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Celtics Trade Shocker: Danny Ainge Dumps Kendrick Perkins; Chris Rock Unimpressed
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsThere are several NBA trades worth discussing today, but the one that's getting the most attention is Boston Celtics President Danny Ainge's surprise decision to trade starting center Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Boston will reportedly get center Nenad Krstic and forward Jeff Green from Oklahoma in exchange for Perkins and forward Nate Robinson. Smart move, dumb move or dumbest move ever? Some die-hard Celts fans are dismayed. .bbpBox40898039568809980 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/168960131/Celtics_background.jpg) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} ...
Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show': They're Just Not That Into Lame Female Comics
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyMeritocracies are brutal. You should know, since you yourself practiced a kind of meritocracy. As a child, you were bigger than the bug. Splat! Too bad for you, bug. How dare you exist. In the adult world, however, distinguishing between a true meritocracy and a prejudicial pattern of hiring is not so clear cut. In the last couple of weeks the Internet has been rippling with controversy over "The Daily Show's" lack of women -- "The Daily Show's Woman Problem," by Irin Carmon on jezebel.com, "Outrage World: How Feminist Blogs Like Jezebel Gin Up Page Views by Exploiting Women's Worst ...
Chris Rock's 'Good Hair': Getting to the Root of the Problem
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyI agree with Mia and Helena that hair is just hair, or should be anyway, and that how you style it is just fashion and personal preference. (Though Mia, getting away with a quick blow dry puts you way ahead of the game.) But no one mentions the moment in Chris Rock's documentary "Good Hair" that cuts through the laughs. A very little girl sits in an oversized beautician's chair, her head covered in "relaxer" to tame her natural kinks, and it's horrifying. In the film, sodium hydroxide, the active ingredient in the chemical concoction that straightens hair -- comically called "creamy crack" -- ...
Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' Might Not Be So Healthy
By Helena Andrews - Politics DailyWhat's ironic (or funny or hypocritical or just plain ol' sad) as I write this post about the politics of black women's hair -- as documented in comedian Chris Rock's new film, "Good Hair" -- is the photo of me you're looking at right now next to my byline. In it, my hair is, shall we say, synthetically enhanced. I was all ready to talk about how black women have been oppressed by the pressing comb! Flat-lined by the flat iron!! Crippled by the creamy crack!!! And then I stare at this picture of myself with about three inches of hair purchased from a Beauty Supply in Georgia and think, Girl, ...
Chris Rock, Dubi-Dubi and the Politics of Good Hair
By Mia Navarro - Politics DailyThere's an old joke that goes like this: When Puerto Rico-bound airline pilots want to know how close they are getting to the island, they ask flight attendants to walk through the aisle and check the women's hair. When the frizz factor reaches island levels, it's time to lower the landing gear. Escaping tropical humidity was not why I decided to move to the states as a college-age teenager, but it would have been as good a reason as any; imagine a bad-hair day every day. Those nightmarish memories all came rushing back as I watched an early screening of "Good Hair," Chris Rock's documentary ...
Bubba to Chris Rock: Love is Not Enough
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyFormer President Bill Clinton appeared on the Daily Show last night, and the subject of Chris Rock's challenge to Bubba on David Letterman's Late Show came up. From Gawker:"I'm glad he's got people that love him that much but those are not the people that hold this election," Clinton said. Instead Obama needs to reach independents and the bitters who voted for Hillary, and they need Clinton's nuanced message, even if the elites mistake it for glowing praise for Obama's opponent John McCain. Then Clinton talked about how he and Hillary are longtime friends of McCain, but decided to support the ...
Chris Rock Alerts Bill Clinton That Hillary Lost
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyChris Rock followed Bill Clinton on Letterman last night. The never-shy comedian thought Bill spent a little too much time talking about Hillary Clinton, who, Rock reminds us, is not the current Democratic nominee for president. ...
The Rays Have Officially Arrived: A Celebrity Was Sighted at the Trop
By Mullet - AOL NewsBoy the Tampa Bay Rays have done a complete 180 this season, not only in their record, but now in their coolness factor. You would never think of the Rays as being a team to attract the celebrities before this season, and that's probably still the case, but they did have a celebrity in the owner's box on Thursday.Comedian Chris Rock, who had a show at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on Thursday, sat in the owner's box as a guest of the Rays."He was the first guy in line greeting us coming in," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "You go, 'Hey Chris,' bang," Maddon added, illustrating a ...
Everybody Hates Chris, But Loves Willie
By Jes Golbez - AOL NewsHockey and Black History will both get a great boost this fall as Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHL's color barrier, will guest star on an episode of "Everybody Hates Chris", the show starring comedian Chris Rock. The segment was to be filmed yesterday, and air during the fall season.From LCS Hockey: Willie O'Ree will be making an appearance this season on Chris Rock's "Everybody Hates Chris." In the show, li'l Chris Rock, played by Tyler Williams, will be ditching school with one of his pals so they can meet his hockey hero, Wayne Gretzky, who's visiting Long Island with the Edmonton ...
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