Academy Awards Doing Better With African Americans

Forest Whitaker, right, won best actor for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Jennifer Hudson, a former "American Idol" contestant won the best supporting actress award for her debut performance in the musical "Dreamgirls." Eddie Murphy lost for best supporting actor because Hollywood does not like him. Too standoffish.This was the third year where multiple black actors won Oscars. Denzel Washington ("Training Day") and Halle Berry ("Monster's...

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Al Gore's Carbon Neutral Oscar Awards Ceremony

According to Leonardi DiCaprio and Al Gore the 2007 Academy Awards ceremony was carbon neutral - carbon offsets purchased by the Academy from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The Academy reportedly purchased 178 megawatt hours of electricity offsets (emission free production of electricity that substitutes for hydrocarbon produced electricity).The Academy also used 300 hybrid vehicles to drop stars off at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood...

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AAEA Offers 'Authentic Black' Certificates

The Washington InformerBarack Obama has initiated an old discussion about what it means to be Black (better capitalize it). This issue has been debated in the past regarding O.J. Simpson, Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson, among others. We have developed a 'Certification of Black Authencity' so that poeple will have an objective measure.Please answer the questions below with a 'yes' or a 'no' to describe yourself. If you qualify, we will send you a...

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Punxsutawney Phil Did Not See His Shadow in 2007

SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. The Gobbler's Knob rodent did not see his shadow.If Punxsutawney Phil, left (the rodent), sees his shadow on February 5, it means there will be 6 more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, then there will be an early spring. In a global warming world, the shadow/no shadow scenario might not make a difference. If things keep going in the direction of recent years, we might not have much of a winter."This...

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AAEA Prez Denies Romance With Mya

AAEA President Norris McDonald, right, is denying that he has a romantic relationship with the singer/actress Mya, left. Although the Grammy Award winning singer Mya is from Prince George's County, which is home to the AAEA Headquarters, she is not involved with McDonald. He is actually embarassed by the rumor and states, "Mya is a beautiful young woman, but I am too old for her. I do respect her wholesome image even though she did camp it up a bit...

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