“Balloon boy” may have stole the headlines yesterday, but today it’s about the Australian “Train Baby”.
Gawker.com reported this morning that a 6-month old baby’s stroller rolled onto train tracks and was hit by an oncoming …

Falcon Heene was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage Photo: AP
Falcon Heene’s disappearance from his home in Colorado generated huge media interest in the United States yesterday afternoon.
The unfolding drama …

Alicia Keys addressing the audience at 6th Annual Black Ball last night in New York City.

The Keep a Child Alive Black Ball is a star-studded event orchestrated by “Superwoman” Alicia Keys, where celebrity and …

Beauty takes up a lot of my budget. And let’s face it – lots of products we spend our hard-earned bucks on don’t make the cut. I’ve been disappointed by purchases at the makeup counter …

Twitter beef, Facebook beef, Myspace beef, whatever. E-beef or Internet beef has got to be the most ridiculous form of debate.
Yes there are great forums for discussing and disagreeing on topics. It makes for great …

NY&C Pink Watch
In case you didn’t already know, this October is a big anniversary for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the past 25 years now, major breast cancer charities everywhere have organized at this …

“We are the champions, my friends…”
Allow us to gloat for a hot second – DrJays.com has won Best Gear at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors! Besting three other competitors, DrJays.com was crowned victorious after …

Dave Chappelle as Silky Johnson – “Player Hater of the Year”

Before you take another step you need to play this song. It’s “Do You Have The Stamina” by B.o.B. (One of XXL‘s Hip-Hop Class of …

This fall, have your friends go green with envy while you go green for a more beautiful world (and a more beautiful you). Get good karma & get free stuff!

Michael Vick speaks out about dog fighting
Philadelphia Eagles star Michael Vick has recently inked a deal with BET, making him the latest in a long line of athletes to score their own show.
Tentatively titled The …

Soulja Boy
Unfortunately, there’s a new name to add to the list of rappers with legal troubles. Teenage rap sensation Soulja Boy was arrested yesterday and is out on bail. Find out why after the jump.

A number of celebrities are rallying behind Haiti to help the embattled country win a global competition hosted by
BBC World News and Newsweek.
Wyclef, actress/model Garcelle Beauvais, Russell Simmons, Free (Power 105 FM), Sha Money, Tony …

Only the French could think of something like this- a way to enjoy chocolate without the hassle of counting calories. This is so crazy (and exciting!) I just had to blog about it. …

Valeisha Butterfield (WEEN Co-Founder and Chair) and Boss Lady
As a member of WEEN (Women In Entertainment Empowerment Network) since its inception, I’m proud to announce the organization has partnered with HoneyMag.com to create an online …

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers
I’m on a reading spree (I love it) and in the past couple of weeks I had the opportunity to read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
This book is one of the greatest pieces of …

On Wednesday night, Harry Connick, Jr was a guest on the popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday (yep, that’s its name and it airs on a Wednesday night. Go figure). As part of …

Mascara trends for fall are back and surprisingly, not in black – colored mascaras are in style this season.
Anyone can rock this trend, even if you like to keep your makeup more on the conservative …

Tyler Perry
People talk all kinds of trash about Tyler Perry these days. I can hear them now: “His characters are lowest-common-denominator and run-of-the-mill, stereotypical, loud, aggressive, marijuana-smoking, uneducated…”, etc.
What many of these people forget to …

Conde Nast, also the publisher of magazines like The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, made the surprise announcement on Monday following a review aimed at finding ways to cut costs in the face of the …

There are lots of insults out there. Ones much more vulgar than the one I’m about to talk about. But this one bothers me a lot. It’s seen more in relationships but it’s also …