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Houston Society & Culture

Phillip Phillips is the new American Idol : Are you glad or disappointed?

For American Idol fans all over the world, the toughest monster to beat last Tuesday night was not their fatigue from overworking their fingers as...
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Let's take one more look at American Idol’s best performances for Season 11

After receiving as much as 90 million votes this season from its fans all over the world, American Idol seems to have crept back into everyone...
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A young man started to sing and the whole world listened: Remembering Robin Gibb

He was my favorite Bee Gee.Maybe because he had the longest hair or the most haunting voice or the most charming boyish grin or perhaps because...
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What song will help Jessica Sanchez become the next American Idol?

Let’s face it.Jessica Sanchez, despite her big voice, youthful charisma and a tremendous following, may not be the next American Idol.As the...
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Revisiting Voltes V : My childhood mentor, rock star and superhero

Long before I could pick out my favorite superheroes called Super Friends from the prestigious Hall of Justice on their quest to exterminate the...
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For you Gen X mom

You rocked to Madonna and Cyndi Lauper when you were in your early twenties, sporting your staple pencil skirt, high top white Reeboks, handsome...
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Motherhood is the ultimate super power

Having watched the movies Thor, Iron Man and The Hulk with my 8-year old son, I was more than intrigued by the exciting trailers for The Avengers....
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Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 2)

I saw Schindler's List in the Philippines in 1994 back when there were controversies about whether to show the entire film for public viewing...
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Which Gen X movie will you not watch ever again? (Part 1)

One night in 1998, I went to see the movie premiere of the much talked about Steven Spielberg classic Saving Private Ryan, a war film about the...
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Good health "going viral" among black women

  • black women and fitness
  • May 4, 2012
Four in five black women are overweight, according to the United States Office of Minority Health, increasing risks for heart disease, Type 2...
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