Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Apr 23 2009

When art and passion meet

Hollywood, CA -- “The Soloist” is superb. Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (“Ray”) and Oscar nominee Robert Downey, Jr. (“Tropic Thunder”) hand in two excellent performances that demonstrate the passion and love the two have for their craft.

Apr 17 2009

Evander Holyfield (with Lee Gruenfeld)

When it comes to your favorite athletes, what do you think makes them the winners they are?

What kind of drive made him stay the course when everyone else was winning? Why did she keep practicing when everyone told her she’d never be good enough? When the road got rough, what prodded your favorite athlete to stay the course?

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Apr 17 2009

Is it economics or racism?

There’s no such thing as bad publicity in Hollywood. The real crime is the lack of publicity when it comes to black Hollywood. Since the beginning of ‘tinsel town’ film stars, recording artists, radio and television personalities have thrived on the magazines, newspapers and broadcasts that give fans a hint of how they live, work and play.

Apr 16 2009

by Thomas LaVeist and William LaVeist, with a foreword by Tom Joyner

 For most of your life, someone’s been asking you what you wanted to be when you grew up.

You’ve had ideas all along, but nothing real. After all, you once wanted to be a ballerina-dancing, hoops-playing construction worker, or something like that. So when somebody asked you what you wanted to “be” someday, you didn’t really know then and you might not know now.

But you’re going to college, that’s for sure.

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