Articles by Paula Mooney
Fresh off the success of her runaway popular website named Don't Date Him Girl, site creator Tasha C. Joseph-Cunningham has recently launched a sister companion site named Don't Date Her Man.
Billed as a forum to allow women to post information about men they've had relationships with that turned...
by Paula Neal Mooney
Back when I started my blog, I only started it because I needed a free and easy way to post my articles up somewhere online so that I could email editors the link to samples of my writing.
Now, nearly two years after starting my main blog, it's chugging along nicely with m...
by Paula Neal Mooney
There's something special about Kate Walsh.
Special enough to spin Kate Walsh off from Grey's Anatomy into her own pilot and series.
Fans of Grey's Anatomy already know the 39-year-old, 5'10" blue-eyed Californian who dyes her blonde hair red.
Kate Walsh strolled ont...
by Paula Neal Mooney
If you thought the picture of rappers Lil Wayne and Baby kissing on the lips caused a stir in the hip-hop world, just wait till the book Hiding in Hip-Hop: Confessions of a Down Low Brother in the Entertainment Industry drops in 2008.
Written by former MTV producer Terranc...
Check out Day Job Killer by Chris McNeeney
"Time to join over 9,000 of your peers and see why Day Job Killer is already changing the face of the game..." Until next time, Day Job Killer team.
That's the email this reporter received yesterday about the amazing sales stats of the Day Job Killer,...
by Paula Neal Mooney
I see you winding and grinding up on the floor
I know you see me looking at you when you already know
I want to love you, love you, you already know
I want to love you, love you, you already know
Akon's lovely and whining and beautiful and nasally voice just filled my m...
by Paula Neal Mooney
I caught this dude Les Stroud -- aka SurvivorMan -- on The View yesterday, and I'm still thinking about him this morning so you know that's my cue to write about him. Les Stroud hosts the Discovery Channel show called SurvivorMan, which tracks Stroud's survival in perilous lo...
When black people have no couth...by Paula Neal Mooney
My mother raised me to have couth. (If you don't know what that word means, that might be a tip-off that you're lacking a little bit of it.)
Mommy's definition of the kind of black folks who lacked couth were the ones who might:
* Walk ...
Are We All Lonesome Fame Junkies? by Paula Neal Mooney
Why is J-Lo more popular than Jesus? That's one of the questions asked by Jake Halpern, author of Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America's Favorite Addiction.
I caught 20/20's interview with Jake Halpern Friday night, and the thing t...
Maia Campbell Internet Video Shows a Sad Display of a World Gone Wrong...by Paula Neal Mooney
Sad. Sad. Sad. That's all I can say about the internet video of actress Maia Campbell that's circulating right now like so much filth. It’s odd that I was just wondering how Maia Campbell was coping wi...
Is Starbucks a Modern-Day Slavemaster? by Paula Neal Mooney
Expect Starbucks to be in the news a lot more this year ever since the documentary called Black Gold roasted the coffee giant, claiming Starbucks pays pennies to the Ethiopians who slave away gathering the beans that turn into the delici...
Make a Real Living off Your Blog in 2007 by Paula Neal Mooney
Blogging is "hot ta death," as the kids would say. So this New Year's Day 2007 has me ruminating over ways to increase my blogging-from-home (or wherever) business goals to reach my ultimate goal: making a real living and drawing a six...
Blog Wars: Why Do Bloggers Think They Must Curse and Spew Hate to be Effective? by Paula Neal Mooney
Twice this long weekend I've caught Blog Wars -- an excellent documentary by filmmakers James Rogan and Phil Craig on the Sundance Channel.
Blog Wars covers political bloggers and their effecti...
15 Seconds... by Paula Neal Mooney
So wonderfully funny the way the Lord works things out. Just last night I recorded my first ever 15 seconds worth of video on my hubby's cell phone, and uploaded that 15 seconds full of video to YouTube, the first time I ever uploaded a 15 second (or any kind of...
The View May Hire Sherri Shepherd...by Paula Neal Mooney
Just when I was about to write an open blog post to Barbara Walters begging old Babs to hire comedienne Sherri Shepherd for a permanent gig on The View, I caught this little tidbit on Canada.com stating that a deal is already being worked o...
I love Ann Coulter. And now that Ann Coulter has dissed the so-called African-American holiday called Kwanzaa, calling it "a lunatic blend of schmaltzy '60s rhetoric, black racism and Marxism," I love Ann Coulter all the more for being a white woman bold enough to diss a Kwanzaa celebration in a man...
New Movie Trailer from Chris Rock Looks True-to-Life by Paula Neal Mooney
I love it when artists put all of themselves into their projects, spilling the truth about their innards -- come what may. Looks like this is what Chris Rock has done in viewing his latest movie trailer for I Think I Love M...
All the DiggNations' Men...by Paula Neal Mooney
I feel a little like Dustin Hoffman's character in All the President's Men, a book-turned-movie about two Washington Post reporters whose investigative journalism exposed what later turned into the Watergate scandal that forced President Nixon's r...
Beyonce Refuses to Rush Jay-Z into Marriage and Fatherhood... by Paula Neal Mooney
Beyonce was interviewed in the January 2007 issue of InStyle magazine and had some interesting read-between-the-lines quotes about marriage, motherhood and Jay-Z.
But more about that later. The thing that stuc...
LoudLaunch.com Launches...and I'm Sure the Blogging Purists Will be Up in Arms...by Paula Neal Mooney
Authors note: This news report has not been paid by LoudLaunch.com -- I figured it was better to get the SEO jump and search-engine ranking on others writing about LoudLaunch.com who don't yet kn...
Carmen Bryan says Jay-Z and Nas Started the Public Diss-Fest by Paula Neal Mooney
Carmen Bryan wasn’t looking for a fight. Carmen Bryan didn’t mean to come between Jay-Z and Nas the way that Faith Evans reportedly came between Tupac and Biggie. We all know how that ended. Thank God Jay-Z and Nas ...
Halle Berry to Create New Music CD!
At least that's what the headlines are screaming around the world about a new CD from Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, reportedly titled Halle and set to premiere in February 2007.
But it appears as though some wiki page creators over at Wikipedia may just...
Dr. 44313...anyone, anyone? by Paula Neal Mooney
I admit it, I'm hooked on Dr. 90210 - the completely addictive E! documentary that shows real-life plastic surgery patients, their surgeries (not for the squeamish) and not only the patients' lives, but the inside lives of their docs.
Perhaps yo...
Halle Berry's New CD Titled Halle: Is is Real or an Internet Rumor? by Paula Neal Mooney
Nearly all day long I've been trying to verify that Halle Berry is coming out with a new music CD titled Halle, and that it's not an internet rumor. (I'm learning my lesson from trusting official news report...
Ten Gifts for Bloggers by Paula Neal Mooney
With Christ’s birthday celebration fast approaching, are you wondering what should you buy that special blogging someone in your life, home office, or the general blogosphere?
Here are ten great gifts for bloggers:
1) Caffeinated libations – Keep ...
She Talk Like a White Girl...by Paula Neal Mooney
White girl, he called me. That's Isaac, standing like a Conquistador on the banks of some lake. He's a guy who interned at my job a few years back. White girl, he would tease, mimicking the way I spoke, threatening to revoke my "ghetto pass" when ...