I got my hands in my pockets, Kicking these rocks. Is it all worth it? Am I gonna turn out fine? Only rainbows after rain The sun will always come again. I said,. And keep your head up, oh, And you can let your hair down, eh. PositLive Living life positively. Original image by Canva, Edited by Esthella B. Like this: Like Loading You May Also Like Procrastinator?
Loading Comments Within four months she had set up a meeting with the magazine, and two months later she was asked to travel to Fiji to model for the Swimsuit Issue as a member of the rookie class. The shoot in Fiji was just her second trip outside of the United States, and her first big modeling job. She debuted during the Philipp Plein show last September and was walking the runway for the high-end German designer the night before finding out she was going to be on the Sports Illustrated cover.
Herrington was apparently part of Trump Model Management, owned by Donald Trump, when she landed the Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot in But last year she was one of two-high profile departures from an agency that has been sued for helping undocumented immigrants get into the United States without work visas. Those women worked illegally in this country as models, and the conditions that the women endured were documented by Mother Jones magazine. Herrington was asked to come to a studio in New York on Tuesday morning to shoot a behind-the-scenes video about the virtual reality aspect of the edition of the magazine.
Herrington instead was shocked as she walked into a staged photo shoot featuring Banks, who broke the color barrier for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover in sharing that cover with Valeria Mazza before appearing solo on an iconic cover the following year. It turns out the wait is officially over. Well, almost. As in Wednesday. It launched in , and sequels followed in and More to come. Black-on-black art: Former first couple humbled by their stunning new portraits.
The special unveiling was held at the National Portrait Gallery on Monday morning. The Obamas are obviously the first black presidential couple to have their portraits painted. But the moment was also special because of the minds behind the brushes. The duo became the first black artists to paint official presidential portraits. Former U. Both Obamas talked about the process of deciding on Sherald and Wiley.
The final step involved face-to-face meetings with both artists at the Oval Office. He and Wiley bonded over his suggestions — less gray hair, smaller ears — that Wiley ultimately ignored. The relaxed pose. In the end, what I think we got was a grand sense of celebration. The crowd moaned.
A collective sigh swept through the makeshift auditorium. For a faint moment, for many in attendance, having Barack and Michelle Obama back in the capital was a needed flashback.
The only solace: Now, regardless of circumstance, everyone can always see them in Washington, D. The private event during All-Star Weekend will include people from the sports, business and entertainment worlds who will be speaking about their experiences and offering words of wisdom. Attendees are expected to include NBA players, entertainers, venture capitalists and startups. I thought it would be more beneficial to start early, put your foot in the door and start educating yourself, because technology investments are where the real money is at.
Brown is only in his second year in the NBA, but the outside-the-box thinker also hosted a mentoring and fellowship event during the Vegas Summer League last July. I thought it would be dope to put together an event like that so not only I can network, but put myself, other athletes and whoever finds it interesting in an avenue to network. I have a Rolodex for it. Whoever shows up, it will be great for them. The theme is education through technology, but also hustle.
Actually, make that sophomore and junior years. He outdid himself as a junior with a regular-season record and a Division II playoff appearance, throwing for 3, yards and 41 touchdown passes in 11 games.
Hall threw for at least yards in a game seven times and surpassed yards twice. Jasmine Guy was standing on the streets of New York City, fresh out of a dance class at The Ailey School , when she heard a word unfamiliar to her: Wannabe.
She first met him back in , when she was a high school senior and he was a senior at Morehouse College who was directing the coronation at the school where she danced. Spike had some news for her. She saw the movie and was mesmerized by the very contemporary piece that was in black and white and dealt with sex, relationships and intimacy. With black people.
And she was impressed. She ran into him again on those New York streets, and this was the time that he added a new word to her lexicon. She had no idea what he was talking about. But she soon learned. School Daze. Three decades since Lee brought us a story of conflict, of when students pledging fictional Greek fraternities were pitted against those who desired global and local social change.
The Gamma dogs. The Gamma Rays. The Fellas. The Wannabes. The Jiggaboos — oh, yes, the Jiggaboos. School Daze was about the tensions between light-skinned black folks and dark-skinned black folks. Everything was right there on a foot screen.
No escaping it. We had to consume it. And address it. In so many ways, School Daze was an extension of what was happening on campuses.
It tapped into activations that were happening in the mids, and after it was released, it inspired and engaged other students, amplifying the work that was already taking place. In real life, Bell pledged Alpha Phi Alpha. He remembers seeing them at rallies. All of these things … my experience at Syracuse, you saw in the film. We put on a fashion show to raise money to give scholarships to high school students.
I did not fit that standard of beauty, perhaps because I was brown-skinned. Perhaps because my hair was nappy, and natural. Those were some of the issues that [we were] grappling with. Thirty years later, the film still holds up. Things still need to be changed. Williams made her return to tennis over the weekend, playing doubles in the Fed Cup opener against the Netherlands at the U.
Cellular Center. Based on what Williams showed over the weekend, it might not be anytime soon. Williams said she has yet to learn to adequately manage her time and new responsibilities. At times Williams looked to be facing the dilemma that many something basketball players face: Her mind was relaying a message that her body had no clue how to comprehend.
But unlike a something Saturday morning hooper, the year-old Williams has age and time on her side. At that point, the aura of Serena Williams will return.
But it will happen. Reaching No. Adell could have coasted during his offseason, which comes to an end as players begin reporting to spring training this week. Instead Adell, who last year graduated from Ballard High School in Louisville, Kentucky, decided to go back to school. So he took an Introduction to Communications class at the University of Louisville, one of the many schools that recruited him out of high school.
I wanted to be as well-rounded as possible. Adell took the class online, learning about the basics of the discipline. He plans to use some of his downtime each year to take more classes paid for by MLB that he hopes will prepare him for his career after baseball. To have a plan beyond baseball is motivation for me.
Pitchers and catchers report to Angels spring training in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. But they have one thing in common: Both of their shows at New York Fashion Week were set off by soulful live music that transformed the gallery at Spring Studios in Tribeca, where they showed their collections. Clemens, who founded his eponymous label in , designs one line meant for all genders. This year, Clemens decided to hold a concert instead of a traditional runway show. The Friday night show began with keyboardist Bryndon Cook walking through the crowd to get to a small circular stage.
The entrances coincided with the song. A musician would appear at the entrance, walk through the crowd while singing, and join his or her counterpart on stage. Each artist continued singing until the last one was on stage, and then Clemens joined his collaborators for one joyous verse.
After the show, I saw tears in the eyes of some audience members. A reporter from Vogue Italia confirmed that no, most shows at Fashion Week do not have this atmosphere of soulful, open vulnerability. The Pyer Moss show Saturday evening was a traditional runway show, but it was similarly moving.
The Haitian-American designer is best known for his provocative August show , which he used to protest police violence against unarmed black people. He opened the show with video of cellphone and dashcam footage capturing police violence, then sent models down the runway in boots spattered with red paint made to look like blood. Jean-Raymond has become known for such political statements made through fashion. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. His story: Ewell grew up in Los Angeles and began skating in He trained with Fairbanks in Culver City, California.
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