South Side Chicago native, Don Cornelius, who developed, hosted, wrote, and produced "Soul Train" a weekly dance show that would revolutionize pop culture has died this morning from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 75 years old. In this post, I present a cursory historical account of Cornelius' entertainment career from the launch of "Soul Train" … [Read more...] about Don Cornelius (1936-2012) Tribute: Highlights from his life from ‘Soul Train’ and beyond
Archives for February 1, 2012
Jai Rodriguez speaks of guest role on ‘Are you there, Chelsea?’ and being an LGBT role model
Since starting my interview series with Jai Rodriguez, I had the honor of meeting him in person at the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 Premiere Party. He's super cute and super kind in person as well. Continuing with the next installment of my interview series with Jai (see also "Interview: Executive Producer Jai Rodriguez talks about Bad Sex"), we discussed his upcoming guest … [Read more...] about Jai Rodriguez speaks of guest role on ‘Are you there, Chelsea?’ and being an LGBT role model