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		<title>Patti LaBelle Rocks the White House</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/27/patti-labelle-rocks-the-white-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Patti LaBelle brought her diva tour-de-force to Washington, D.C. to entertain President Barack Obama and to celebrate an anniversary.  
Monday saw LaBelle bringing her soulful voice to entertain the audience who was on hand to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Americans with Disabilities Act which was singed into law July 26, 1990.
The sun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rihanna Rocks the Boat</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/27/rihanna-rocks-the-boat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Rihanna is set to make her big screen debut in an upcoming film based on a popular 1980&#8217;s Hasbro game. 
The international Pop-star will make her cinematic debut in Peter Berg&#8217;s Battleship.  The deal for the film was closed yesterday but as of yet does not have a definitive role for the star.
Filming is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oprah OWNS It!</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/27/oprah-owns-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Oprah Winfrey continues to build her eponymous network by announcing new projects weekly, which has some Hollywood&#8217;s biggest names set to be featured on programming. 
Winfrey&#8217;s OWN Network will be enlisting some Hollywood heavyweights to take part in what now is scheduled to be monthly documentaries produced by the OWN Network.  Stars that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halle Berry Gets Animated</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/25/halle-berry-gets-animated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Halle Berry is on a non-stop grind in recent months with projects being announced left and right for the Academy Award winning actress.  
Berry will appear in an Oscar inspired episode of the hit animated show The Simpsons.  In the episode Berry will play herself and present an Academy Award to Bart and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Jarreau Hospitalized</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/25/al-jarreau-hospitalized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Legendary music artist and seven time Grammy Award winner Al Jarreau, has been hospitalized in France since suffering breathing difficulties ahead of a concert performance there.  
Jarreau, who is the second artist in history to (Michael Jackson being the first) to win cross genre Grammy&#8217;s in three separate categories (Jazz, Pop, R&#038;B). was transferred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Clinton &#8211; &#8220;You Look Marvelous&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/22/george-clinton-you-look-marvelous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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George Clinton, who is without a doubt one of Funk&#8217;s greatest contributors and curators, celebrates his 70th birthday today.  
Clinton who is known as much for his colorful choices in hair and fashions, as he is for his eclectic and energetic musical rifts, has been apart of mainstream music for over five decades.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evan Ross Goes Beverly Hills</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/22/evan-ross-goes-beverly-hills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Queen Latifah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.I.]]></category>

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Evan Ross, the talented up and coming actor who has made appearances in movies alongside Hip-Hop royalty and actors Queen Latifah and T.I., is set to make a splash on television with a reoccurring guest-role.  
Ross, who made his acting debut in 2006&#8217;s ATL alongside T.I., will join the cast of the new edition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rihanna Sits Atop a Familiar Perch</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/21/rihanna-sits-atop-a-familiar-perch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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International Pop-star Rihanna has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.  
Rihanna is the featured artist on Eminem&#8217;s newest single &#8220;Love the Way You Lie&#8221;, which has only been on the chart a couple weeks, with no accompanying music video (one was just shot Tuesday) and has already taken over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phylicia Rashad &amp; &#8220;The Cos&#8221; Team Up Again</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/21/phylicia-rashad-the-cos-team-up-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Legendary entertainers Phylicia Rashad &#038; Bill Cosby, who have cemented their place as one of entertainment&#8217;s most lovable and enduring on-screen couples will team up in support of an upcoming off-Broadway play.  
Along with the stage and film legend Ruby Dee and Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rashad and Cosby will leverage their celebrity to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snoop Has Something for the Ladies &amp; Kids</title>
		<link>http://thenoireffect.com/2010/07/21/snoop-has-something-for-the-ladies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Snoop Dogg, Hip-Hops leading purveyor and curator of all things cool and smooth, is set to pay tribute to the ladies out there.  
In an effort to align himself with his massive female audience, Snoop has stated that he will make his next album much more female friendly.
Over the years Snoop&#8217;s female audience has [...]]]></description>
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