h/t HelloNegro.com

As much as people dislike Howard Stern’s radio grandstanding and incredibly boorish behavior on the radio, it seems he alone has chosen to brutally critique the uniquely Hollywood spectacle surrounding Oscar nominated Precious star Gaborey Sidibe. Stern takes Hollywood — a place that celebrates beauty over talent almost daily for engaging in such an awkward circus.

Listen for yourself:

While I don’t agree with Sterns choice of words, or his out-right skewering of Sidibe, I do agree there is a heavy dose of hypocrisy from Hollywood during the Oscar process. Beyond the Oscars spectacle I found the movie ridiculous for several reasons…

1.) A very similar book was written 40 years ago by Toni Morrison — “The Bluest Eye.” I have read the book and Precious immediately seemed to be an inferior knock-off 40 years too late; yet, very few people pushing the “Precious” movie have bothered to point out the amazing similarity to Morrison’s much more complex master-piece.

2.) Ishmael Reed’s New York Op-ed that summed up the Precious Movie for me:
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h/t Sun Times LYNN SWEET

According to Lynn Sweet at the Chicago Sun Times Desiree Rogers is on her way out as the White House Social Secretary. I think the key question is whether Ms. Rogers is leaving because she wants to, or if she was pushed out following the White House Christmas gate crashers.

“As we turn the corner on the first year,” Rogers told me, “this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world.”

Rogers told me it has been “an honor and a privilege to serve this president and First Lady, in what has certainly been a historic presidency.”

My thoughts after the jump
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Interesting video — I always thought ER did a good job of creating black characters as opposed to caricatures.

via Carlton Jordan.com

According to celebrity web site TMZ.com (Three Mile Zone), Fantasia Barrino received an incredibly hate-filled letter containing a substantial number of racial epithets and directed Barrino to “go back where you came from and die.”

Read more at TMZ.com

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