The biggest night in Hollywood saw a few of The Queen’s Castle’s Officially Crowned celebrities walk away with Oscar gold from the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The Help’s Octavia Spencer took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, it will probably fit nicely on the shelf next to her SAG Award. Although her co-star, Viola [...]
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Oscar Winners :: Octavia Spencer, TJ Martin, Sean “Diddy” Combs + “Officially Crowned” Red Carpet Fashions!
February 27th, 2012 
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President Obama Sings “Sweet Home Chicago”
February 22nd, 2012 The Queen's Castle Since we’re in President Obama’s re-election year, it’s safe to say that if he doesn’t win the seat, he could have a legitimate career in the music industry. We kid. First showing off his vocal talents at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater with a rendition of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together, last night he was asked [...]
Confirmed: Sean “Diddy” Combs Launches Music TV Network “Revolt!”
February 21st, 2012 The Queen's Castle Last month, we told you that Sean Combs was planning to launch a revolt, but not in the traditional sense of the word or maybe so… Today, Diddy announced the launch of his new cable network, Revolt. As we reported earlier, Diddy teamed up with Andy Schuon, a former programming chief from MTV, Comcast and [...]
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Losing FaceBook Friends? There’s an App for that…
February 1st, 2012 The Queen's Castle Are your FaceBook friends disappearing? Want to find out who’s no longer seeing your status updates? According to The Daily Mail there’s an app for that. The ‘Unfriend Finder’ is free software that has already been “downloaded 44 million times and will alert users when someone rejects or ignores a friend request.” According to reports, [...]
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Michelle Obama Appears on The Tonight Show and Says Barack Sings to Her “All the Time!”
February 1st, 2012 The Queen's Castle First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, joined Jay Leno on the Tonight Show couch last night. As always, she was styled beautifully in a pastel green, high waist, pencil skirt from J. Crew with a gold blouse, and belt to accent. In addition to sharing that her mother and children baked her a [...]
Don Cornelius, Founder of Soul Train, Dies at Age 75
February 1st, 2012 The Queen's Castle The Queen’s Castle posts this news with a heavy heart. This morning TMZ reported that Soul Train’s creator, Don Cornelius, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 75. While circumstances are still being investigated, according to preliminary reports Cornelius died from a “self-inflicted gun shot to the head.” On the first day of [...]
Battle of the R&B Divas Weight Loss Commercials :: Janet Jackson vs. Mariah Carey vs. Jennifer Hudson
December 27th, 2011 The Queen's Castle Three of the top brand name weight loss programs have employed R&B divas as their spokeswomen. Nutrisystem has tapped two-time BlackGlama legend, Janet Jackson, Jenny Craig put all bets on Mariah Carey, and for more than a year now, Jennifer Hudson has been the face of Weight Watchers. After revealing her new campaign with Jenny [...]
Royal Round-Up :: Matthew Knowles Banned by Radio One, Ex-Manager Sues India.Arie, President Obama Addresses Troop Withdrawal + More!
December 20th, 2011 The Queen's Castle After news broke yesterday that Matthew and Tina Knowles, Beyonce and Solange’s parents, had legally divorced after 31 years of marriage, today EurWeb is reporting that Cathy Hughes of Radio One announced that ALL music from his Music World Music (MWM) label are banned from gracing their stations. Although Beyonce is no longer under her father’s managmenet, [...]
The Queen’s Castle Exclusive :: “Dark Girls” U.S. Premiere Interview with Bill Duke & D. Channsin Berry + Post-Screening Q&A + 2012 U.S. Tour Information!
December 9th, 2011 The Queen's Castle The U.S. premiere for one of the most highly anticipated documentaries in recent years, Dark Girls, debuted at the International Black Film Festival of Nashville (IBFFN), and directors, Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry were in attendance. One of the most well-attended screening’s of the film festival, Dark Girls, is an intense look into the [...]
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Michael Eric Dyson’s Course “Sociology of Hip-Hop — Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z” at Georgetown University!
December 2nd, 2011 The Queen's Castle Since 2007, Michael Eric Dyson has been teaching courses related to hip hop at Georgetown University. His ability to articulate the message within rap music has provided a platform for his commentary on the genre. This year a new course Dyson’s teaching at Georgetown, the “Sociology Of Hip-Hop — Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z,” is receiving [...]
