat diss on President Donald Trump he performed during the BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher segment, […]
Terry Crews, the actor and star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, hit twitter yesterday (Tuesday 10/10/17) complaining about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after learning about movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein’s situation. Harvey Weinstein is an American film producer and former film studio executive that co-founded Miramax who’s been striped of his title after several women came forward saying […]