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I’m so glad Rihanna is returning to the stage after a six-month layoff.
Rihanna hasn’t performed publicly since cancelling her Grammy Awards performance after a brutal beating the night before in a scuffle with her now ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. Because her bruises were so gruesome, she also cancelled her tour.
But the Barbadian beauty has slowly eased back into performing in the last few months by having a leading role in Kanye West’s “Paranoid” video and lending her voice to Jay-Z’s new hit “Run This Town” that also features Kanye West.

Rihanna is taking an even bolder step by agreeing to join her “big brothers” Jay-Z and Kanye West to perform “Run This Town” on The Jay Leno Show on Sept. 14. On Thursday, the “Run This Town” video was officially released on MTV.

Meanwhile, Chris Brown appears in court on Aug. 27 to reveal his plan for court-ordered 1,400 community labor hours for pleading guilty to assaulting Rihanna.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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Does anyone tell the truth anymore or practice what they preach?
Two weeks ago, Philadelphia coach Andy Reid added his team to the list of 26 NFL clubs that claimed to have no interest in signing three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Michael Vick, who was reinstated to play in the NFL last month after being freed from a two-year sentence for funding a dogfighting ring.
With five-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb and one of the most talented offenses in the league, Reid said the elusive Vick is not a good fit for the Eagles.
So it’s very hypocritical for Reid and the Eagles to sign Vick to a two-year deal Thursday to bring him in as McNabb’s backup. McNabb lobbied to bring his former nemesis on the team.

Vick led the Atlanta Falcons in their NFC championship loss to McNabb and the Eagles in 2005, and Philly ended up losing to New England at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville.
Here’s what Reid said about Vick two weeks ago:
“Number one, I think he’s a good kid. Right now we have a good situation at quarterback so that’s not the direction I’m looking. I’m glad Tony Dungy is involved, no finer person around than Tony Dungy. And Michael, the times I’ve talked to him, he’s a good kid, so I think that combination there will help Michael and probably increase his marketability there.”
Maybe Coach Reid just didn’t want to tip his hand and create a demand for Vick, which would have driven up the asking price for the former No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. But it makes me question if the other 25 teams were also lying about their interest in the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback.
But I guess Vick’s signing shouldn’t be too surprising. All you had to do was read between the lines to see that Reid was actually interested in bringing Vick in. The coach mentioned that Vick is a good kid and that he was pleased that Vick was working with former Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy, and Dungy said earlier this week that he expected Vick to sign with a team by the end of this week.
Obviously Reid had a recent meeting with Vick, and he and Dungy talked about the Eagles bringing in Vick.
The Eagles will pay a price for Vick’s presence on their roster because the PETA crazies have put Philadelphia on their tour map to protest the signing of Vick and a small percentage of Eagles fans will threaten to give up their season tickets.
But Vick deserves a second chance after doing time for his crime, and it will be interesting to see how opposing defenses handle Vick, McNabb and two-time Pro Bowl tailback Brian Westbrook in the same backfield because Vick will likely be used during those new Wildcat formations.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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Michael Jackson’s soft voice and lyrics were so powerful that they touched your heart and soul.
Not many musical artists hit you at your core anymore. The beat of the song is what makes hits nowadays, not the artist’s voice or lyrics.

Michael also had the beats to make hit songs “Want To Be Starting Something”, “Beat It” and “Thriller”, but he also had songs that made your heartbeat faster, such as “Ben”, “Who’s Loving You”, “Got To Be There”, “Rock With You”, “Smile”, which his older brother Jermaine sang at the public memorial at L.A.’s Staples Center on Tuesday, and many, many more songs that enabled Michael Jackson to hit the Billboard 100 14 times while selling 750 million records worldwide.

And let’s not forget the songs that inspired us to make the world a better place, such as “Heal the World”, “We Are the World” and “Earth Song”.
And one song, “Will You Be There” has such powerful lyrics that the verses should be repeated by every bride and groom on their wedding day.
Michael’s voice played and the words of that song scrolled across the big screen following Oscar-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson’s performance of MJ’s song at the memorial.

Here are the words at the end of MJ’s song:
Will you be there?
In my darkest hour
In my deepest despair
Will you still care?
Will you be there?
In my trials
And my tribulations
Through doubts and frustrations
In my violence
In my turbulence
Through my fear and my confessions
In my anguish and my pain
Through my joy and my sorrow
In the promise of another tomorrow
I’ll never let you part
For you’re always in my heart.

Wouldn’t those words be great marital vows?
I dare you to the find an artist whose songs touched so many people from all races, all religions and all corners of the world.
Michael is truly the greatest singer, performer and songwriter the world has ever seen.

By Teneshia LaFaye

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