Black Friday ads

Walmart Black Friday Ad Posted

We just posted the Walmart Black Friday sales information and its 24-page Black Friday advertisement scans.

Walmart will be opening at midnight this year, but will start most of their big door-buster deals at 5am! Some of their door-buster items include:

Apple 8GB iPod Touch w/ $50 Walmart Gift Card - $225

Emerson 32" 720p LCD HDTV - $198

eMachines 15.6" Notebook w/Intel Processor, 2GB Memory, 250GB Hard Drive - $198

Samsung DualView PL 100 Digital Camera w/ 100 4"x6" Prints from Walmart 1-Hour Photo - $99

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Black Girls Rock

Ruby Dee Honored at BET's "Black Girls Rock!" Ceremony

NEW YORK (CBS) Ruby Dee, the actress who co-starred in the 1961 film adaption of "A Raisin in the Sun," was one of the many women honored at the 5th Annual "Black Girls Rock!" event, which aired Sunday on BET.

PICTURES: Ruby Dee

Dee, who is also known for being a political activist, journalist and poet, as well as an award-winning actress, was the receipt of this year's Living Legend Award.

"It's times like these that I come to understand and appreciate profoundly the empowerment and promise, the responsibility in being deemed a legend," Dee said in her acceptance speech, according to the press release.

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For Colored Girls

Tales from the Script

Actresses Transcend Preposterous Soliloquies in Perry's For Colored Girls

by James Scott

Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet." -- Tangie (Tandy Newton)

Let's be brutally honest. Most women go to the movies their boyfriends pick, generally action/adventure films, the majority of which star white action heroes. This effectively freezes out the black American woman, which is not only unfair culturally but also would seem to be obtuse, businesswise, as I suspect there are more than a few black women who would like to go to movies, if they could only find some that spoke to them. That's why I've championed Tyler Perry, Atlanta's indigenous filmmaker who actually maintains a steady production output. The market is there, he's tapped into it, and I say more power to him. There's just one problem: While his dramatic instincts are good, his technical flair has been weak.

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Deanna Favre

Deanna Favre relying on faith to see her through latest crisis

Deanna Favre told Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” on Thursday morning her faith will get her through the media glare of dealing with allegations against her husband, football legend Brett Favre. Those allegations involve sending lewd photos, texts and phone messages to a former Jets employee while both were with the New York franchise in 2008.

“I can tell you that obviously, I’m a woman of faith. Faith has got me through many difficult struggles and it will get me through this one,” Deanna Favre said. “I’m handling this through faith, Robin.”

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Millionaire Matchmaker

The Millionaires

Qualifying the Chick

Derek dishes about his date with Colby (and Patti's hotness).

My experience began in April, when I sent Patti a video of myself begging her to help me find the "ONE." I explained that I've dated for years and now am ready to settle down and start a family. Patti agreed to meet with me, and man was she MEAN. At our first meeting she proceeded to yell at me and abuse me in my own home. She explained a few things that she thought I was doing wrong, and I have since taken her advice by "qualifying the chick."

Next was my big mixer at the beautiful Water's Edge. Traditionally mixers consist of two guys and a group of women. In my case however, Patti decided that she wanted to mix it up a bit and paired me up with a millionairess, Bryce. Patti thought it would be a good idea for Bryce and I to begin a friendship. I'm assuming because we are both single web developers with similar interests in NYC.

When Bryce and I met, my first impression was that she was a very serious person. I however am the complete opposite. We spoke on camera for a while and I didn't even think that she was someone that I would remain friends with beyond this experience. Happily, I was wrong and Bryce and I have remained friends! Surprisingly, once you get to know her, she lowers her guard and is fun. Not like jump up and down fun -- but fun in a quieter sort of way. After meeting Bryce I was introduced to a group of beautiful women who were all eager to talk about dating and the future. For a second it was overwhelming because Bryce and her group were right next to me, but once we separated it was smooth sailing. My dream had come true, me in a room with fifteen beautiful women. These women actually were there to meet me. So that part of it is very humbling. I talked with all of the girls in a group and then in smaller groups of two or three that Patti would bring over. Eventually I had to choose two girls for my "mini-dates" and then ultimately one girl for my "big date."

Andreea is who I choose after Colby for my second mini-date, but I was told that she was unavailable. So I then picked Kristen. After spending time with both Colby and Kristen on my mini-dates, I decided that I felt much more comfortable with Colby and that the conversation was much more natural between the two of us. Oh, and she is smoking hot.

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