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[12 Dec 2008 | 8 Comments | ]

Poor Kelly Perine. He is the perfect example of a black actor whose resume would suggest you know his name, but few people do. Perine has been acting almost his entire life, starting out as a stand-up comedian and moving…

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[14 Oct 2008 | 18 Comments | ]


If you consumed a fraction of the black entertainment that I did during the 80′s and 90′s you should recognize Kelly Jo Minter’s face. She started acting as a teen prentending to be a kid in tv movies and educational…

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[15 Sep 2008 | 7 Comments | ]

This is NOT – I repeat – NOT Blair Underwood. When Mya on Girlfriends cheated on her husband with that jump-off Stan, he was played by Don Franklin, not Blair Underwood. When Regine from Living Single finally met her handsome…

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[25 Aug 2008 | 8 Comments | ]

Whenever I try to reference Roger Guenveur Smith I always end up using the phrase “that really lightskinned guy with the ill cheekbones.” And no, I don’t mean Giancarlo Esposito, a common…

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[8 Aug 2008 | 10 Comments | ]


There are a few older black gentleman who I just find so handsome. Michael Warren, whether I see him in old school roles like his most famous as Bobby Hill on Hill Street Blues, or as Joan’s father on…

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[5 Aug 2008 | 8 Comments | ]

Ladies and gents, In Living Color’s Tommy Davidson out on the town. Yes, I am disturbed.

Hat tip: Invisible Woman

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[1 Jul 2008 | 15 Comments | ]


After spending months combing the internet for a short clip or photo, all I turned up was this measly title screen shot. So I’m going to talk about South Central as best as I can and hope that you all…

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[25 Apr 2008 | 11 Comments | ]

Leon’s appearance as a spooky Jesus-type figure in Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” video back in 1989 was partially responsible for my sexual awakening. I thought, “Oooh! He’s cute…but more than cute…I don’t know the word for it (“hot”) or these…

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[17 Apr 2008 | 18 Comments | ]
“What, Me Snub?”R.I.P. Roscoe Lee Browne
This has been a banner week for the black bourgeoisie – not only were we finally allowed to upgrade Bob Johnson from bourgie to an official “house negro,” once we heard that Akon lied about his extended stay in jail and “only” has one felony, we had the chance to ask ourselves “how is any number of felonies or any time upstate an “only”? While it’s sad that the bar has been set so low on both ends of the spectrum, it proves that the bouge’ is real. And it has been exemplified onscreen through 80% of the roles that these fine actors have portrayed.

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[14 Mar 2008 | 8 Comments | ]

Even though Jenifer Lewis isn’t too obscure considering she’s been pretty much EVERYWHERE in tv and movies for the past 30 years, even if you knew her name already you probably didn’t realize that

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[25 Jan 2008 | 13 Comments | ]

You didn’t think I was going to let Friday come without getting back into my C-Listers, did you?

By the time I really looked at Hawthorne James in his role as the bus driver in Speed, he already had over…

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[8 Dec 2007 | 18 Comments | ]

Maybe it’s just me, but do people in your office accidentally call you by other black employee’s names, even if you’re lightskinned, weigh 250 lbs, and have an afro, and the name you get called belongs to a dark little…

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[30 Nov 2007 | 13 Comments | ]


Along the lines of things that no one needs to hear, my body has become a little more “womanly” in recent weeks and so I have been getting all kinds of extra leers from greasy dirty old men. It’s pretty…

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[2 Nov 2007 | 13 Comments | ]

Once again the c-list has forced my grumpiness to the surface. This, time, I was blindsided while nursing a hangover on Sunday afternoon, watching Top Chef reruns and chatting with Julian on the phone. Suddenly, Leprechaun 4: In Space

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[26 Oct 2007 | 9 Comments | ]

I know I have been slippin’ on my blogging in general and especially on my black c-listers but I’ve been lacking inspiration and a well-functioning laptop. Plus I have to spend a few minutes actually looking at any c-lister that…