Archives for the month of: September, 2009

Kudos to Stacey McBride-Irby, a mother of two, and 12-year Barbie designer. She’s behind Mattel’s new “So In Style” (S.I.S.), a line of dolls that has my grown ass thoroughly excited.

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There’s been some buzz about these dolls for a while, and Mattel just announced the line’s official launch. McBride-Irby wanted to create a line of dolls that her daughter could see herself in and the result is definitely more than just a black Barbie doll.

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I always hated how black Barbie was just Barbie dipped in chocolate. Same. Exact. Face. The S.I.S. dolls have fuller lips, wider noses, and different skin tones and hair textures. Grace, the main S.I.S. doll, is brown, while her besties Trichelle and Kara are light and dark-skinned. The girls each have a little sister who looks up to them. Each of their sisters is also another shade of black (gasp!) with the line representing all the beautiful colors we come in.

There’s even a Kara hair doll made with curly hair that can be straightened, a salon chair and yes – some extra hair!

The AP is reporting that Eminem’s music publisher Eight Mile Style is suing Apple for selling his music on iTunes without proper permission. Apple is basically telling Em to holla at his boy, claiming that Dr. Dre’s Aftermath gave the company all the permission they needed. Now Aftermath is also being sued by Eight Mile Style for “wrongfully collecting” $4 million from the songs that were placed on iTunes.

If all sides don’t reach a settlement by Wednesday, a trial will begin in Detroit on Thursday.

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Yes, she did.

While promoting her film Precious at the Toronto International Film Festival Mariah was asked about her “performance as Eminem” in the “Obsessed” video. Mariah responded, “I was not him. That had blonde hair. I wasn’t petite.” I think she just called him “that” too.

In another recent interview on French radio Mariah said, “I don’t know that is,” when asked about Shady.

And Em’s uber gross diss song? “…I don’t know if somebody wants to write their little songs. I haven’t heard them on the radio, I don’t know what’s going on with that,” MC quipped.

I doubt she’ll be asked about Eminem when she appears on Oprah today to show off the fabulous throwback hair, perform, and promote Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.

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I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler Perry’s eighth film, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, was number one at the box office this weekend, bringing in $24 million. TP proved once again that he is recession-proof, critic-proof and had a solid opening weekend during what is usually a ho-hum box office weekend.

Oprah and Whitney had so much to talk about that the interview, which opens her 24th season, had to be split into two episodes.

In this 30 second clip, Oprah asks Whit about Bobby, the worst of the drugs and tries to figure out where the hell her child was in all the madness. We also get a glimpse of Oprah watching in tears as Whitney sings on stage.

New Promo Trailer for Whitney’s Oprah Interview

Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon stepped out a few days ago and something was very different yet very familiar about Mariah.

Mariah’s back to rocking the same darker curly hair she had when she released her debut album, Mariah Carey. The tight black dress is also a throwback look. Did she do it “for the nostalgia?” (one of her catch phrases)

I’m hoping she’ll keep this look for all of her appearances promoting Confessions of an Imperfect Angel. And speaking of her promo appearances, Mariah will be sitting down with Oprah on September 18 during her first week back!

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