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Who says Lifetime is just filled with stories of white women being battered by their husbands? Well actually for a while there that was pretty much all the network was about, but increasingly they’ve been adding more diversity to their lineup and this latest project (among many others like the all-black Steel Magnolias remake and the Tiffany Rubin story starring Taraji P. Henson last year) proves they’re recognizing the need to add more color to their network.

According to press release on Shadow and Act:

Lifetime has green lit the Original Movie Abducted: The Carlina White Story, starring Aunjanue Ellis (The Help), Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP), and Emmy® Award winner Sherri Shepherd (30 Rock, The View) in the remarkable true story of Carlina White (Palmer), who after being abducted as an infant from a New York hospital, solved her own kidnapping and reunited with her biological parents 23 years later….

In August of 1987, new parents Joy White (Shepherd) and Carl Tyson (Roger Cross, 24) took their 19-day old daughter Carlina to Harlem Hospital in New York with a high fever. Ann Pettway (Ellis), who had suffered a series of miscarriages and was desperate for a child of her own, posed as a hospital nurse and befriended Carlina’s parents, even offering to watch over their daughter. But shortly after Carlina was admitted, Pettway removed the child’s IV line, placed her in an oversized handbag, and walked out of the hospital with Carlina hidden from view. While Joy and Carl desperately searched for their daughter over the years, Pettway was raising Carlina as Nejdra “Netty” Nance in Bridgeport, Connecticut – a mere 45 miles from New York City. As Carlina grew older she began to suspect Pettway was not her birth mother and launched her own investigation. After contacting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Carlina was reunited with her biological parents in January 2011.

As someone who lives for a Lifetime Movie, I can tell you I’m all over this. But more than just being a Lifetime junkie, I’m also glad the network is shedding light on stories like this as we often talk about how much reports of missing black children are overlooked. If the news won’t cover these stories, at least Lifetime can bring them to life on the small screen.

What do you think about this movie idea? Had you heard of Carlina White’s story?

Brande Victorian is the news and operations editor for madamenoire.com. Follow her on twitter @Be_Vic.

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There are many religious, moral or personal reasons why a person would choose to abstain from sex for a certain period. Whether that period lasts for a night, a year, until marriage, a lifetime or somewhere in between depends upon the person. 

Think Like a Man actress Meagan Good is only the latest in a string of celebrities who have claimed they were celibate at one time or another.

Are these celebrities on to something? Have they discovered that even in a nation (and industry) notoriously obsessed with sex, that the best Kama Sutra position may be “legs closed”? Did they realize that the most intimate relationship of all can be had without this most intimate act? Is celibate the new sex?

I’m not certain, but one thing is for sure: There are definitely some surprises on this list!

Source: People.com

It’s a shame Twitter has come to this but it’s about time these Internet thugs see real consequences for their actions.

The drama started when Sherri Shepherd received a nasty tweet from Twitter user, “DaCloneKiller,”yesterday, which said:

“Somebody should drag u in a back alley and rape you.”

“The View” host retweeted the message and then sent her own tweets back to her harasser, saying:

“WHO DO I REPORT THIS TWEET TO? THIS IS A THREAT & I’M PISSED.”

“You think I should be raped in a back alley? Let’s see if the police agree w you & I took a pic of your tweet.”

“I am going 2 file a police report 4U threatening me. And so help me God, when I find out where U live, charges will follow.”

Sherri’s already spoken out about bullying on numerous occasions but now that she’s been an online victim of the phenomenon, she saw this incident as an opportunity to comment on the issue yet again.

“This type of bullying is one of the reasons children are killing themselves b/c there’s no consequences for the bully(s),” she wrote.

Oh, and in case “DaCloneKiller” thought she was lying, Sherri sent out followup tweets after leaving the precinct letting him know this situation is far from over.

“Just returned from filing a police report for this online harassment nonsense,” she tweeted a few hours later. “I will be pursuing this legally.”

Sherri added that she was told Twitter would have to be subpoenaed for the release of her harasser’s information, but as you see from her last message that is hardly a hindrance for her. This situation is going to go far beyond Sherri with a platform like “The View” and it’s about time someone figured out a way to deal with these obnoxious Internet bullies.

Do you think Sherri is right to press charges?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Weight loss and weight gain seems to be a consistent problem in the USA.   With so much focus on diet fads and weight loss programs, it can be tough to know what’s right for you and your body.  These celebrities have done it all with their weight: kept it off, then put it back on.

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Kirstie Alley

Who can forget our favorite lady from “Cheers” during the early ’90′s?   Kirstie Alley became a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig from 2005 to 2008, when she was almost 228 pounds. Before that, she would constantly go up and down with her weight.   Her stint on “Dancing With The Stars ” in 2011 has kept her in shape and even starting a weight loss campaign.  ”Cheers” to that!!

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There are a myriad of reasons why marriage-minded people find themselves single in their 30’s and 40’s. We can’t all marry our high-school sweethearts days after graduation, but that doesn’t mean we won’t come across the love of our lives eventually.

In fact, Pew Research Institute found that a substantial number of people don’t get married for the first time until their 30′s. Further, study after study proves that marrying later in life is actually a benefit for those who want to get married and stay married.

The actresses on the following slides prove it’s never too late to live your “Happily Ever After” and you can still find “The One” after your 30^th birthday.

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Source: US Weekly

Last night, the ABC hit show “Dancing With the Stars” had it’s third elimination of season 14 and it didn’t work out so well for “The View” co-host Sherri Shepherd.

After she and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, landed in the bottom two spots with fellow competitors Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower, Sherri said a tearful goodbye to the audience as the eliminated star for week 4.

“I just want to say thank you for letting me live a dream I’ve always had,” she told the hosts. “I had the most amazing partner, Val Chmerkovskiy. That thing that scares you the most … run towards it because it’s so amazing on the other side … I had the most amazing time.”

The judges said they were surprised to see Sherri and Val in the bottom spot. “All of us judges are in total shock,” head judge Len Goodman said “This is beyond … The standard is so high, anyone can be in jeopardy, anyone can be safe.”

Well it turns out Roshon and Chelsie are safe and will be returning to compete next week while Sherri will be sticking to her day job for now. At least she enjoyed it while it lasted.

Check out the video of her post-elimination interview here.

Did you follow Sherri on DWTS? Are you surprised she was cut so soon?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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So in typical Wendy Williams fashion, she threw a little shade at Sherri Shepherd and her “Dancing with the Stars” performance yesterday, except Wendy didn’t really have anything to say about how Sherri danced, she was more concerned with how she acted.

After questioning why Sherri “let them [put] you in all that material,” referring to her dress for Monday night’s competition, and saying Sherri absolutely will not win the competition, Wendy decided to drop a little advice, being an ex-DWTS cast member herself. Here’s what she said:

“I have to say, Sherri, You know when you’re talking to the camera and not doing the dancing…Sherri, you were giving them everything they want to see from us black girls—that loud talk, the gaping laugh…don’t let them do that to you, Sherri.”

Wendy added that the producers of the show tried to pressure her to act like that when she was a contestant.

“I explained to you guys what they actually wanted from me. They wanted me to be all black girl—’oh no she did, oh yes she, oh no. Tony—you is not going to make me dance like that no mo!’ Really? I’m not that girl.”

Since I don’t watch Dancing with the Stars, I tried to find to find a clip to prove Wendy’s point, and while I kind of see where she’s coming from, I honestly don’t think Sherri seems any different from how she is on “The View.” I don’t know what that means exactly, but I’m thinking Wendy might just be hatin’ (again).

Check out this clip of Sherri’s interview after her performance and tell us what you think. Does Wendy have a point?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Looking for a list of winners from the 84th Academy Awards? You’re in the wrong place. Only fashion lovers are allowed to venture any further into this post because, lets face it, fashion is the only main reason we tune in to awards shows. This year, women and men of color were heavily represented and, for the most part, did not disappoint. View our gallery of attendees to find out who they wore and solidify your favorite look of the night.

Sherri Shepherd has been open about her promiscuous past, telling the audience at “The View” she had more abortions than she would like to count back in 2008. But emotions were on the rise yesterday as the ladies discussed the controversial Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram before having an abortion, and Sherri got a little choked up this time.

While Elisabeth Hasselbeck expressed favor for the law, saying, “You would never go through any medical procedure like that…without looking at the scientific evidence, why you would ask for an X-ray for those things but not in this case?” Barbara Walters and Joy Behar called the law “totalitarian” and “heartbreaking.”

Sherri Shepherd seemed to be the only one speaking from the perspective of the women who would actually have to endure a sonogram before an abortion and she was noticeably upset at the requirement, saying it’s ridiculous to not want women to have abortions but also not want them to go to Planned Parenthood and get birth control and then give people the safety net of Welfare and food stamps to only come back and say the recipients keep having babies and don’t want to take care of them.

“We stop at the picket signs and we don’t help you past that!” she said. “I’m speaking as a girl who had a lot of abortions and I swear to God, if they had shown me a picture of the fetus I probably wouldn’t have but I would have put my child in a lot of situations that wouldn’t have been good because I didn’t have the mental capacity to deal with having a child…it was a hard thing.”

Check out the clip from the segment here.

Do you think Sherri’s right about the catch 22 of women being discouraged from using preventive resources and then being criticized for getting pregnant? What about the idea of being guilted into having a child you can’t take care of with this law?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Thank you Bravo for bringing us another “all black people look alike” moment.

In a hilarious call-in on last night’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live,” a woman called in to ask Yvette Nicole Brown how it was being in “The Help,” except the actress wasn’t in the movie, Octavia Spencer was.

Yvette took the mix-up lightly and said it’s pretty common for people to confuse her, Sherri Shepherd, who joined her on last night’s show, Lonnie Love, and Octavia Spencer for one another on a regular.

The funnier thing, as Sherri pointed out, is the caller wasn’t even white. So much for that being s*** white people say.

Check out the clip below. Have you ever gotten these actresses confused?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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