CLEVELAND–A job bank manager who received a lot of backlash over rejection emails is now giving back an award. According to IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Cleveland, both the board of directors and Kelly Blazek agreed that she will return the chapter’s 2013 Communicator of the Year award. IABC Cleveland said the decision […]
The couple issues a statement in response to Twitter uses for making judgement towards the two raising their children among other issues. A photo of two gay fathers has gone viral on the Internet — but maybe not for the reasons that you would expect. Kordale and Kaleb are two proud dads who […]
*Gabourey Sidibe graced the Golden Globes red carpet wearing a cream-colored gown with jeweled accents – and immediately, Twitter pounced. “She looks like a condom,” one user wrote. “Geez! She looks like the chubby ghost from Casper,” another posted. The 30-year-old Globe nominee for “American Horror Story: Coven” eventually responded to her haters. […]
*It’s not what he would have preferred, but Jay Z, under relentless pressure to end his association with luxury retailer Barneys New York, which is accused of racial profiling, has finally spoken out. Basically Jay Z says he was waiting to respond after he got the full understanding of what went down. Saturday, in […]
Demonstrators protesting George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict in the slaying of Florida teen Trayvon Martin reportedly shut down part of a freeway in Los Angeles Sunday night. According to CBS Los Angeles, about 200 protesters stood on the southbound 10 Freeway in Crenshaw to block traffic. Protesters told NBC LA that the police fired rubber […]
Robin Thicke has hit back at critics who called his hit song “Blurred Lines” (and its corresponding music video) as misogynistic. “I can’t even dignify that with a response, that’s ridiculous,” Thicke told BBC’s Radio 1. He did, of course, dignify that with a response. Here it is: “I don’t want to be sleazy, I’m […]
“White House Down” is a flop, no matter how many fans of the film chastise the American public for not showing up. Roland Emmerich’s latest feature was budgeted at a reported $150 million, but earned just $25.7 million at the box office this past weekend. That’s a lower opening weekend tally than 2013 disasters like […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Firefighters spent all Monday morning battling a fire on Cleveland’s west side — right next to a famous landmark “The Christmas Story House.” The good news is the “fragile” leg lamp is still standing and somehow so is the Christmas house on W. 11th Street in Tremont. The fire broke out […]
SOLON, Ohio – Solon police were called to the Arby’s restaurant on SOM Center Road last week after someone took hundreds of dollars worth of meat. It was reported by the store’s manager just before 10 a.m. on Nov. 25. According to the police report, the burglar broke into the rear freezer, which is about […]
PAINESVILLE, Ohio – When the emergency siren sounds at the Painesville Fire Department the firefighter/paramedics go running to help. But they say not all of those calls turn out to be dire situations. “We’ve responded to a call where all they needed was a Band-Aid. They cut their finger,” Fire Chief Mark Mlachak said. He […]