Daily Blog Buzz Feed 06.28.08

Talk about a blast from the past. With a slew of new projects, Nona Hendryx is busier than ever.Hendryx plays The Acid Queen – a role that Tina Turner took on in the 1975 film version, which also starred The Who's Pete Townshend, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ann Margaret and Jack Nicholson. It's the role of a hooker who deals in hallucinogenic substances and attempts to heal the lead character. Before hitting the stage in La La Land as The Acid Queen, Hendryx wrapped up recording on a reunion album with her former group members Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash -- for a Lenny Kravitz-produced opus expected to hit stores, via Verve Records, this fall. Continue reading.... What’s up Crunkland! It’s me Xilla the supreme cheater eater. I’ve come over to correct some niggatry left over from the EBT awards. Apparently I was wrong when I said Keyshia Cole’s mother Frankie, couldn’t read. Today on V103’s Porsche Fox show Frankie said she was in the process of writing a short book about 77 pages long about the effects of drugs and how she overcame her addiction. Continue reading....A court has ordered Kanye West to pay off the $600,000 mortgage on his late mother's condo in Illinois. While federal prosecutors attempt to force Wesley Snipes into starting his three-year prison sentence immediately, the actor is asking that a judge grant him permission to leave the country until his appeal on a tax conviction is scheduled.Continue reading... *A fire has gutted an abandoned recording studio in Virginia Beach, Va. owned by producer Teddy Riley, and investigators say it will be about a week before they can determine the cause.Continue reading... This weekend is gay pride in New York City. I know many people, straight or gay, look at the gay movement as an ultra-white movement. Also, some think this discussion of a specific black gay community is a new phenomenon with the media hype over "down low" men and HIV/AIDS incident rates increasing in the black community.So, I always thought this letter from the legendary Huey Newton, the icon of one of the most powerful black movement groups of the 20th Century, The Black Panthers, back in August of 1970 was fascinating. Continue reading....  The ACLU has thrown its weight behind an eight-year-old Long Island girl who came to school with an N-word-protesting shirt and was forced to change. The girl wore the shirt, which said “N the N-Word. Continue reading.... Michelle Obama came out for the gays yesterday.The potential first lady appeared at New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel to address the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council, which is just DNC fancy talk for “rich white men.” Well, mostly. Queerty was there there and saw maybe ten girl guests and only a few people of color. Continue reading.... The Atlanta installment of Bravo’s incredibly-addictive guilty pleasure, the Real Housewives series, is coming soon. And, in a distinct departure from RH norm, the majority of the snobby, materialistic, delightfully-entertaining, cat-fighting cast this time around will be representing Atlanta’s “black elite.” Yes, some, but thankfully not all, are married to professional athletes.continue reading... Is Going The “All-Black” Route A Superficial Answer To Fashion’s Deeper Problems? read more...