 The heavily anticipated new era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball began with a whimper as their much vaunted team bristling with All-Stars were beaten 99-91 by an under-strength Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant had given the Lakers a late boost when he pronounced himself fit enough to play in the regular season opener shortly before the game, having struggled with a foot injury for more than a week.
Though Bryant scored 22 points on 11-of-14 shooting and Spa
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In the latest issue of In Style, which features Halle Berry on the cover, the actress shares her desire to play activist Angela Davis on the big screen, according to Shadow & Act.
"Her story is so fascinating. I would love to bring it to the screen. I would pick her brain to have a better understanding of her affiliation with the Black Panthers and that period from the 1960s."
The magazine reports that Berry would be interested in making a film exploring Davis' Communist beliefs.
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In a surprise move, Google has unveiled its latest lineup of Nexus devices, which now includes the Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 7 mini-tablet, and full-sized, super-high-resolution Nexus 10 tablet. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was also announced, along with Google's new Photo Sphere panorama feature.
After canceling its New York press event due to Hurricane Sandy’s high winds, flooding, rain, and possible zombie apocalypse, Google went ahead and announced its new lineup of Nexus devices via the W
For the second time during the presidential campaign, a group of African-American ministers in North Carolina has criticized Franklin Graham for challenging the spiritual beliefs of President Barack Obama, accusing the evangelist Monday of promoting a narrow form of Christianity that supports a politically conservative point of view.
Meeting in Charlotte, the group read an open letter to Graham that comes in response to a series of full-page ads that bear a photograph of his father, Billy
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 Just when you thought radio had lost the power to provoke strong passions, Tavis Smiley is stepping up and taking on Chicago's public radio establishment. In a blistering attack on WBEZ-FM (91.5) Monday, the PBS host and bestselling author disputed the reasons given for canceling the weekly radio talk show he co-hosts with Dr. Cornel West, the Princeton University professor. "One could argue that it is easier for an African American to be president of the United States than it is to host a
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Earlier this month, it was reported that Whitney Houston's family filed a petition, as executors of the Pop star's estate, against Bobbi Kristina Brown in an attempt to revise the 19-year-old's inheritance payments.
Now, just weeks later, it appears that the case has apparently been settled.
Sources tell TMZ, that Kristina and her grandmother, Cissy Houston, have reached an agreement to leave the teenager's $20 million payment plans unadjusted. As the agreement currently stands, Brown wil
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Jeremy Lin may have had a shaky start during his preseason premiere as a Houston Rocket, but the 24-year-old popular basketball star insists that he is still playing for God and adjusting to fame.
Lin has only shot 28.3 percent from the floor as a Rocket guard, averaging 6.3 points, 6 assists and 2.5 turnovers. Although he is adjusting to his new team after a breakout 2011-2012 season with the New York Knicks Lin insists that some things have not changed.
The Christian guard is still vocal
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Politics can turn normally calm people into ranting, raving lunatics. This divisive subject can transform a friendly chat over coffee at a Starbucks into a venomous, verbal brawl. But it can also be a great segue into an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus.
Questions like "What do you think about Mitt Romney being a Mormon?" or "Have you ever wondered what President Obama believes about God?" can be surprising and effective conversation starters.
However you choose to transition t
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The nominees for the 28th Annual Stellar Awards were announced this morning. Mary Mary leads the pack with 9 nominations, followed by Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago, who received 8 nods. Marvin Sapp andFred Hammond each received 6 nominations, while the legendary Andraé Crouch and gospel favorite Isaac Carree each landed 5 nominations.
Kurt Carr will be honored this year with the James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award, while Bishop TD Jakes will receive the Thomas A. Dorsey Most Nota
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Sincere the Rock Boy is by far one of the most transparent versatile lyricists to whole heartedly represent the Christ in years. His creative concepts paired with his God given ability to change styles at a drop of a kick are unreal. Sincere the Rock Boy is a true lyricist with a veteran pose on the mic. If it’s thought provoking spirit led punch lines and metaphors you need, look no further. Sincere the Rock Boy is serving u
President Obama cast an early ballot on Thursday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Chicago. Mr. Obama became the first sitting president to cast his vote early. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
President Barack Obama cast his ballot for the November 6 election on Thursday in his hometown of Chicago and encouraged others who could vote before Election Day to follow his example.
Obama, who was a U.S. senator from Illinois and had before becoming president, went to an early-
 #1 - Expect for everyone to understand you. (The quickest way to let the dream inside of you die is to dedicate yourself to everyone else's dream for your life!)
#2 - Believe that you are going to face zero resistance and that everyone will be excited for you!
#3 - Believe that it is going to be easy (where in the Bible did Jesus ever ask anyone to do anything easy or attainable without His involvement?)
#4 - Fall in love with the way things are rather than how they should be!
#5 - Al
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After the recent shooting at the church of Pastor Creflo Dollar, local preachers are starting to call for changes in how their churches are secured. In Washington DC, 20 people gathered for a morning prayer in honor of the man who was shot at World Changers Church International, where the victim was allegedly killed by a former maintenance worker.
Floyd Palmer has been identified as the shooter, and he was taken into custody on Wednesday. Police are stating that Palmer may have some mental
A man in Southern California man is getting a visit from the Secret Service after hanging a Halloween decoration that some say was just disrespectful. Eddie Million is admitting that it wasn’t such a good idea to hang an effigy of President Obama hanging from a noose in front his house. He thought it was a good Halloween prank, but soon realized that the Secret Service doesn’t laugh very much.
“This is getting all blown out of proportion,” he said. “It’s down. It’s gone. We didn’t want to
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Rating: R for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 172 min.
Director: Lana and Andy Wachowski and c
Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Keith David, James D'Arcy, Hugh Grant
"Everything is connected," states the tagline for Cloud Atlas. If you think you already know that--whether or not you agree with the idea--then you have to ask yourself if
As you’ve no doubt already heard, Google is planning to unveil some new Nexus-branded goodies on Monday. LG’s Nexus 4 smartphone has been examined in what seems like excruciating detail already, but now leaked images of Samsung’s Nexus 10 tablet (obtained by BriefMobile) have begun to make their way ‘round the web.
An earlier leak of the Nexus 10’s instructional manual gave us a rough sense of its size and dimensions, but these new images add some much-neede
The Microsoft Surface, with real productivity apps, a clever keyboard cover and a well-engineered design stands a real chance of cutting into iPad sales… if Microsoft will throw enough money at the marketing.
Is the Microsoft Surface the next killer tablet? All these “killer this” and “killer that” comparisons get out of control. Every new challenger is hyped as the killer of what came before. But sometimes, it’s true. The iPad really turned out to be a PC killer. People bought iPads
We just got some hands-on time with MSI’s latest creation, the S20 Slidebook. This ultra light (2.3 pounds / 1kg) and thin (0.78-inches / 19.8mm) convertible Ultrabook runs Windows 8 (naturally) and packs an Intel Core i5 processor (Ivy Bridge), 4GB RAM and a 128GB mSATA SSD. In front, there’s a gorgeous 11.6-inch 1920×1080-pixel IPS display with a 10-point capacitive multitouch layer plus an HD front-facing camera. A glossy white plastic bezel surrounds the glass panel and incorporates the M
Canton Jones Is Dropping Kingdom Business 4 on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. This will be a compilation album that gives exposure to the CAJO Records roster. If you like hip hop, urban gospel and R&B, you will love this joint fo sho.
The Oracle And DJ I Rock Jesus Presents Call Of Duty: Black OPS II Mixtape. The Joint Will Drop On November 13
